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A Mexican-American journalist and a Cuban-Mexican investigative reporter walk into a recording studio with a bottle of tequila and reveal one of the most shocking true crime investigative stories you will ever hear. From Futuro Investigates and Latino USA —in partnership with Lemonada Media—“USA v. García Luna” tells the story of the most powerful Mexican government official ever to face trial in the United States for his alleged ties to the infamous drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. His ...
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"La comunicación efectiva es aquella en donde no solo el emisor y receptor comprenden un mensaje; sino que el emisor por medio de un mensaje logra un efecto en la vida del receptor" www.scichile.com
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El día finalmente llegó. Genaro García Luna, quien fuera uno de los hombres más poderosos de México, ha sido sentenciado por una corte en Nueva York a más de 38 años en prisión. En el último episodio de nuestra serie, Maria Hinojosa y Peniley Ramírez nos cuentan qué ocurrió dentro de la corte y nos comparten sus primeras impresiones. Además, nos re…
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The day finally arrived. Genaro García Luna, one of Mexico's former most powerful government officials, has been sentenced to serve more than 38 years in prison by a court in New York. In the last episode of our series, Maria Hinojosa and Peniley Ramírez tell us what happened inside the courthouse and also reveal to us that this isn't the end of th…
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Un año después de la condena del Genaro García Luna, quien fue Secretario de Seguridad Pública de México durante el sexenio de Felipe Calderón, Peniley y Maria vuelven como conductoras de USA vs García Luna y cuentan un nuevo ángulo la historia del exsecretario de seguridad pública mexicano, a pocos días de su audiencia de sentencia. En este episod…
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After a year since his conviction, Peniley and Maria dust off the hosts' seats to continue telling Genaro Garcia Luna’s story as he is just days away from his sentencing hearing. On this episode, former State Department official, John Feely, sits down with our hosts and reveals the flaws in the American justice system that let Garcia Luna run free …
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Introducing a new series that we think you'll love: "Chess Piece: The Elián González Story," from Futuro Studios, in collaboration with iHeartRadio's My Cultura Podcast Network. In 1999, two Florida fishermen found a cherub of a boy named Elián González in the sea on Thanksgiving. The boy had floated alone for days. His mother managed to save her s…
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Futuro Studios presents Stars and Stars with Isa in collaboration with Stitcher Studios. Each week our host and astrologer, Isa Nakazawa, sits down with some of the most talented stars and thinkers of our time, to find what their birth chart reveals about them and their purpose. You’ll laugh, you might cry, and you’ll definitely connect with your f…
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For host Maria Garcia, Mexican megastar Juan Gabriel has always held a singular allure. He was a prolific composer and one of the world’s greatest showmen. There was a lightness and a bigness to him—a big queer exuberance. And now, as the first openly gay woman in her family line, Maria looks to Juan Gabriel as a key to reconcile her queerness with…
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Today, we are dropping in your feed to introduce you to When We Win, a new podcast from Lemonada Media that asks, is the impossible possible? What will it take to create a truly engaged democracy that represents all of us? Each week, Maya Rupert talks to some of the most incredible women of color in office today who ran against insurmountable odds …
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El juicio de Genaro García Luna terminó, pero no la investigación de María y Peniley. En este episodio, se enteran de que un senador estadounidense ha solicitado a la DEA y el FBI información sobre García Luna, incluyendo los nombres de los oficiales estadounidenses que examinaron y dieron su visto bueno a García Luna. Escuchamos las reacciones al …
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Genaro García Luna’s trial is over, but María and Peniley’s investigative work is not. In this episode, they learn that a U.S. senator has requested the DEA and the FBI information on García Luna, including the names of the U.S. officials who vetted him. We listen to some of our series' protagonists react to the guilty verdict, and Peniley digs int…
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After six weeks of attending the trial and more than 10 years investigating Genaro García Luna, Peniley and Maria sat arm in arm in court with other reporters as they braced themselves for the verdict. And, just as Peniley’s reporting found —the highest former Mexican government official to ever face trial in the U.S.— is guilty of conspiracy to di…
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Después de seis semanas de cubrir el juicio y más de 10 años investigando a Genaro García Luna, Peniley y Maria escuchan el veredicto. El exfuncionario mexicano de mayor rango que enfrentó un juicio en EEUU fue declarado culpable de conspiración para traficar cocaína y otros cargos. En este episodio, Peniley y Maria comparten los momentos clave del…
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The trial against Genaro García Luna is reaching its end—which means Peniley is exhausted and Maria has to pull her out of bed just to make it to court! This week, Jesus ‘El Rey’ Zambada, the Sinaloa cartel’s former top boss, testified that he personally delivered bribes to García Luna. In defense of her husband, García Luna’s wife took the stand. …
