In about two years, the United States will say goodbye to its first black president. Will the country make history again and choose another minority leader? Actress and political activist Eva Longoria certainly thinks so.

Longoria gained fame on "Desperate Housewives" but is now making a political name for herself. At the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, she made a presidential prediction.

"With the demographic changes in the United States, there's definitely, inevitably going to be a Latino president," she told Associated Press.

It's no surprise that the "Devious Maids" executive producer sees a Latino in the White House; she's a producer of the "El Voto Hispano" documentary, which was funded last month, and a co-founder of the Latino Victory Project.

Latino Victory Project was recently publicly criticized by the Republican National Committee for allegedly favoring Democrats. On Saturday, however, Longoria seemed to subtly respond to the allegations, saying that Latino Victory Project works with those who are "promoting a pro-Latino agenda, pro-immigration, pro-education reform, pro-health care" and "fighting the fight right now in our politics."

In addition to a Latino president, the Democrat said she sees other changes on the horizon.

"It's been blocked by a certain few people in the government, and I'm hoping we can continue to push it through before the next election," she said.

Meanwhile, Longoria will continue to "represent the right things" on both the small and big screen.

"You know I've been really lucky to have choices, and I don't really want to work unless the work is important or something I want to do, or something fun and exciting," she explained.

The star was at Cannes Films Festival for her ninth time as a L'Oreal ambassador.

Longoria formed Latino Victory Project last year with Henry Muñoz III, Democratic National Committee finance chair. The bipartisan organization aims to help "Latinos win election to local, state and federal offices," according to its mission.

"Latino Victory Project is far more preoccupied with pushing a Democrat agenda than being nonpartisan and supporting Hispanics across the ideological spectrum," Izzy Santa, RNC Hispanic Communications Director, told BuzzFeed.
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