Hector Vazquez Muniz

Hector Vazquez Muñiz is a Puerto Rican television sportscaster and journalist and radio programs producer. Muñiz is the sports anchorman at Telemundo Puerto Rico's "Telenoticias Fin de Semana" ("Television News Weekend Edition"), which is transmitted on weekend days at 5 PM and 10 PM. A controversial host, he has been accused, among other things, of being racist. He also has a radio talk show named "A Swing Completo con Vazquez Muñiz". His father and his uncle Johnny Vazquez were the owners of the Criollos de Caguas baseball team, By 1997, he had joined the staff of "Mira Que TVO", a Telemundo Internacional candid camera type of show, as a show host.

Vazquez Muñiz has a column in the Primera Hora newspaper in Puerto Rico, named "Se Prendió el Fogón" ("The Heat is On!"), where he discusses many sports, mainly baseball.

He has also been a long-time Telemundo Puerto Rico sportscaster. According to Guillen, Vazquez Muñiz is a backer of the ideal of statehood for Puerto Rico.

Eventually, Vazquez Muñiz was reinstated by Telemundo Puerto Rico.

Secretary of Sports and Recreation of Puerto Rico On february 7 2025, Hector Vazquez Muñiz was appointed Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Sports and Recreation by governor Jenniffer González.