Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Univision proposes presidential debates en español

While Democrats and Republicans debated this week on CNN, Univision proposed moderating Spanish-language debates for each of the major political parties. The debates would have English-language translation available, occur in September and would be held in Miami- home of Univision‘s headquarters and an immigrant-rich area.

Political blog Daily Kos wonders about the “quandary” that the debates would have on Republican candidates but also observes that South Floridians of Cuban descent make up a strong voting bloc for the GOP.

Image- Univision – Foros (Univision news anchor Maria Elena Salinas prepares to co-moderate one of the 2004 Democratic presidential debates)

Sources- International Herald Tribune, BBC News, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Daily Kos

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

A great idea, Spanish is the international language of the world. English will always be my second language as a second generation American. I'm so happy to see the USA progressing to becoming a bilingual county, only good things can come from this for all citizens.