''Caretas'' (, ) is a weekly
newsmagazine
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published in
Lima
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,
Peru
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, renowned for its
investigative journalism
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.
History
''Caretas'' was founded in October 1950
by
Doris Gibson and
Francisco Igartua.
In the mid-1950s, Gibson's son,
Enrique Zileri, returned from Europe (from where he had been making contributions for the magazine) to join ''Caretas''. Not long after, Igartua departed from the magazine and Zileri joined Gibson as co-director.
After several years of monthly publication, ''Caretas'' began to be published semi-monthly, and, since 1979, weekly.
[ A new edition currently appears every Thursday.
''Caretas'' focuses on Peruvian-related topics, ranging from historic coups (it was founded during Odría's regime), corruption scandals, ]presidential elections
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Elections by country
Albania
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Chile
The ...
, crimes of passion, sports, to wars and terrorism. Since the mid-1980s, ''Caretas'' has imitated ''Time
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'' magazine by naming a Man of the Year in the year-end issue of the magazine, called ''Premio a la Resistencia'' (Prize to the Resistance).
The publication's first all-color cover featured Peruvian model Gladys Zender, who became Latin America
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's first Miss Universe
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in 1957.
In the first years of the 1990s, Gibson (who in the previous years had stepped down as director to become president of the directory, leaving the whole direction to Zileri) left the magazine due to her advanced age.
In 2005, ''Caretas'' launched a second magazine, '' Ellos&Ellas'', published and distributed for free along with it. ''Ellos&Ellas'' covers Lima's '' socialité'', health and fashion topics.
Zileri remained as ''Caretas'' director up to November 2007, when the magazine reached its 2000th edition. He resigned the position to his son, Marco Zileri, politics editor up to then, and assumed the directory presidency.
Notable ''Caretas'' journalists
* Mario Vargas Llosa
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* César Hildebrandt
* Alfredo Barnechea
* Gustavo Gorriti
* José Rodríguez Elizondo
References
External links
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