Julio Scherer García (7 April 1926 – 7 January 2015) was a Mexican author and journalist. He was the editor of the daily newspaper ''

Excélsior ''Excélsior'' is a daily newspaper in Mexico City. It is the second-oldest paper in the city after ''El Universal (Mexico City), El Universal'', printing its first issue on March 18, 1917. The newspaper's headquarters are located at Avenida Buc ...

'' from 1968 to 1976. He also was the founder of the newsmagazine '' Proceso''. Scherer died of

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at the age of 88. The news of his death was reported on the website of ''Proceso''. Among other offspring is his son Julio Scherer Ibarra who is an attorney, writer and politician served in 2018 as a juridical counselor to President

Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican former politician, political scientist, public administrator and writer who served as the 65th president of Mexico from 2018 to 2024. He se ...

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