NEW YORK – “El Gordo” Raul de Molina, a popular promoter of laws in favor of immigrants, regrets the delay in the adoption of the reform and hopes that will soon become a reality.
“What a pity that immigration reform has not yet been approved, that would be good for all immigrants to this country and also because they could pay their taxes legally,” the host of “El Gordo y la Flaca” . “I think the big cities like New York, Los Angeles, Miami or Chicago might not go ahead if not for Latinos.”
communicator veteran winner of several Emmy awards, who has more than 15 years at the helm of the popular Univision celebrity along with “La Flaca” Lili Estefan, leave the warm temperatures of Miami and went out to defy snow Monday Yorkers and cold for a special recording of the show from Times Square.
“El Gordo y la Flaca” is one of the most watched of Latinos in the United States, with an estimated 1.3 million people in the country, according to Nielsen data provided by Univision audience evening programs. Also seen in other African countries such as Mexico, Venezuela and Canada.
Considered by People magazine in Spanish as one of the most influential people in the Hispanic community in the United States, de Molina is a celebrity committed to the defense of the reform, both writing for the Huffington Post online newspaper as from television.
Last year
spent part of New Year’s Eve special Univision, usually present from Times Square, the situation of separated because of deportation families.
“I spoke of the problems of parents and children who have been being separated.’re people whose children were born in this country. parents have been deported for not having papers while their children have been here, both it is with family and with their friends, because they do not want to bring their countries. talked about people who have been working here, contributing to this country for many years, “he lamented.
Molina adds a professional career of 20 years in the world of television, preceded by a step 10 as a photographer.
native of Cuba, was raised from 10 to 16 years in Madrid and then moved with his family to America, where he graduated from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale for it later PhD in Literature at the State University Montclair.
As a photographer, worked on the 80 as “freelance” for the Associated Press, covering news from Latin America before developing his most famous role as paparazzo, publishing in media such as Time, Newsweek, Life, Hello!, Paris Match and The National Enquirer.
“In the late 80s I devoted myself to take pictures of artists. photographed Diana, Princess of Wales in the Caribbean and took the first photos of Princess Caroline of Monaco on the island of Jamaica, after he died on (second) husband (Stefano Casiraghi), “recalls De Molina, which thereafter began to be invited to TV and become known in this area.
“Now it’s in my Spanish television 23 years and almost 18 on Univision,” he added. “The truth is that I did not expect to work in television.”
About Estefan, who is the niece of Emilio and Gloria Estefan, who has said her “more than almost a marriage.”
“We’re 15 years together doing the program every day from Monday to Friday. think it’s incredible and I’d do it for 15 years,” said the presenter, and believed that the key to their success has been to combine showbiz news with comedy. “I am very happy to do this program amuses me a lot.”
to celebrate the 15 years that the program met last September, De Molina announced that in the first week of March, “El Gordo y la Flaca” will air especially between 7 and 8 pm, instead of regular hours of 4-5 pm.
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