Carlos Loret de Mola


Carlos Loret de Mola Álvarez is a Mexican journalist. He has a bachelor's degree in Economics for the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.
He is a popular news anchor in Mexico, hosting a show called Despierta on Televisa's Las Estrellas, which reaches an audience of 35 million people daily in Mexico, USA and Latin America; and in the afternoon at W Radio newscast ‘Así Las Cosas Con Loret’. Everyweek he publishes the column “Stories of a reporter” for the national newspaper El Universal.
Has been war correspondent in Afghanistan, Haiti, Syria 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 and Al Jazeera.

Awards

He launched the documentary movie De Panzazo, which he co-directed, wrote and narrated, addressing the issue of the lack of good education in Mexico.
He has appeared as a guest on the Spanish-language version of Sesame Street, called Plaza Sesamo, in season 10.
He participated in the documentary "Sea of Shadows", produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, which denounces the corruption networks, organized crime and illegal fishing of totoaba and the vaquita marina in the Sea of Cortez.