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Former President Donald Trump pardoned a drug smuggler in his final day in office who prosecutors allege once beat a "kid" with his belt until his entire body was covered in bruises.  What To Know: New reports surfaced suggesting Trump destroyed a Justice Department...

By Lola Sasturain via El Planteo.  There are many children's and juvenile products that have been even more successful and anchored abroad than in their countries of origin. "The Simpsons," "Alf..." and "The Pink Panther" can be added to the list. Ignoring...

By Santiago Alonso via El Planteo.  Twenty-three years ago we were all more innocent, streaming did not exist on a massive scale and the only way to access Japanese animation was through television or through VHS brought from Spain, whose distribution did not pay royalties. Thanks to the...

As the opioid crisis continues to destroy thousands of lives every year, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals the horror of a specific danger...fentanyl. The report comes several weeks after the Biden administration declared fentanyl combined with...

By Santiago Alonso via El Planteo. Bob Kane and Bill Finger's creation transcends generations and genres. There is no person who does not know the superhero, even if he or she has never bought a comic book in his or her life. There is no product that does not have the image of Bruce Wayne's...

By Cristian Baral and Santiago Alonso via El Planteo. Psychedelic, stoner, corrosive and funny: all of these adjectives fit perfectly with "The Big Lebowski" (1998), one of the most iconic films of the 1990s. As the century came to an end, the brothers Ethan and Joel Coen built a small...

By Santiago Alonso, via El Planteo.  There are pop icons that transcend generations and are famous even outside the circle of their logical audience. You don't have to be a soccer freak to know that there is someone named Lionel Messi, you don't have to be a scholar of Japanese anime...

By Lucía Tedesco via El Planteo. Finland has been chosen by the UN as "the happiest country in the world" for the sixth time in a row, yet it is also known for the drug deaths that exist, mainly among young people. How is it possible that the happiest country faces the highest drug...

A record of 2,000 tons of cocaine was produced in 2020, according to a report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The report showed that although the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted drug markets, it has done little to curb the growth of the global cocaine trade in the long...

By Ulises Román Rodríguez via El Planteo. Film director Quentin Jerome Tarantino is known for his unique style and controversial use of violence in his films. With gallons of blood, memorable dialogue and outlandish characters, another recurring theme in his work is the use of drugs....

After the massive hype generated by "Cocaine Bear," Wide Eye Releasing, a B-movie production company, announced it's releasing "Cocaine Shark," a film about... you guessed it: drug-fueled killer sharks. The movie is directed by Mark Polonia, who also worked in titles such as...

By Hernán Panessi and Santiago Alonso via El Planteo. It seems unbelievable, but it's real: at some point, a drug circulates in "Dragon Ball Z," one of the most important Japanese anime in history. It's not the Hermit's Seeds, which quenched hunger and restored energy,...

This article by Lucía Tedesco was originally published on El Planteo and appears here with permission. In his new autobiography entitled "Spare," Prince Harry of England shared how he ended up talking to a toilet and laughing with a garbage can after taking drugs. The son of King...