Raul Peimbert
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Raul Peimbert Diaz is a Mexican/American newscaster, who also served as General Coordinator of Media Affairs for the Government of the Mexican State of Veracruz.
Peimbert was born in Livermore, Ca, (1962) and was raised in México
. He got his start in television at a young age, as a news editor for a station in Guadalajara
. He went on to anchor the news first in Xalapa,Ver., Mexico for Channel 4 (TV_MAS) and later in the city of Veracruz, for the local Televisa Station.
In 1991 he began his career in Spanish-language television in the United States
, first as co-anchor at Univision Network and later at Telemundo
as Main News Anchor.
A few months later, along with the News Show, he started a new program “América Habla con Raul Peimbert” a one-on one interview show that has allowed him to be one of the few Hispanic journalists that has interviewed more than 40 Latin American presidents, among them: Felipe Calderon Hinojosa(Mexico
), Vicente Fox Quezada (México
), Carlos Salinas de Gortari (México
), Ernesto Zedillo (México
), Carlos Saúl Menem (Argentina
), Alberto Fujimori
(Perú
), César Gaviria
(Colombia
), Ernesto Samper
(Colombia
), Eduardo Frei
(Chile
), Ernesto Pérez Balladares
(Panamá
), Armando Calderón Sol
(El Salvador
), Rafael Caldera
(Venezuela
), Jaime Paz Zamora
(Bolivia
), Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada
(Bolivia
), Juan Carlos Wasmosy
(Paraguay
), Carlos Roberto Reina
(Honduras
), José López Portillo
(México
), Miguel De la Madrid (México
), Joaquín Balaguer
(República Dominicana), Antonio Saca
(El Salvador
), Daniel Ortega
(Nicaragua
), Hugo Chávez
(Venezuela
), Leonel Fernadez (República Dominicana), William Clinton
(USA).
His work goes beyond the News boundaries, “America Habla” has allowed him to interview remarkable personalities such as writers, singers and artists, Placido Domingo
, Rigoberta Menchu
, Isabel Allende
, Jacobo Zabludoysky, Carlos Fuentes
, Joan Manuel Serrat
, Elena Poniatowska
, Mercedes Sosa
, Oswaldo Guayasamin
Jose Luis Cuevas
, Alberto Cortes, and Facundo Cabral
among others.
Other special assignments include all the visits of John Paul II to Latin America, the on-going news coverage of the murdered presidential Mexican candidate, Luis Donaldo Colosio
, the Los Angeles Earthquake, the Federal Building Explosion in Oklahoma, the terrorist attack on the twin towers in New York, the LA fires, and the floods in the state of Tabasco, Mexico in 2007.
The National Academy of Television, Arts and Sciences has recognized Raul Peimbert with 11 nominations and 7 Emmy Awards.
Among many other awards and recognitions, he received the “Crystal Apple”, in New York, for his work with the Hispanic community.
That same year in Los Angeles, Richard Riordan
, the mayor, declared Peimbert “Guest of Honor” and in México he received “La Presea de la Libertad de Expresión”.
In 1995, the Hispanic Council of United States of America, bestowed the award of “Don Quijote” in recognition of his extraordinary labor in favor of the Hispanic culture and tradition.
In 1998, he joined Radio Unica, a Hispanic Radio Network , where he hosted “Muy Temprano”, with his wife Fulvia Peimbert.
He also presented the news for MVS Noticias in Mexico City
and eventually became the News Anchor at the Telemundo in Los Angeles.
In 2002, he was hired as a General Coordinator of Media Affairs for the government of the State of Veracruz, Mexico
. He gave up the position in 2004 after Miguel Alemán Velasco
, the former governor, left the office.
From November 2005 to November 2011, Peimbert worked for Univision as a News Anchor
In 2007 The George Foster Peabody Awards http://www.peabody.uga.edu/index.php has granted recognition to Raul Peimbert for his participation in "Ya Es Hora", a social campaign produced by Univision Communications
.
Currently Raul Peimbert is the Senior West Coast Correspondent for Univision Network and Affiliate News for Univision Television Group (UTG)
Peimbert is married to Fulvia Peimbert, a radio personality, and have a daughter.
Peimbert was born in Livermore, Ca, (1962) and was raised in México
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. He got his start in television at a young age, as a news editor for a station in Guadalajara
Guadalajara, Jalisco
Guadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of Jalisco in the western-pacific area of Mexico. With a population of 1,564,514 it is Mexico's second most populous municipality...
. He went on to anchor the news first in Xalapa,Ver., Mexico for Channel 4 (TV_MAS) and later in the city of Veracruz, for the local Televisa Station.
In 1991 he began his career in Spanish-language television in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, first as co-anchor at Univision Network and later at Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
as Main News Anchor.
