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Alex Penelas, Former Miami-Dade Mayor, to Provide Political Commentary and Analysis for Univision; Will Appear on WLTV-23 Miami, the Univision Television and Radio Networks.


MIAMI Miami, cities, United States
Miami (mīăm`ē, –ə).

1 City (1990 pop. 358,548), seat of Dade co., SE Fla., on Biscayne Bay at the mouth of the Miami River; inc. 1896.
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:UVN UVN Ustredni Vojenska Nemocnice (Prague) ), the nation's leading Spanish-language media company, today announced that former Miami-Dade County Mayor Alex Penelas Alexander "Alex" Penelas (born December 18, 1961 in Miami, Florida) is the former mayor of Miami-Dade County, Florida. Early life
Penelas, a Cuban-American, attended college at St. Thomas University.
 has joined Univision WLTV-23 Miami's award-winning news department as its exclusive political expert and analyst.

Elected in 1996 as Miami-Dade County's first Executive Mayor, Penelas served two terms overseeing the 4th largest county government in the country. He will provide insights on a wide variety of political and governmental topics, on a national basis for the Univision Television and Radio networks as well as from the local perspective for Univision WLTV, channel 23 in Miami.

"I am extremely happy and proud to have joined the Univision family, the undisputed leading Spanish-language media company both nationally and locally," said Penelas. "I am eager to share my over 17 years of experience with the community I have served and to the broader, national Hispanic community, as well. I believe that this will be an especially rewarding association for me personally, and I look forward to forging a continuing relationship with Univision's loyal viewers and listeners, too."

With the emergence of Hispanic issues as a major driving force across the political landscape in recent elections, astute analysis has become increasingly important to Hispanic viewers. As mayor of a county of over 2.3 million residents, Penelas' governmental responsibilities extended to the state and federal level including areas such as emergency response management and immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. . As such, he brings to Univision a rich wealth of experience and political acumen that will provide unique perspectives and insights on a wide range of topics and issues affecting the South Florida community and the nation.

Penelas currently is a Senior Fellow and Professor of Government at St. Thomas University Schools with the name St. Thomas University:
  • St. Thomas University (New Brunswick)
  • St. Thomas University (Florida)
See also University of St. Thomas
 in Miami Gardens and enjoys a successful private law practice.

Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 98% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 80% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 24 Univision Network television stations and 1 non-Univision television station; TeleFutura Television Group, which owns and operates 31 TeleFutura Network television stations; Galavision, the country's leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Radio Univision Radio is the radio division of media giant Univision. The company was formerly known as Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation. It is the eighth largest radio company in the United States, and it specializes in Spanish language radio formats. , the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 68 radio stations in 17 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 4 stations in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. ; Univision Music Group The Univision Music Group Is the #1 Latin music company in the U.S. with approximately 45% market share. Founded in April 2001 with a vision of releasing and marketing the best of every genre of Latin music, the Univision Music Group now includes three record labels: Univision , which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, and a 50% interest in Mexico-based Disa Records labels as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies; and Univision Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located at www.univision.com. Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa's pay television channels in the U.S., and a non-voting 27% interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univision Communications is headquartered in Los Angeles with television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.

For more information, please visit www.univision.net
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