The controversial chief of food Goya speaks after the leadership change. – I will not be silent.

CEO dressed and president of Goya Foods He spoke following a recent vote of the Board of Directors on his employment with the company.

Robert Unanue, who drove his Hispanic Hispanic Brand based in Jersey City in 2004-and later sparked Reactions against Goya foodFollowing his vocal support of President Donald Trump – said Monday one day press release He was “left in the limbo” and “has no real answers” after a council vote, which seems to be removed from his position.

In a statement provided on Tuesday NJ Advance Media, a spokesman of Goya Foods confirmed “a change of management”, but would not offer specific to the “internal operations of the company”.

The spokesman added the change “has absolutely no connection with the media policy or appearances.”

Unanue, a Wyckoff originator, first earned the national attention in 2020 when he visited the White House for The initiative of Hispanic prosperityhiring several two million food to US food banks. As he was there, he praised the president, saying, “We are all truly blessed … Let us have a leader like President Trump, who is a builder.”

Unanue’s comments sparked a public outburst, given Trump’s statements guided towards Mexican-Americans and immigration policies. A Public boycot He followed Goya food, ecologized by the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Congress and the former secretary of housing and urban development, Julán Castro.

Unanue refused withdraw the commentssaying it is a “suppression of speech.” Shortly after, Republican voters launched an “anti-boycott” campaign. Unanue said that The experienced company As a result, a sales tip of 1,000%.

Goya’s Board of Directors voted Unanue censorship In January 2021, actually forbid to speak in the media, CNN said. The action was taken after the CEO claimed in a Interview with Fox Business that the 2020 presidential elections were “unverified” and that it was the dawn of a “new world order and a great reset” on the day of the inauguration of former President Joe Biden on January 20, 2021.

At that time, the Council of Nine People was in favor of eliminating the company in its entirety, but the regulations of the business owned by the family, founded in 1936 by Prudencio Unanue the Ortiz-Bunic of Robert Unanue-would not allow this, as noted until the observation by Robert Unanue. The New York Post.

Unanue repeated them False Election Claims During a CPAC 2021. He claimed that Trump was “real, legitimate and still real president” and that the Georgia elections were not “legitimate”.

UNANUE also served as an executive manufacturer at the 2023 movie “The sound of freedom” A thriller based on the life of an anti-trafic lawyer, who continued to root the leader Goya with extremely right supporters.

“The support of the film has become a cause for the Maga crowd”, The Los Angeles Times noted at the time.

Trump himself hosted a projection from “Freedom” to his golf field Bedminster that summer. Unanue and spoke in support of Trump’s at the Republican National Convention last summer.

While UNANUE did not confirm his departure on Monday, he seems to be oriented to an exit of the company. He said he intends to focus on his philanthropic efforts, namely the elimination of child trafficking. He has previously created Goya cares The initiative to provide online education and exploitation traffic.

“The uncertainty from Goya Foods will not discourage me to make the world aware of the bad children’s trafficking and I will not rest until the over 325,000 children lost in the last 2 years will not be recovered,” said UNANUE. “I will not be silent. I will not give up on those who want to give up the fight. ”

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