A few months later, along with the News Show, he started a new program “América Habla con Raul Peimbert” a one-on one interview show that has allowed him to be one of the few Hispanic journalists that has interviewed more than 40 Latin American presidents, among them: Felipe Calderon Hinojosa(Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
), Vicente Fox Quezada (México
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
), Carlos Salinas de Gortari (México
Mexico
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), Ernesto Zedillo (México
Mexico
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), Carlos Saúl Menem (Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
), Alberto Fujimori
Alberto Fujimori
Alberto Fujimori Fujimori served as President of Peru from 28 July 1990 to 17 November 2000. A controversial figure, Fujimori has been credited with the creation of Fujimorism, uprooting terrorism in Peru and restoring its macroeconomic stability, though his methods have drawn charges of...
(Perú
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
), César Gaviria
César Gaviria
César Gaviria Trujillo is a Colombian politician and a Latin American statesman. He served as President of Colombia from 1990 to 1994, and Secretary General of the Organization of American States from 1994 until 2004.-Early life:...
(Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
), Ernesto Samper
Ernesto Samper
Ernesto Samper Pizano is a Colombian politician. He served as the President of Colombia from August 7, 1994 to August 7, 1998, representing the Liberal Party. He was involved in the 8000 process scandal, which takes its name from the folio number assigned to it by the chief prosecutor's office...
(Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
), Eduardo Frei
Eduardo Frei Montalva
Eduardo Frei Montalva was a Chilean political leader of world stature. In his long political career, he was Minister of Public Works, president of his Christian Democratic Party, senator, President of the Senate, and president of Chile from 1964 to 1970...
(Chile
Chile
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), Ernesto Pérez Balladares
Ernesto Pérez Balladares
Ernesto Pérez Balladares González-Revilla was the President of Panama between 1994 and 1999. Nicknamed "El Toro" , Ernesto Pérez Balladares is married to Dora Boyd Preciado, with 3 daughters.-Studies :...
(Panamá
Panama
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), Armando Calderón Sol
Armando Calderón Sol
Armando Calderón Sol was President of El Salvador from June 1, 1994 to June 1, 1999, representing the Nationalist Republican Alliance .-Biography:Armando Calderón Sol was born in San Salvador, on June 24, 1948....
(El Salvador
El Salvador
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), Rafael Caldera
Rafael Caldera
Rafael Antonio Caldera Rodríguez was president of Venezuela from 1969 to 1974 and again from 1994 to 1999.Caldera taught sociology and law at various universities before entering politics. He was a founding member of COPEI, Venezuela's Christian Democratic party...
(Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
), Jaime Paz Zamora
Jaime Paz Zamora
Jaime Paz Zamora was President of Bolivia from August 6, 1989 to August 6, 1993. He also served as Vice-President between 1982 and 1984.-Foundation of the MIR and alliance with Siles Zuazo:...
(Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
), Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada
Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada
Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada y Sánchez de Bustamante , familiarly known as "Goni", is a Bolivian politician, businessman, and former President of Bolivia. A lifelong member of the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario , he is credited for using "shock therapy", the economic theory championed by then...
(Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
), Juan Carlos Wasmosy
Juan Carlos Wasmosy
Juan Carlos Wasmosy Monti was the President of Paraguay from 1993 until 1998. He was a member of the Colorado Party, and the country's first civilian president in 39 years....
(Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
), Carlos Roberto Reina
Carlos Roberto Reina
Carlos Roberto Reina Idiáquez was a politician of the Liberal Party of Honduras, and President of Honduras from January 27, 1994 to January 27, 1998....
(Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
), José López Portillo
José López Portillo
José López Portillo y Pacheco was the President of Mexico from 1976 to 1982.Born in Mexico City, López Portillo studied Law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico before beginning his political career with the Institutional Revolutionary Party in 1959.He held several positions in the...
(México
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
), Miguel De la Madrid (México
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
), Joaquín Balaguer
Joaquín Balaguer
Joaquín Antonio Balaguer Ricardo was the President of the Dominican Republic from 1960 to 1962, from 1966 to 1978, and again from 1986 to 1996.-Early life and introduction to politics:...
(República Dominicana), Antonio Saca
Antonio Saca
Elías Antonio Saca González is a Salvadoran politician and was the President of El Salvador. He was elected President in 2004 to serve a five-year term that ended in 2009....
(El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
), Daniel Ortega
Daniel Ortega
José Daniel Ortega Saavedra is a Nicaraguan politician and revolutionary, currently serving as the 83rd President of Nicaragua, a position that he has held since 2007. He previously served as the 79th President, between 1985 and 1990, and for much of his life, has been a leader in the Sandinista...
(Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
), Hugo Chávez
Hugo Chávez
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías is the 56th and current President of Venezuela, having held that position since 1999. He was formerly the leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when he became the leader of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela...
(Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
), Leonel Fernadez (República Dominicana), William Clinton
William Clinton
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(USA).
His work goes beyond the News boundaries, “America Habla” has allowed him to interview remarkable personalities such as writers, singers and artists, Placido Domingo
Plácido Domingo
Plácido Domingo KBE , born José Plácido Domingo Embil, is a Spanish tenor and conductor known for his versatile and strong voice, possessing a ringing and dramatic tone throughout its range...
, Rigoberta Menchu
Rigoberta Menchú
Rigoberta Menchú Tum is an indigenous Guatemalan, of the K'iche' ethnic group. Menchú has dedicated her life to publicizing the plight of Guatemala's indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War , and to promoting indigenous rights in the country...
, Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende
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, Jacobo Zabludoysky, Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes Macías is a Mexican writer and one of the best-known living novelists and essayists in the Spanish-speaking world. He has influenced contemporary Latin American literature, and his works have been widely translated into English and other languages.-Biography:Fuentes was born in...
, Joan Manuel Serrat
Joan Manuel Serrat
Joan Manuel Serrat i Teresa is a Catalan Spanish singer-songwriter.Serrat is considered one of the most important figures of modern, popular music in both the Spanish and Catalan languages...
, Elena Poniatowska
Elena Poniatowska
Elena Poniatowska is a Mexican journalist and author. Her generation of writers include Carlos Fuentes, José Emilio Pacheco and Carlos Monsiváis.-Life:Poniatowska was born in Paris to Prince Jean Joseph Evremont Sperry Poniatowski and Paula Amor Yturbe...
, Mercedes Sosa
Mercedes Sosa
Haydée Mercedes Sosa, known as La Negra, was an Argentine singer who was popular throughout South America and some countries outside the continent. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents of nueva canción. She gave voice to songs written by both...
, Oswaldo Guayasamin
Oswaldo Guayasamín
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Jose Luis Cuevas
Jose Luis Cuevas
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, Alberto Cortes, and Facundo Cabral
Facundo Cabral
Facundo Cabral was an Argentine singer and songwriter.He was best known as the composer of "No soy de aquí ni soy de allá" , which he improvised during one of his concerts...
among others.
Other special assignments include all the visits of John Paul II to Latin America, the on-going news coverage of the murdered presidential Mexican candidate, Luis Donaldo Colosio
Luis Donaldo Colosio
Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta was a Mexican politician, and PRI presidential candidate, who was assassinated at a campaign rally in Tijuana during the Mexican Presidential campaign of 1994.-Political history:...
, the Los Angeles Earthquake, the Federal Building Explosion in Oklahoma, the terrorist attack on the twin towers in New York, the LA fires, and the floods in the state of Tabasco, Mexico in 2007.
The National Academy of Television, Arts and Sciences has recognized Raul Peimbert with 11 nominations and 7 Emmy Awards.
Among many other awards and recognitions, he received the “Crystal Apple”, in New York, for his work with the Hispanic community.
That same year in Los Angeles, Richard Riordan
Richard Riordan
Richard J. Riordan is a Republican politician from California, U.S.A. who served as the California Secretary for Education from 2003–2005 and as the 39th Mayor of Los Angeles, California from 1993–2001...
, the mayor, declared Peimbert “Guest of Honor” and in México he received “La Presea de la Libertad de Expresión”.
In 1995, the Hispanic Council of United States of America, bestowed the award of “Don Quijote” in recognition of his extraordinary labor in favor of the Hispanic culture and tradition.
In 1998, he joined Radio Unica, a Hispanic Radio Network , where he hosted “Muy Temprano”, with his wife Fulvia Peimbert.
He also presented the news for MVS Noticias in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
and eventually became the News Anchor at the Telemundo in Los Angeles.
In 2002, he was hired as a General Coordinator of Media Affairs for the government of the State of Veracruz, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. He gave up the position in 2004 after Miguel Alemán Velasco
Miguel Alemán Velasco
Miguel Alemán Velasco is a Mexican politician, businessman and philanthropist. He is a former senator and governor of Veracruz....
, the former governor, left the office.
From November 2005 to November 2011, Peimbert worked for Univision as a News Anchor
In 2007 The George Foster Peabody Awards http://www.peabody.uga.edu/index.php has granted recognition to Raul Peimbert for his participation in "Ya Es Hora", a social campaign produced by Univision Communications
Univision Communications
Univision Communications is an American Spanish language media company in the United States. Its headquarters are in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Prior to 2007, the headquarters were in Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA.- History :...
.
Currently Raul Peimbert is the Senior West Coast Correspondent for Univision Network and Affiliate News for Univision Television Group (UTG)
Peimbert is married to Fulvia Peimbert, a radio personality, and have a daughter.