La candidata

La candidata
Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Óscar Tavernise
Screenplay by	María Elena López
Story by	Leonardo Rechini
Directed by	Juan Pablo Blanco Eric Morales
Creative director(s)	Jimena Galeotti
Starring	Silvia Navarro Víctor González Rafael Sanchez Navarro Susana González
Opening theme	"La candidata"
Composer(s)	Jordi Bachbush
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language(s)	Spanish
Production
Executive producer(s)	Giselle González
Producer(s)	Julieta de la O
Editor(s)	Juan Franco
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production company(s)	Televisa
Release
Original network	Las Estrellas
Picture format	HDTV 1080i 4K UHD 2160p
Audio format	Stereophonic
Original release	November 21, 2016 (2016-11-21) – present

La candidata is a Mexican telenovela produced by Giselle González for Televisa.^[1][2] It is an original story about the world of politics. A total of 60 episodes have been confirmed so far.^[3]

Plot

A look into the personal side of the world of politics through the life of a Mexican presidential candidate.

Production

Filming began on August 16, 2016 at Televisa San Ángel.^[4]

Casting

Casting for the telenovela began from June through August 2016. Actors Juan Carlos Barreto, Helena Rojo, Luz María Jerez, Nailea Norvind, Ari Telch, Federico Ayos and Adalberto Parra were cast in unknown Roles.^[1] On July 13, 2016, Susana González was cast as the sister of the protagonist.^[5] Two days later, Rafael Sánchez Navarro was cast as the husband of the protagonist.^[6] Blanca Guerra was cast as the titular role,^[7] but was replaced by Silvia Navarro because of tight schedule.^[8][9] For the role of the main male protagonist, Mark Tacher, Víctor González and Juan Pablo Medina were nominees,^[10] but ultimately the role went to Víctor González.^[11][12]

Cast

Main

• Silvia Navarro as Regina Bárcenas
• Víctor González as Gerardo Martínez
• Rafael Sánchez Navarro as Alonso San Román
• Susana González as Cecilia Aguilar

Secondary

• Nailea Norvind as Teresa Rivera
• Ari Telch as Ignacio
• Helena Rojo as Natalia de San Román
• Patricio Castillo as Omar San Román
• Luz María Jerez as Noemí
• Juan Carlos Barreto as Mario Bárcenas
• Juan Carlos Colombo as Morales
• Verónica Langer as Magda
• Adalberto Parra as Mauro Castillo
• Pilar Ixquic Mata as Isela Aguilar
• Gilberto de Anda as Almirón
• Enrique Arreola as Pacheco
• Irineo Álvarez as Larreta
• José Carlos Ruiz
• Fabiola Guajardo as Florencia
• Fernanda Borches as Daniela
• Federico Ayos as Emiliano San Román Bárcenas
• Juan Martin Jáuregui as Hernán
• Karla Farfán as Ximena Martínez Rivera
• Aleyda Gallardo as Nieves
• Ángel Cerlo as Ochoa
• Ricardo Crespo as Javier

Recurring

• Michelle González as Marcia
• Fabián Robles as José
• Laisha Wilkins as Lorena
• Jorge Gallegos as Andrés

Guest

• Liz Gallardo as Déborah Ronderos
• Fernando Larrañaga as Dr. Pablo

Televisa Political Bias in favor of Margarita Zavala controversy

On November 21, 2016 Televisa released a telenovela (soap opera) titled La candidata (The candidate ['La' is a feminine noun]) protagonized by actress Silvia Navarro as Regina Bárcenas and Rafael Sánchez Navarro as her husband Alonso San Roman. Media supporting de-facto candidate Andrés López from the MORENA party speculate this television program was created in order to favor former First Lady Margarita Zavala in the 2018 Presidential Election.^[13][14]

Previous to the release of the telenovela, during the same year Televisa found in itself on another political bias controversy showing bias against Nuevo Leon's governor Jaime "EL Bronco" Rodríguez Calderón whom is a potential 2018 presidential candidate, it happened on September 11, 2016, during a Live-Television News broadcast from "Monterrey al Dia" where Televisa news reporter, Karla Minaya, mistankely said: "hay que tratar de que el gobernador , por cierto, entre lo menos posible" ("we have to try that the governor, for sure, is mentioned the least possible") showing clear signs of political bias from the network. The Mexican newspaper El Universal published on social media a video of the event, which was covered by national news media although Televisa didn't mention the story and declined to comment.^[15] El Bronco's predecessor Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz had spent 4000 millions of pesos on bribing television news media (Televisa included), to clean his image.^[16] Sick of the corruption, El Bronco bowed to not spend a single peso in favoring news media coverage, so in retaliation the Mexican Televisa news unfairly mention him the least possible, or with biased news coverage of unfair criticisms and defamation. In El Bronco's own words:"Hay 314 denuncias de carros robados y recuperamos 229, pero como no le pagamos a Televisa, Multimedios y TV Azteca, no lo sacan. Hemos logrado desintegrar bandas roba carros y roba traileres, y lo hemos hecho dicho en todas las ruedas de prensa, pero Televisa, Multimedios y TV Azteca no lo sacan." (There's 314 denouncements of stolen cars, we retrieved 229, but since we didn't bribe Televisa, Multimedios and TV Azteca they don't show it. We have disbanded a band of thieves of cars and trucks. We have said it on every press round, but Televisa, Multimedios and TV Azteca don't show it.) ^[17]

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