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El juicio está llegando a su fin, lo que significa que Peniley está exhausta y María tuvo que sacarla de la cama para llegar a tiempo a la corte. Esta semana, Jesús ‘El Rey’ Zambada, ex-jefe del cártel de Sinaloa, declaró que él personalmente entregó sobornos a García Luna. Además, la esposa de García Luna subió al estrado. Luego, Peniley investigó…
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In 2007, more than 23 tons of cocaine belonging to the Sinaloa cartel were found in the Mexican port of Manzanillo. Mexico and the U.S. celebrated it as the biggest drug bust in Mexican history to date. Fifteen years later, Genaro García Luna is accused of helping the cartel avoid a $50 million “fine” in connection to that bust. Now, Peniley and Ma…
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En 2007 las autoridades mexicanas decomisaron más de 23 toneladas de cocaína del Cártel de Sinaloa en el puerto mexicano de Manzanillo. México y Estados Unidos lo celebraron como la incautación de drogas más grande en la historia de México, hasta la fecha. Quince años después, Genaro García Luna está acusado de ayudar al cártel a evitar una “multa”…
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Tirso ‘El Futbolista’ Martinez, is the second witness to testify against Genaro García Luna. El Futbolista was a major cocaine distributor for El Chapo’s Sinaloa cartel in the U.S. While listening to his testimony, Peniley learns the address of the warehouse in Brooklyn that used to serve as the cartel’s front. She goes there. In this episode, Peni…
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Tirso 'El Futbolista' Martínez, es el segundo testigo en declarar en el juicio contra Genaro García Luna. Era un distribuidor importante de cocaína para el cártel de Sinaloa en Estados Unidos. Mientras escucha su testimonio, Peniley se entera de la dirección del almacén en Brooklyn que solía servir como fachada del cartel y va a visitar el lugar. E…
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Known as the island donde hasta la piedras cantan – “where even the rocks sing” – Puerto Rico is home to a dizzying breadth of musical expression. From the lyrical boleristas of the 1930s, to the electric salseros of the ’70s, to the reggaetoneros of today who have taken music from the margins and made it a global sensation, this season takes liste…
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After 10 years of investigating Genaro García Luna, Peniley is now on the ground in Brooklyn with Maria, reporting on his trial. He is accused of working a second, dirty job for the Sinaloa Cartel, besides his role as a top officer for the Mexican government. Each morning, Futuro Investigates heads to the courthouse to see the once “untouchable” co…
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Después de 10 años de investigar a Genaro García Luna, Peniley está ahora en Brooklyn con María, informando sobre su juicio. García Luna está acusado de tener un segundo trabajo, uno sucio, para el Cártel de Sinaloa, mientras era un oficial de alto rango en el gobierno mexicano. Futuro Investigates va a la corte cada mañana para ver al otrora “into…
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The trial of Genaro García Luna starts January 17, and Maria and Peniley are back in the studio to explain everything you need to know before the trial begins. The prosecution and defense teams are already battling over how García Luna will be presented to the jury. Will the defense be allowed to exhibit evidence of his close relationship with the …
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El juicio de Genaro García Luna en Nueva York comienza este 17 de enero. Mientras, fiscalía y defensa discuten cómo se le presentará ante el jurado. ¿El juez permitirá a la defensa mencionar que García Luna fue muy cercano a las autoridades de Estados Unidos? ¿Su fortuna en Miami será parte del juicio? Por primera vez en español, la periodista gana…
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In this season finale, María and Peniley pose one last question: Was García Luna a mastermind triple agent, or is there a systemic issue fostering corruption in the DEA? To find out, we zoom into the DEA’s role in the drug war and talk to an ex-DEA special agent and whistleblower. We also take a moment to remember the victims of the failed “war on …
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September 19, 2017 changed Peniley’s life. That morning, she found a picture that connected García Luna and two Mexican businessmen that Peniley had already been investigating. They had multimillion dollar contracts with the Mexican government. She emailed García Luna for a comment. Two minutes later, Mexico was hit with one of the worst earthquake…
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Peniley and Maria take a roadtrip to an unassuming warehouse in Queens. The location was once a front company for El Chapo’s Sinaloa cartel. Now, García Luna is accused of facilitating drugs to New York, as part of El Chapo’s business chain. Maria and Peniley learn that accusations of collaboration between El Chapo and García Luna date back to as e…
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We're sharing an episode from Futuro Media's political podcast In The Thick. Co-hosts Maria and Julio are joined by Peniley Ramírez, executive producer of Futuro Unidad Hinojosa and Futuro’s Special Projects and Investigative Units, for a behind-the-scenes look into “USA v. García Luna.” Maria and Peniley talk about how this five-episode series rei…
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From CSI to Donna Summer, García Luna was fascinated by anything American. Several U.S. officials said that García Luna was the person they trusted the most in the Mexican government. They called him "The Mexican Hoover," after John Edgar Hoover, the FBI’s first director. But soon, García Luna was facing accusations of corruption. In this episode, …
