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Univision Digital, the digital division of Univision Communications Inc. (UCI), the leading media company serving Hispanic America, today announced the appointment of Carlos Chirinos to the position of senior political editor as part of the company’s ongoing focus on augmenting its digital offerings and attracting the best and most diverse digital talent in the world. He will be based in Miami and report to Borja Echevarría, vice president of Digital.

In this newly created role, Chirinos will lead political coverage of the 2016 U.S. presidential election across UCI’s digital platforms, and spearhead the diverse digital experiences that will be available to audiences during and beyond the 2015-2016 election cycle. Univision’s electoral focus will include unparalleled reporting and analysis of the issues that matter most to Hispanic America, as well as the most authoritative, innovative coverage of Latino voters ever seen to date. Additionally, in partnership with The Washington Post, Univision News will conduct a series of groundbreaking polls, publish joint reporting projects featuring video interviews, interactive infographics and digital storytelling, and host Republican and Democratic presidential candidates’ forums in the first quarter of 2016.

Carlos Chirinos joins UCI having spent over 15 years at the BBC World Service covering some of the most important news stories of the past two decades, including a number of U.S. and Latin American presidential elections. He most recently served as Deputy Bureau Editor for BBC Mundo, the BBC World Service’s Spanish-language website, where he was responsible for setting the site’s agenda for news coverage, and overseeing content. He was also the editor-in-chief of “Enfoque,” a renowned resource for international news analysis at the BBC, and was an in-house political analyst for BBC World. Previously, he was the BBC World correspondent in Washington D.C. and in Caracas, Venezuela, and a radio host for BBC Radio en Español.

“With his extensive experience covering both American and international politics across platforms, Carlos is an invaluable addition to our organization as we ramp up coverage of the 2016 presidential election,” said Isaac Lee, president of News and Digital for UCI and CEO of Fusion. “His appointment represents a new chapter for political reporting geared at Hispanic Americans, who over-index on digital/mobile/social platforms and who will undoubtedly be a decisive factor in the upcoming election. Univision News’ political team of highly qualified reporters and the nation’s most trusted Hispanic anchors positions Univision as an unmatched source of political news and context for Latinos in the U.S. Leveraging Carlos’s journalistic expertise will not only contribute to UCI’s aggressive digital expansion but will also help strengthen our entire News division on every platform—digital, TV, and radio.”

“As the country’s relationship with the modern Hispanic voting block begins to redefine the path to the White House, there is no better time or opportunity for me to bring my experience and insights to the political beat for Univision,” said Chirinos. “I am very excited to have the opportunity to help ensure that we publish thought-provoking political content that both informs our multicultural audience about the political process and challenges them to elevate the issues that matter most to this community.”

Candidates complained about unfair questions during this week’s Republican debate.

Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus sent a letter to NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack on Friday, informing him that the party was suspending its partnership with the network after candidates complained they were treated unfairly during this week’s CNBC debate.

“We are suspending the partnership with NBC News for the Republican primary debate at the University of Houston on February 26, 2016,” Priebus wrote in the letter. “The RNC’s sole role in the primary debate process is to ensure that our candidates are given a full and fair opportunity to lay out their vision for America’s future. We simply cannot continue with NBC without full consultation with our campaigns.”

NBC News said that it would work to resolve the issue with the GOP.

“This is a disappointing development. However, along with our debate broadcast partners at Telemundo we will work in good faith to resolve this matter with the Republican Party,” the network said in a statement.

It’s unclear whether Telemundo — which was the only Hispanic news organization scheduled to host a GOP debate — will remain involved in the debate.

Priebus’ letter followed a Politico report that several candidates’ campaigns were going to meet in Washington to consider how to take some of the organizing power for debates out of the hands of the RNC. Several candidates had complained that Wednesday’s CNBC debate contained unfair questions. Accusations that CNBC had a liberal bias were somewhat surprising, considering that the network may have helped launch the super-conservative tea party movement.

Priebus slammed the debate immediately after it concluded on Wednesday, calling it “extremely disappointing.”

In his letter, Priebus said the network didn’t keep its promises to monitor the candidates’ speaking time and let them answer an opening question about the economy. He also accused the debate moderators of asking unfair questions.

“While debates are meant to include tough questions and contrast candidates’ visions and policies for the future of America, CNBC’s moderators engaged in a series of ‘gotcha’ questions, petty and mean-spirited in tone, and designed to embarrass our candidates,” he wrote. “What took place Wednesday night was not an attempt to give the American people a greater understanding of our candidates’ policies and ideas.”

Read the full letter below:

Mr. Andrew Lack

Chairman, NBC News

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, New York 10112

Dear Mr. Lack,

I write to inform you that pending further discussion between the Republican National Committee (RNC) and our presidential campaigns, we are suspending the partnership with NBC News for the Republican primary debate at the University of Houston on February 26, 2016. The RNC’s sole role in the primary debate process is to ensure that our candidates are given a full and fair opportunity to lay out their vision for America’s future. We simply cannot continue with NBC without full consultation with our campaigns.

The CNBC network is one of your media properties, and its handling of the debate was conducted in bad faith. We understand that NBC does not exercise full editorial control over CNBC’s journalistic approach. However, the network is an arm of your organization, and we need to ensure there is not a repeat performance.

