Fernando del Rincón

He was born in the Mexican state of Morelos in 1969. As a child he wanted to be a marine biologist. He began his media career in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, a city in the state of Chiapas. Del Rincón himself has said that his interest in journalism began when he heard a group of indigenous persons speaking in what he thought was a language unknown to him. It turned out to be a dialect of Spanish, and he felt ashamed that he did not know that it was a dialect, and wanted to know about it. This shame and curiosity led him to study journalism. He received a degree in social communication from the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey in 1992.

Del Rincón began his journalistic career in Mexico. From 1996 to 1997, he was at TV Azteca in Mexico City, serving as main anchor of the newsmagazine Primer Edicion and as a reporter for the morning newscast Hola Mexico.

From 1997 to 2001, he was main anchor of Fuera de la ley and Duro Y Directo, co-anchor of several special shows, at Televisa in Mexico City, while also serving as main news anchor at Noticias Televisa Monterey.

He worked at XEW Radio (Televisa Radio) in Mexico City from 1999 to 2001, serving as executive producer and main news anchor of the prime-time news show En Directo con Fernando Del Rincon.

More recently, he has been working in the U.S. After a brief period at Telemundo, where he was cohost and producer of the program De mañanita and co-anchored the network's coverage of the 9/11 attacks, Del Rincón attained enormous popularity on Univision, where he worked from 2002 to 2010. At Univision, he served as anchor on the programs Primer Impacto and Ver para creer and was also a correspondent for Noticiero Univision as well as anchor of various other programs and specials.

Fernando Del Rincon and Carmen Dominicci were fired from the program Primer Impacto and the network in 2008 as a result of allegations made by Dominicci of domestic abuse from Del Rincon.{{Citation|title=Primer Impacto|date=2020-03-30|url=Primer Impacto|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2020-04-29}}

From March 2009 to August 2010, Del Rincón was host of Mega News Nocturno, broadcast by Mega TV, owned by the Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS).{{cite web|last=People|title=Fernando del Rincón renuncia a MegaTV|url=http://www.peopleenespanol.com/article/fernando-del-rincon-renuncia-megatv|work=People en Español|accessdate=3 May 2014|date=10 August 2010}} Since 2010, Del Rincón has been with CNN. He has cohosted Panorama Mundial with Patricia Janiot and is currently the host of Panorama USA and Conclusiones for CNN Latino. The latter program also appears on CNN en Español. In addition, he has appeared on CNN English.{{cite web|last=Fernando Del Rincon|title=Fernando Del Rincon at CNN ENGLISH about Enrique Peña Nieto|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20ZVLtQ-p7c|work=CNN English|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=5 May 2014|date=7 June 2012}}

Del Rincón has interviewed such celebrated figures as Nobel laureate Rigoberta Menchú, Mexican president Vicente Fox, Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinejad,{{cite web|last=Actualidad |title=Fernando del Rincón entrevistó a Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. |url=http://actualidad1020.net/nota/visornota.aspx?id=3732&prg=1 |accessdate=7 May 2014 |date=28 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315174225/http://actualidad1020.net/nota/visornota.aspx?id=3732&prg=1 |archivedate=15 March 2014 }} and authors Carlos Fuentes and Mario Vargas Llosa.{{cite web|publisher=CNN Español|title=Vargas Llosa: Gobiernos de Latinoamérica son cómplices de Maduro|url=http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2014/04/24/mario-vargas-llosa-y-su-vision-de-la-democracia-en-venezuela-esta-noche-en-conclusiones/|accessdate=7 May 2014|date=24 April 2014}} He has also covered the war in Iraq, 9/11, California fires, the Japanese tsunami and earthquake, elections in Venezuela, Guatemala, and Mexico, student protests in Venezuela, and other events of international importance.{{cite web|last=Terra |title=Biografía de Fernando del Rincón |url=http://www.terra.com/entretenimiento/noticias/Biografia_de_fernando_del_rincon/oci444179 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140508031906/http://www.terra.com/entretenimiento/noticias/Biografia_de_fernando_del_rincon/oci444179 |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 May 2014 |accessdate=7 May 2014 |date=24 October 2008 }}

