Fernando del Rincón

Fernando López del Rincón (Morelos, Mexico, 18 August 1969) is a Mexican television presenter who is well known throughout Latin America and by the Latino community in the U.S. He has worked at both Telemundo and Univision, and since 2010 has been employed by CNN en Español, based in Atlanta, Georgia. He hosts that network's prime-time newscast Panorama USA and also serves as main anchor and producer of Conclusiones.

Originally widely branded as a "pretty boy" who was offered acting jobs on telenovelas, del Rincón later did hard-hitting journalism about drug trafficking and other subjects that resulted in death threats. In 2014, del Rincón was accused by Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela, of broadcasting reports that encouraged civil unrest in that country.

Del Rincón has twice been named by the magazine People en Español as the best Spanish-speaking news anchor in the U.S.

He has been accused of domestic abuse by his ex-wife, Carmen Dominicci.

Early life He was born in the Mexican state of Morelos in 1969. As a child he wanted to be a marine biologist.

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). 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.

Coverage and interviews Del Rincón has interviewed such celebrated figures as Nobel laureate Rigoberta Menchú, Mexican president Vicente Fox, Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinejad, and authors Carlos Fuentes and Mario Vargas Llosa. 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.

Accusation by Maduro 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.

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." 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.

Social media He tweets @soyfdelrincon and is active on Facebook. He also maintains a YouTube channel.

Honors and awards He was honored in 2006 by having his footprints preserved in cement on the Walk of Fame in Mexico City.

In 2011 and 2013, the magazine People en Español named him the best Spanish-speaking news anchor in the U.S.

Personal life He has been married twice, the second time to fellow journalist Carmen Dominicci, from whom he divorced on 2008. and in 2014 expressed plans to marry her. In 2014 they married and have been living in Miami since then.