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2 months, 1 week ago

Mexico’s ex-security czar gets 38 years for cartel bribes. Is he the first of many?

LA Times

In the history of narco-corruption in Mexico, no higher-ranking official than Genaro García Luna has ever faced justice in the United States. “You cannot parade this series of awards… it doesn’t wash, it doesn’t add up.” Cogan, who also presided over the case of El Chapo, told the former security chief: “You have the same kind of thuggishness as El …

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3 months ago

Mexican president responds to allegations from jailed ex-security chief: ‘Show the proof’

LA Times

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has dismissed allegations from his country’s disgraced ex-security chief — jailed in the United States and facing a possible life sentence for corruption — that he has links to drug cartels. “Show the proof.” The president denied charges that surfaced in a handwritten letter from Genaro García Luna sent Tuesday by his lawyer to …

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5 months ago

Inside the risky U.S. probe of allegations that drug mafias financed Obrador campaign

Raw Story

In the summer of 2010, as U.S. agents dug into allegations that a powerful drug mafia had poured money into Mexican politics, the investigators took direct aim at the man who is now the country’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. “Thus, this investigation could ultimately affect who runs for president from the PRD party.” The candidate’s possible indictment in the …

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9 months ago

Review: Guess who’s coming to dinner. ‘One of the Good Ones,’ an updated comedy of representation

LA Times

Lana Parrilla, from left, Carlos Gomez and Isabella Gomez in “One of the Good Ones” at Pasadena Playhouse. Cue the comic mayhem in Gloria Calderón Kellett’s “One of the Good Ones,” which is having its world premiere at Pasadena Playhouse under the direction of Kimberly Senior. Location, location, location, the old real estate maxim, also holds true for successful sitcoms …

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9 months, 1 week ago

‘Where are you really from?’ A Latine landmark disrupts Pasadena Playhouse’s 100-year history

LA Times

The pillows are fluffed, the cocktails are mixed, the enchiladas are warming in the oven. In Gloria Calderón Kellett’s new play “One of the Good Ones,” this scenario leads to frank conversation, unfolding in real time, about unconscious biases, intergenerational expectations and who gets to claim Latino and American identity. “And even though it’s a one-act play, the second act …

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1 year ago

Gloria Calderón Kellett: Norman Lear gave me the courage to embrace my purpose

LA Times

Writer and producer Gloria Calderón Kellett worked closely with Norman Lear, developing the reboot of his groundbreaking 1975 show, “One Day at a Time.” Here, in her own words, she writes about her relationship with the TV icon. Norman Lear and Gloria Calderón Kellett on the set of “One Day at a Time.” Norman acknowledged the challenge and with the …

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1 year, 2 months ago

‘It was a trauma’: Now that the strike has ended, showrunners wonder how they begin moving forward

LA Times

Actors Sheryl Lee Ralph, left, and Lisa Ann Walter of ABC’s “Abbott Elementary,” at a strike rally in Philadelphia in July. That relief, for them, is what I felt when the news broke.” “I don’t think there is a single person who works in television,who didn’t feel the effects of how the landscape has changed,” said Liz Tigelaar, showrunner of …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Fox Business host Stuart Varney gets ready to rumble at the Republican debate (without Trump)

LA Times

Fox News proved the Republican presidential primary is more than former President Trump, as nearly 13 million viewers tuned in for the first candidates debate on Aug. 23. There will be two first-timers at the moderator desk with Stuart Varney, who anchors the daily Fox Business Network program “Varney & Co.,” and Dana Perino, a co-host of Fox News shows …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Lo que la espantosa muerte de Ariadna López dice sobre la epidemia de feminicidios en México

LA Times

El 31 de octubre, víspera del Día de Muertos, Ricardo Calderón y un amigo emprendieron una excursión en bicicleta desde Ciudad de México hacia el sur, hasta Tepoztlán, un popular destino turístico. Anuncio “Aquí todo el mundo lo conoce”, dijo Alejandra, una anfitriona de Sixtie’s que habló con la condición de que no se utilizara su apellido. Sheinbaum dijo que …

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1 year, 9 months ago

A single mother in Mexico was blamed for her own death. Now a well-connected playboy has been charged

LA Times

Leer en español On Oct. 31, the eve of Day of the Dead, Ricardo Calderón and a friend embarked on a bicycle excursion from Mexico City south to Tepoztlán, a popular day-trip destination. One read “Armida” — the first name of López’s mother, who had died three years earlier of cancer. “I write to you with a soul torn to …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Mexico’s ex-public security chief convicted in US drug case

Associated Press

NEW YORK — A former Mexican presidential cabinet member was convicted in the U.S. on Tuesday of taking massive bribes to protect the violent drug cartels he was tasked with combating. Current Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has railed throughout the trial against ex-President Felipe Calderón’s administration for, at a minimum, putting García Luna in charge of Mexico’s security. …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Mexico’s former drug czar found guilty of taking payoffs to protect cartels

LA Times

Mexico’s former top law enforcement official — once tasked with fighting the country’s drug cartels — was convicted in New York on Tuesday of taking millions of dollars in bribes from traffickers. Genaro García Luna, who headed Mexico’s federal police before serving as the nation’s secretary of public security more than a decade ago, was found guilty of cooperating with …

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1 year, 10 months ago

México: expresidente Calderón niega pactos con el narco

Associated Press

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO — El expresidente mexicano Felipe Calderón negó el martes haber pactado con ningún grupo del crimen organizado durante su mandato, tal y como dijo un testigo durante el juicio a quien fuera su secretario de Seguridad, Genaro García Luna, acusado en Estados Unidos de recibir millones de dólares en sobornos para proteger al Cártel de Sinaloa. Según …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Mexico’s former top cop on trial in New York, accused of working for Sinaloa cartel

LA Times

Former Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro García Luna, shown in 2010, is on trial in the U.S. on federal charges of conspiring to traffic cocaine. García Luna frequently met with top U.S. security officials while in office and was often portrayed as the public face of Mexico’s drug war. “We knew Chapo was dirty,” Soriano said, “but Chapo is …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Pet composting is surprisingly tender.