After del Rincón had reported extensively on anti-Chavista protests in Venezuela and on the authorities’ response to them, the Cuba-friendly website Cubainformación accused him in February 2014 of lying about the Venezuelan government and encouraging protesters.{{cite web|last=cubainformacion|title=Conozca las mentiras del periodista de CNN, Fernando del Rincón, sobre Venezuela|url=http://www.cubainformacion.tv/index.php/america-latina/54976-conozca-las-mentiras-del-periodista-de-cnn-fernando-del-rincon-sobre-venezuela|accessdate=8 May 2014|date=24 February 2014}}

In March 2014, Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela, accused del Rincón of encouraging unrest in Venezuela. "He is doing war reportage," said Maduro of del Rincón, who at the time was reporting from Venezuela for CNN en Español. "If I deny him permission and expel him from the country, then I'm a dictator and they tell the world I am a dictator."{{cite web|last=El Universal|title=Fernando del Rincón: "Hay un conflicto grave y serio que se debe revisar"|url=http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/protestas-en-venezuela/140317/fernando-del-rincon-hay-un-conflicto-grave-y-serio-que-se-debe-revisar|accessdate=8 May 2014|date=17 March 2014}} Maduro also made unflattering references to del Rincon's personal life. Del Rincon responded that he found Maduro's remarks “juvenile” but added that for a journalist, being mentioned personally by a head of state is like "gold", and for that "distinction" he was grateful to the president.{{cite web|last=Karla|title=Esto dijo Fernando del Rincón sobre las acusaciones de Nicolás Maduro en su contra + VIDEO|url=http://www.maduradas.com/esto-dijo-fernando-del-rincon-sobre-las-acusaciones-de-nicolas-maduro-en-su-contra-video/|work=Maduradas|accessdate=8 May 2014|date=16 March 2014}}

He tweets @soyfdelrincon {{Cite Twitter profile|soyfdelrincon}} and is active on Facebook.[https://www.facebook.com/Ferdelrincon Ferdelrincon Facebook] He also maintains a YouTube channel.[https://www.youtube.com/user/fenixskrull Fernando Del Rincon YouTube]

He was honored in 2006 by having his footprints preserved in cement on the Walk of Fame in Mexico City.{{cite web |publisher=CNN Español |title=Fernando del Rincón |url=http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2011/04/22/fernando-del-rincon/ |accessdate=8 May 2014 |date=22 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423080352/http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2011/04/22/fernando-del-rincon/ |archivedate=23 April 2014 }}

In 2011 and 2013, the magazine People en Español named him the best Spanish-speaking news anchor in the U.S.{{cite web|last=People|title=Fernando del Rincón: La boda será en el 2014|url=http://www.peopleenespanol.com/article/fernando-del-rincon-la-boda-sera-en-el-2014|accessdate=8 May 2014|date=13 December 2013}}:es:Anexo:Premios People en Español 2011:es:Anexo:Premios People en Español 2013

He has been married twice, the second time to fellow journalist Carmen Dominicci, from whom he divorced on 2008. Since 2010, he has been dating the Venezuelan actress Jullye Giliberti,{{cite web|last=People en Espanol|title=Fernando del Rincón enamorado como un adolescente|url=http://www.peopleenespanol.com/article/fernando-del-rincon-enamorado-como-un-adolescente|accessdate=5 May 2014|date=25 March 2011}} and in 2014 expressed plans to marry her.{{cite web|last=TVNotas|title=Fernando del Rincón se casará en 2014|url=http://www.tvnotas.com.mx/2013/12/14/C-57153-fernando-del-rincon-se-casara-en-2014.php|accessdate=8 May 2014|date=24 December 2013}}

In 2014 they married and have been living in Miami since then.

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