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María Elena Velasco
María Elena Velasco Fragoso (17 December 1940 – 1 May 2015) was a Mexican actress, comedian, singer-songwriter and dancer. She is best known for creating and portraying La India María, a comical character based on indigenous Mexican women. Early life Velasco was born in Puebla, to Tomás Velasco Saavedra, a railway mechanic, and María Elena Fragoso Peón."La India María", ''La historia detras del mito''. Azteca; accessed 4 May 2015. She had three siblings, Gloria, Tomás and Susana. After the death of Tomás Velasco, the family moved to Mexico City, where she worked as a dancer at the Teatro Tívoli. Later, she became one of the showgirls of the Teatro Blanquita, where she also participated in sketches starring comedians such as José "El Ojón" Jasso and Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo, among others. Career In 1962, her popularity at the Teatro Blanquita attracted the attention of producer Miguel Morayta, who cast her in her first film role in the drama ''Los derechos de los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puebla City
Puebla de Zaragoza (; ; ), formally Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, formerly Puebla de los Ángeles during colonial times, or known simply as Puebla, is the seat of Puebla Municipality. It is the capital and largest city of the state of Puebla, and the List of cities in Mexico#Top 100 cities by population, fourth-largest city in Mexico, after Mexico City, Monterrey, and Guadalajara. A New Spain, viceregal era planned city, it is located in the southern part of Central Mexico on the main route between Mexico City and Mexico's main Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic port, Veracruz, Veracruz, Veracruz—about east southeast of Mexico City and about west of Veracruz. The city was founded in 1531 in an area called Cuetlaxcoapan, which means "where serpents change their skin", between two of the main indigenous settlements at the time, Tlaxcala and Cholula (Mesoamerican site), Cholula. This valley was not populated in the 16th century, as in the pre-Columbian, pre-Hispanic period this area was prim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Bustillo Oro
Juan Bustillo Oro (2 June 1904 – 10 June 1989) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer, whose career spanned over 38 years. Among his works there are ''In the Times of Don Porfirio'', ''Here's the Point'', ''Arm in Arm Down the Street (1956 film), Arm in Arm Down the Street'', ''Cuando los hijos se van (1941 film), Cuando los hijos se van'' and those listed below. Selected filmography *''Two Monks'' (1934) * ''The Mystery of the Ghastly Face'' (1935) * ''Poppy of the Road'' (1937) * ''Huapango (film), Huapango'' (1938) * ''The Girl's Aunt'' (1938) * ''Horse for Horse'' (1939) * ''Every Madman to His Specialty'' (1939) * ''To the Sound of the Marimba'' (1941) *''The Black Angel (1942 film), The Black Angel'' (1942) *''My Memories of Mexico'' (1944) * ''It's Not Enough to Be a Charro'' (1946) * ''Two of the Angry Life'' (1948) * ''Only Veracruz Is Beautiful'' (1949) * ''The Man Without a Face (1950 film), The Man Without a Face'' (1950) * ''Doctor on Call'' (1950 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Revólver Sangriento
''El revólver sangriento'' ("The Bloody Revolver" in English) is a 1964 Mexican western-drama film directed by Miguel M. Delgado, and starring Luis Aguilar, Lola Beltrán, Flor Silvestre, Emilio Fernández, Manuel Capetillo, Antonio Aguilar, and Irma Dorantes, as credited in the film's theatrical posters. The lead actors were credited in an unusual "rigorous appearance on the screen" style, where the film's main characters are not ordered by importance, but by on-screen appearance. Written for the screen by Alfredo Salazar, the film was a production of Cinematográfica Calderón and follows the account of a silver-plated revolver, which has a deadly curse and falls on the hands of different men. Plot The film opens in a cave with a close-up of Juan Chávez's ( Luis Aguilar) silver-plated revolver as he glances at a "Wanted" poster that offers a reward, dead or alive, for his capture. A suspicious man follows Juan out of the cave, and traces him into a small town. There, he ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stomach Cancer
Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, is a malignant tumor of the stomach. It is a cancer that develops in the Gastric mucosa, lining of the stomach. Most cases of stomach cancers are gastric carcinomas, which can be divided into a number of subtypes, including gastric adenocarcinomas. Lymphomas and mesenchymal tumors may also develop in the stomach. Early symptoms may include heartburn, upper abdominal pain, nausea, and Anorexia (symptom), loss of appetite. Later signs and symptoms may include weight loss, jaundice, yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes, Hematemesis, vomiting, Dysphagia, difficulty swallowing, and Melena, blood in the stool, among others. The cancer may metastasis, spread from the stomach to other parts of the body, particularly the liver, lungs, bones, peritoneum, lining of the abdomen, and lymph nodes. The bacterium ''Helicobacter pylori'' accounts for more than 60% of cases of stomach cancer. Certain strains of ''H. pylori'' have greater risk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Instituto Mexicano De Cinematografía
The Mexican Film Institute (, IMCINE) is an agency of the Mexican federal government, under the auspices of the Secretariat of Culture, that supports the development of national film production and the film industry. History IMCINE was established on March 25, 1983, alongside the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio and Instituto Mexicano de la Televisión. The goals of the agency are to promote and grow national film production; establish development policies; support the production and distribution of Mexican films in and out of the country; promote Mexican cinema worldwide; and support cinema itself by organizing events across the country. The first director of IMCINE was director Alberto Isaac Alberto Isaac (18 March 1923 – 9 January 1998) was a Mexican freestyle Swimming (sport), swimmer and later a film director and screenwriter. He competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics. In 1969, he directed the do ..., who resigned in November 1985 becau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twitter