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Peniley Ramírez has one obsession: Genaro García Luna, Mexico’s top security official from 2006 to 2012. For years, Peniley broke news of his alleged corruption in Mexico and the U.S.. Yet, García Luna seemed untouchable. That is, until his name was brought up by a former cartel leader during Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s U.S. trial. Now, he faces hi…
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Futuro Investigates and Latino USA —in partnership with Lemonada Media— present “USA v. García Luna,” a new investigative series about the most powerful Mexican official to ever face trial in the U.S. for allegedly accepting million-dollar bribes from the Sinaloan drug cartel. Before his arrest, Genaro García Luna worked closely with U.S. diplomats…
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¿Que es mejor? ¿Ejercicio constante moderado o con intervalos de alta intensidad? / Effect of constant-moderate versus high intensity interval exercise
https://scichileblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/sergio-martinez-11818-7-11-pm.mp3 Remember to suscribe on any of the following platforms: In today’s episode we have had a pleasant conversation with Sergio Martinez, Physical therapist from Chile undertaking his PhD in Sydney, Australia. Specifically, Sergio explain how different types of exercise a…
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Let’s talk with Angela Baeza about teachers and indigenous communities in Chile and Australia // Conversemos con Angela Baeza sobre los profesores y las comunidades indigenas en Chile y Australia.
https://scichileblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/angela-baeza-conversacion-26418-3-01-pm.mp3 Remember to suscribe on any of the following platforms: In today’s episode we had a conversation with Angela Baeza, teacher from Universidad Catolica de Chile. Angelad id a Master degree at Monash University, Australia. Angela has been working with indigeno…
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¿Se puede aprender a ser un mejor padre? / Is it possible to learn how to be a better parent? (Spanish)
https://scichileblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/carolina-gonzalez-19218-2-16-pm.mp3 Remember to suscribe on any of the following platforms: En el episodio de hoy tuvimos el agrado de tener en SciChile a Carolina González, psicóloga de la Universidad de Talca. Carolina esta realizando un doctorado en Australia sobre ‘parental engagement’, el cual c…
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Hablemos sobre enfermedades de transmisión sexual (ITS) // Let’s talk about sexually transmitted diseases STDs (Conversación en Español)
https://scichileblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/nicol-iturrieta-conversation-31118-3-59-pm.mp3 Remember to suscribe on any of the following platforms: Today we have invited Nicol Iturrieta who is a midwife from Chile, currently doing a PhD in public health at the University of Melbourne in Australia. Nicol’s research is on sexually transmitted dis…
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Why should we care about animal welfare? // ¿Por qué deberíamos preocuparnos por el bienestar de los animales? // (English conversation)
https://scichileblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/carolina-muncc83oz-10118-11-51-pm.mp3 Remember to suscribe on any of the following platforms: Today we have invited Carolina Muñoz to SciChile to talk about her work in the field of animal welfare. Through the conversation, we have discussed how animal welfare impact not just on quantity, but also qu…
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Razones e impacto de altas tasas de cesáreas en Latin-America // Social science behind C-section in Latin-America
https://scichileblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/camila-castro-291217-9-54-am.mp3 Remember to suscribe on any of the following platforms: Did you know that Latin-American countries have the highest rates of C-section in the world? Listen today’s episode, we have prepared an interesting conversation with Camila Castro, ocupational therapist from the…
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Teaching science through soccer (Spanish conversation). Enseñando ciencia usando el futbol (conversación en Español).
https://scichileblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/conversacion-max-vazquez-141017-1-59-pm.mp3 Remember to suscribe on any of the following patforms: In this episode we have invited Max Vazquez Dominguez, Assistant profesor at The University of North Georgia. Max study the use of soccer as a tool to teach science in the United States. This episode is…
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Economy and energy, talking about sustainability / Economía y energía, hablando sobre sustentabilidad
https://scichileblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/benjamin-leiva-10917-2-06-pm.mp3 In this conversation we talked about Economy. Benjamin Leiva, originally from Chile, who is currently doing his PhD at the University of Georgia in the USA, explained us how energy and economics are related to each other, and how this is relevant to understand sustain…
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Language and science, where minds collide (Spanish conversation) / La enseñanza del lenguaje científico (Conversación en español)
https://scichileblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/conversacion20lourdes.mp3 In this conversation, Lourdes Cardozo-Gaibisso, a former Uruguayan Middle School teacher, discusses her research about language and science in the United States. Lourdes is currently completing her Ph.D. at The University of Georgia’s College of Education in the Department o…
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