CNBC billed the debate as one that would focus on “the key issues that matter to all voters—job growth, taxes, technology, retirement and the health of our national economy.” That was not the case. Before the debate, the candidates were promised an opening question on economic or financial matters. That was not the case. Candidates were promised that speaking time would be carefully monitored to ensure fairness. That was not the case. Questions were inaccurate or downright offensive. The first question directed to one of our candidates asked if he was running a comic book version of a presidential campaign, hardly in the spirit of how the debate was billed.

While debates are meant to include tough questions and contrast candidates’ visions and policies for the future of America, CNBC’s moderators engaged in a series of “gotcha” questions, petty and mean-spirited in tone, and designed to embarrass our candidates. What took place Wednesday night was not an attempt to give the American people a greater understanding of our candidates’ policies and ideas.

I have tremendous respect for the First Amendment and freedom of the press. However, I also expect the media to host a substantive debate on consequential issues important to Americans. CNBC did not.

While we are suspending our partnership with NBC News and its properties, we still fully intend to have a debate on that day, and will ensure that National Review remains part of it.

I will be working with our candidates to discuss how to move forward and will be in touch.

Sincerely, Reince Priebus

Chairman, Republican National Committee

Unrelated to my usual daily grind of marketing and video promos, I felt compelled to write a blog posts on Trump . After being invited to serve as a guest panelist at New Jersey City University Latino Talk event, I started to consider my role as a Latino women and its representation in the presidential race. Here it goes — enjoy.

Let’s set the record straight: Trump, by no means is a threat to the Latino community. This emotionally reckless real estate tycoon turned reality TV star has transformed our evening news into a spectacle variety prime time show – welcome to American politics. His rants on Mexico sending rapists, drug lords, and criminals have landed him headlines on all national media outlets. And who can forget his infamous one line insult to Univision Host, Jorge Ramos, “Go back to Univision.” Ah yes, dear ol’ Trump, your name has become synonymous to the phrase “Latinos” – ay Dios mio!

Yet, his xenophobic Trump campaign has taught the Latino community some indispensable political lessons:

Wake Up the Sleeping Giant

Since Obama’s reelection in 2012, the Latino issue has moved to the back burner by both Conservatives and Democrats. Sure, we all remember Obama’s was a supporter of the DREAM Act back in 2010, but all it gave birth to was a watered down version known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which stipulated few of the provisions and benefits included in the original DREAM Act.

Trump, on the other hand, has recently ignited the fire for Latinos. Arguably, one can claim that Trump has made the Latino matter a hot button issue for this presidential election. His threats on deporting 11.5 million illegal immigrants, buildings fences that stretch across the frontier, and his provocative claims to make “America white again” have antagonized the sleeping giant: Latinos.

We know that the Hispanic vote was a crucial voting block for Obama’s presidential victories. In fact, pollsters consider the Latino vote the fastest growing segment of eligible voters. Consider the Latino voting influence: by 2016, we will have 26.7 million Latinos eligible to vote – a 58% jump from a decade ago. And although the Latino vote lagged behind the African American vote and the White vote in 2012, this powerful and influential electorate could result in a large voter turnout.

David vs. Goliath

In his self-proclaimed doctrine, Saul Alinsky (for all those polisci enthusiasts) asserts that social movements are successful when one is able to strategically identify the protagonist from the antagonist. Perhaps Trump is a perfect illustration of Alinsky’s argument. Love him or hate him, the multi-billionaire entrepreneur embodies the idea of power and white supremacy. His unfavorable comments to the Latino community, however superficial they may be, have painted him as the cynical one-eyed Goliath preying on the defenseless illegal Latino community.

More beyond than this, the phrase Latino – a unique identifying ethnic idiom – embodies a larger community that extends beyond illegal immigrants. As cliché as it may sound, Latinos stick together. Perhaps having Trump attack a sub-group of the Latino community has inadvertently made the Latino community more united. He’s even got political commentaries and celebrities jumping on the “I despise Trump” bandwagon. Singers Pitbull, Ricky Martin, Shakira, and former Miss Universe have openly voiced their disapproval against Trump.

Creating Social Movement Mobilization

The National Council of La Raza—political advocacy group helping Latinos in civic engagement, civil rights, education, and immigration– , held a conference in Kansas City , with the hopes of registering more Latinos to vote for this upcoming election. The Latino Victory Project, an organization founded by Eva Longoria aimed at helping Latino politicians win local, sate, and federal offices, produced a promo video with actors uttering anti-Latino racist slurs originally stated by Republican candidates.

Is an anti-immigration stance a political suicide? As paradoxical as this may sound, Trump’s political comments are conducive to the Latino voting power.

But as we learned with Don Francisco’s 53-year career (he was Chilean host of the longest running international Latino variety program in history), the show can’t go on forever. We must learn to use verbal attacks as attributes, insults as opportunities, set backs as comebacks. This may be the year for Latinos and Donald Trump is just the guy we need to help us get there.

Vicky Llerena is SVM’s host, content creator, and public relations strategist. No amateur to the media industry, Vicky brings with her over eight years of experience having worked at Univision WXTV-41, Hudson Media Group, and PRNewswire. She works with clients to manage all their media communications needs. Aside from managing SVM, Vicky is also an adjunct professor at Saint Peter’s University, New Jersey City Institute of Technology and Hudson County Community College. Vicky is a member of the New York Journalism Press Club.