Twitter, officially known as X since 2023, is an American microblogging and social networking service. It is one of the world's largest social media platforms and one of the most-visited websites. Users can share short text messages, images, and videos in Microblogging, short posts commonly known as "Tweet (social media), tweets" (officially "posts") and Like button, like other users' content. The platform also includes direct message, direct messaging, video and audio calling, bookmarks, lists, communities, a chatbot (Grok (chatbot), Grok), job search, and Spaces, a social audio feature. Users can vote on context added by approved users using the Community Notes feature. Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams (Internet entrepreneur), Evan Williams, and was launched in July of that year. Twitter grew quickly; by 2012 more than 100 million users produced 340 million daily tweets. Twitter, Inc., was based in San Francisco, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belanova
Belanova is a Mexican pop music, pop band formed in Guadalajara, Jalisco, in 2000. The band consists of Denisse Guerrero (lead vocals), Edgar Huerta (keyboards, programming) and :es:Ricardo_Arreola, Ricardo "Richie" Arreola (Bass (instrument), bass, guitar). Although these are the only three official members, several other musicians performed in the band's live music, live lineup, most notably Israel "Campanita" Ulloa (drums) and Richo Acosta (guitar). The band was signed to Virus Records, owned by Universal Music Group, Universal Music, in 2002. History Early years & ''Cocktail'' (2000–2004) All three members of the band had a passion for music since childhood. Richie, from Guadalajara, developed his interest in music out of an admiration for The Beatles member Paul McCartney as a child. Edgar, also from Guadalajara, first became interested in music when his brother received a little electronic keyboard, keyboard as a Christmas present, showing little interest in it, and so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denisse Guerrero
Denisse Guerrero Flores (born August 8, 1980, Los Mochis, Sinaloa) is a Mexican musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the electropop band Belanova. The band has released five albums since signing to Virus Records and later to Universal Mexico, in 2000. Music career When she was eight years old, Guerrero won a Los Mochis singing competition. She has named this event as the spark that inspired her to pursue singing as a career. Since I was little I sang and took part in all I could ... until one day, when I was about eight, I was chosen Queen of the Los Mochis Carnival after my mom entered me in the pageant. ... When I grew up, I decided I had to find a place where I could do things I was interested in, things that I couldn't do in Los Mochis. Guerrero moved from Los Mochis to Guadalajara ,Jalisco to pursue singing and music composition, as well as to study home design, in which she obtained a university degree. She worked with various musicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Siglo De Torreón
''El Siglo de Torreón'' is a Mexican daily newspaper based in Comarca Lagunera, Mexico. It was founded in 1922 in Torreón, Coahuila by Antonio de Juambelz y Bracho under the direction of Joaquin Moreno. History In 1921, Antonio de Juambelz y Bracho was dedicated to the edition of a newspaper in the capital of Coahuila that promoted the candidacy for governor of Gral. Arnulfo González, and when he became governor, the newspaper disappeared. Antonio de Juambelz already had extensive experience in the journalistic field, so Joaquín Moreno invited him to the city of Torreón to start with the project of a regional newspaper, calling himself "Defender of the Community." The first printing machine was obtained from the then governor of the state of Durango, he never refused to donate it because Joaquín Moreno, Antonio de Juambelz was appointed sub-manager while Mr. Moreno himself was the managing director of the nascent company. With few sources and some people who "knew something ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ay María Qué Puntería
''Ay María qué puntería!'' () is a Mexican sitcom, from Televisa. It centers on the adventures of an indigenous Mexican woman named La India María, who works as a maid in Mexico City. Retrieved January 5, 2013 Synopsis When indigenous orange seller María Nicolasa Cruz is chased by a government inspector she crosses paths with an aspiring television producer and his crew. She is offered a maiden job and is soon involved in many of their projects, which results in various comedic adventures and great outcomes for all of them.Cast * |
El Coyote Emplumado
''El coyote emplumado'' (English: ''The Feathered Coyote'') is a 1983 Mexican action comedy film directed by and starring María Elena Velasco. Plot María and her grandfather sells artisan goods in their small town. Martín, María's boyfriend is in jail after beating up someone who was flirting with María. They are in the meantime invited to Acapulco to sell their goods in an international archaeology congress held by CONACULTA and headed by an archaeology expert, Dr. Villegas. Unbeknownst to them, Dr. Villegas brought them over for them to make a clay replica of a special stone coyote, ''El Coyote Emplumado'' (an imitation of Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered Serpent). While in there they make many replicas that are not to the satisfaction of Don Lupe, until they make a last one which finally suits him. Meanwhile, a sadistic robber named Romano is seeking to get the real coyote to sell it. Figuring that the copies would sell, Maria and Don Lupe take them to their small post where ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonta, Tonta, Pero No Tanto
''Tonta, tonta, pero no tanto'' (English: ''Foolish, Foolish, But Not So Much'') is a 1972 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring María Elena Velasco María Elena Velasco Fragoso (17 December 1940 – 1 May 2015) was a Mexican actress, comedian, singer-songwriter and dancer. She is best known for creating and portraying La India María, a comical character based on indigenous Mexican women. ... as La India María. Plot In San Jose de Los Burros, María Nicolasa Cruz is encouraged by her cousin Eufemia, who has found work for her, to migrate to Mexico City for a better life. However, she is robbed as soon as she gets out of the train, and is homeless. But she soon finds help from TV personality Paco Malgesto, who makes an announcement of her story, where Eufemia soon goes after to pick her up. Cast * Maria Elena Velasco as Maria Nicolasa Cruz * Sergio Ramos as Crescencio "Chencho" Torrijos * Paco Malgesto as himself * Julián de Meriche as Wilfred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
