Rafael Suarez, Jr. known as Ray Suarez, is an American broadcast journalist. Suarez joined the PBS NewsHour in 1999 and became a senior correspondent

Journalist

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 for the evening news

News

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 program on the PBS

Public Broadcasting Service

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 television network

Television network

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. He is also host of the international news and analysis public radio program America Abroad

America Abroad

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 from Public Radio International

Public Radio International

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. He was the host of the National Public Radio program Talk of the Nation

Talk of the Nation

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 from 1993-1999. In his more than 30 year career in the news business he has also worked as a radio reporter in London and Rome, as a Los Angeles correspondent for CNN, and as a reporter for the NBC-owned station WMAQ TV in Chicago

Chicago

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Born and raised in Brooklyn,, Suarez attended public schools in the borough from kindergarten through 12th grade, graduating in 1974 from John Dewey High School

John Dewey High School

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