Slate

In Judith Viorst’s picture book The Tenth Good Thing About Barney, a family grapples with the death of their cat, Barney. Pleia, a start-up based outside of Medellín, Colombia, founded by Melissa Naranjo Hoyos and Daniel Correa Jaramillo in 2018, has devised a streamlined approach to the 10th good thing about Barney. “If you don’t control this process very well,” …

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3 years ago

Holiday rom-com 'With Love' follows Latino family for a year

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. something where they are the center of a story, …

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3 years ago

'With Love' Expands The Definition Of Who Gets To Be In A Romantic Comedy

Huff Post

Illustration: HuffPost; Photos: Kevin Estrada/Amazon Prime Video The opening scenes of “With Love” immediately establish the show’s cozy and joyful vibes. So it was really so awesome to get to make stuff that now gets to exist,” said Calderón Kellett, who previously co-created and was the co-showrunner on Netflix’s reboot of “One Day at a Time.” “We didn’t have it …

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3 years, 3 months ago

How Latina TV Creators Are Building 'Sisterhood' To Make Sure Their Stories Get Told

Huff Post

“Vida” creator and showrunner Tanya Saracho has been trying to create the roles she didn’t have at the beginning of her career and make it possible for others to do the same. When she was first starting out in TV, one of Saracho’s role models was Gloria Calderón Kellett, then a supervising producer on the Lifetime show “Devious Maids,” where …

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3 years, 11 months ago

'Kulning': A hypnotic Swedish singing tradition

BBC

'Kulning': A hypnotic Swedish singing tradition Justin Calderón Summer farms like Skallskog are inextricably linked to the ancient Swedish singing tradition of kulning Singers of this ancient form of Swedish herd-calling corral farm animals with haunting melodies, drawing in cows, goats, sheep and ducks with each hypnotic note. In this sense, the outdoor setting is practical: “There are such strong …

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4 years ago

Rita Moreno and ‘One Day at a Time’ cast say goodbye: ‘There are no words’

LA Times

The Alvarez family is saying goodbye for the last time after the showrunners of “One Day at a Time” declared the beloved series “officially over” after four seasons. “I know a lot of you are probably exhausted from the roller coaster this has been and I totally get if you’re over reading sappy ODAAT posts, but for those of you …

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4 years, 1 month ago

As the world congratulates Biden, Mexico’s president opts to wait. Critics call it a diplomatic blunder

LA Times

As Latin American leaders hastened this weekend to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden, conspicuously missing from the ledger were two heavyweights: the presidents of Brazil and Mexico, the region’s most populous nations and home to its two largest economies. “President Trump has been very respectful of us, and we have achieved some important accords,” López Obrador said. “This was a very …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Get to know 'Dancing With the Stars' ace Justina Machado

LA Times

Actress Justina Machado, photographed at the Mattachine Steps in Silver Lake, is having a double prime-time moment on broadcast TV with “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC and “One Day at a Time” on CBS. I’m going to be that Puerto Rican woman that’s on that show.’” Make that two shows: On Oct. 12, the pandemic-halted fourth season of Machado’s …

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Mexico’s ex-security czar gets 38 years for cartel bribes. Is he the first of many?

Mexican president responds to allegations from jailed ex-security chief: ‘Show the proof’

Inside the risky U.S. probe of allegations that drug mafias financed Obrador campaign

Review: Guess who’s coming to dinner. ‘One of the Good Ones,’ an updated comedy of representation

‘Where are you really from?’ A Latine landmark disrupts Pasadena Playhouse’s 100-year history

Gloria Calderón Kellett: Norman Lear gave me the courage to embrace my purpose

‘It was a trauma’: Now that the strike has ended, showrunners wonder how they begin moving forward

Fox Business host Stuart Varney gets ready to rumble at the Republican debate (without Trump)

Lo que la espantosa muerte de Ariadna López dice sobre la epidemia de feminicidios en México

A single mother in Mexico was blamed for her own death. Now a well-connected playboy has been charged

Mexico’s ex-public security chief convicted in US drug case

Mexico’s former drug czar found guilty of taking payoffs to protect cartels

México: expresidente Calderón niega pactos con el narco

Mexico’s former top cop on trial in New York, accused of working for Sinaloa cartel

Pet composting is surprisingly tender.

Holiday rom-com 'With Love' follows Latino family for a year

'With Love' Expands The Definition Of Who Gets To Be In A Romantic Comedy

How Latina TV Creators Are Building 'Sisterhood' To Make Sure Their Stories Get Told

'Kulning': A hypnotic Swedish singing tradition

Rita Moreno and ‘One Day at a Time’ cast say goodbye: ‘There are no words’

As the world congratulates Biden, Mexico’s president opts to wait. Critics call it a diplomatic blunder

Get to know 'Dancing With the Stars' ace Justina Machado