Background
Ray Sanchez was born in 1964 in Manati, Puerto Rico, and raised in New York City, New York, United States.
New York University, New York, NY 10003, United States
New York University where Ray Sanchez studied.
New York University, New York, NY 10003, United States
New York University where Ray Sanchez studied.
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In 1998, a mysterious right-handed pitcher emerged from the ashes of the Cold War and helped lead the New York Yankees to a World Championship. His origins and even his age were uncertain. His name was Orlando El Duque Hernandez. He was a fallen hero of Fidel Castro's socialist revolution. In this book for the first time and in astonishing detail, the secrets behind El Duque's persecution and escape are revealed. It is a story of cloak-and-dagger adventure, audacious secret plots, the pull of big money, and the historic collision of ideologies. Reported in the United States and Cuba by two journalists who became part of the story they were covering, The Duke of Havana is a riveting saga of sports, politics, liberation, and greed.
https://www.amazon.com/Duke-Havana-Baseball-Search-American/dp/0812992563
2001
Ray Sanchez was born in 1964 in Manati, Puerto Rico, and raised in New York City, New York, United States.
Ray Sanchez graduated from New York University.
Ray Sanchez is a journalist with many years of work experience in various periodicals. In 1992 he joined New York Newsday as a Latin America correspondent. His years as a senior writer, columnist, and sports writer for Newsday included a four-year stint as Mexico City-based correspondent covering conflicts, economics, and politics throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, reports on terrorism from New York to London, and dispatches from the war in Iraq.
His previous work also includes writing for The Huffington Post, Reuters, Al Jazeera America, The Nation Institute's Investigative Fund, Baltimore Evening Sun, and Los Angeles Times. He also lived and worked as a correspondent in Havana for nearly three years, chronicling life in Cuba after Fidel Castro stepped down.
Currently, he is a CNN journalist working as a senior writer. Since 2013 he has written on topics ranging from the national debate over police conduct to the historic shift in United States-Cuba relations to the Ebola outbreak.
Besides his journalistic activity, Sanchez was an adjunct lecturer in journalism at City College of New York. Also, he co-authored with Steve Fainaru The Duke of Havana: Baseball, Cuba, and the Search for the American Dream, a non-fiction book about the politics of baseball on the island published by Villard in 2001. The book describes the Cuban baseball culture, Orlando El Duque Hernandez's escape to the United States, the politics of both Communist Cuba and United States professional sports, Fidel Castro, and the expatriate Cuban population in Miami. The authors provide the reader with enough historical and political background to understand the economic pressures confronting Cuban baseball players.
Ray Sanchez is a successful journalist particularly known for his work at New York Newsday and CNN. For his journalistic activity, he was a recipient of some awards. In 2004 he was a member of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize finalist team for Newsday's coverage of the New York blackout. He was also a co-winner of the Meyer "Mike" Berger Award from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism for writing about New York.
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2001Ray Sanchez is married and has children.
