Ilia Calderón Chamat (born 1972) is a Colombian

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. Born in Chocó, Calderón currently works as the

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for

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's national evening newscast '' Noticiero Univision''. She is also the presenter of the Univision weekly newsmagazine '' Aquí y Ahora''.

Education and early career

She majored in

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Universidad de Antioquia The University of Antioquia (), also called UdeA, is primarily a Public university, public research, research-based university, located in the city of Medellín, Colombia. With regional campuses in Amalfi, Antioquia, Amalfi, Andes, Antioquia, An ...

. She presented several news shows, first on regional channel Teleantioquia in 1994, and subsequently on national television channel Noticiero CM&. Three years later, she went to

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, where she hosted the ''Noticiero Telemundo'' weekend edition and a segment on the

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''Cada Día con María Antonieta''. In 2005, she underwent a successful operation to remove a

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tumor. In March 2007, she left Telemundo to host

the ''

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'' weekend edition. In 2008 ''Primer Impacto'' host

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was fired. Ilia became a regular co-host on the weekday edition, with Barbara Bermudo leaving the weekend edition to Satcha Pretto. In 2010, while still co-anchoring ''Primer Impacto'', she became the co-anchor of the weekday edition of Univision's late evening newscast '' Noticiero Univision Edición Nocturna''. On June 3, 2011, it was announced that Pamela Silva would be joining ''Primer Impacto'', replacing Ilia Calderón, who stayed on ''Noticiero Univision Edición Nocturna''. Calderón won an

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for her 2017 interview of

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imperial wizard Christopher Barker. In December 2017, she replaced former co-anchor Maria Elena Salinas on ''Noticiero Univision'', becoming the first

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to anchor a weekday primetime newscast for a major

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in the United States. In 2019, the

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named her one of their 2019 Great Immigrants Honorees. On March 15, 2020, she co-hosted the eleventh Democratic presidential debate on

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with

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and

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. In 2020, she published her book ''My Time to Speak: Reclaiming Ancestry and Confronting Race,'' discussing her experiences as an Afro-Latina and the challenges in representing the Afro-Latina communities in Spanish. In July 2023 her show (Signs of Crime with Ilia Calderón) made its debut on the streaming platform

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. On September 27, 2023, she co-hosted the second Republican presidential debate on

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with

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and

Dana Perino Dana Marie Perino (born May 9, 1972) is an American political commentator and author who was the 26th White House Press Secretary, under President George W. Bush from September 14, 2007, to January 20, 2009. She was the second female White House ...

. On October 28, 2024, Univision announced that Calderón would become the first solo anchor of ''Noticiero Univision'' following the departure of Jorge Ramos. Calderón is the first Black Latina to helm an evening news show.

Personal life

She is married to Eugene Jang; they have one daughter named Anna Jang-Calderon.Huffington Post: "Univision Anchor Writes Moving Letter On Preparing Her Daughter To Face Discrimination" By Carolina Moreno
March 24, 2015

References

External links

Ilia Calderón at Colarte

Latinas Make Breaking News in Smithsonian Spanish-Language TV Exhibition
{{DEFAULTSORT:Calderon, Ilia Colombian television journalists Colombian women journalists Colombian television presenters Colombian women television presenters Colombian women television journalists 1972 births Living people University of Antioquia people People from Chocó Department American people of Colombian descent