Carlos Loret de Mola

Carlos Loret de Mola Álvarez is a Mexican journalist. He has a Bachelor Degree in Economics for the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). He is a popular news anchor in Mexico, hosting a show called Primero Noticias (1:N) on Televisa channel 2, which reaches an audience of 35 million people daily in Mexico, USA and Latin America; and in the afternoon at Radio Formula's newscast 'Contraportada'. Everyweek he publishes the column "Stories of a reporter" for the national newspaper El Universal. Has been war correspondent in Afghanistan, Haiti, Siria and Libya. He has participated in international coverage, as the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, Libyan civil war, the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, the food crisis in the Horn of Africa in 2011, the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, the Tunisian Revolution and the death of Hugo Chavez. He became the first journalist in the world to interview both Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of Iran, and Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel prime minister, in the context of nuclear threats. His journalistic work in Mexico has been quoted by international media like: The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN y Al Jazeera. Was included in 2008 World Economic Forum list of Young Global Leaders.