''Proceso'' () is a
left-wing
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Mexican news magazine
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published in
Mexico City
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. It was founded in 1976 by journalist
Julio Scherer García, who additionally served as its president until his death in 2015. ''Proceso'' was traditionally renowned for its left-wing journalism.
History
Political pressure on ''Excélsior''
The magazine debuted on November 6, 1976, during the term of
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Luis Echeverría Álvarez
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, after political pressure caused Scherer to be expelled from his position of editor of ''
Excélsior
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''. Artists and intellectuals donated paintings, ceramics, sculptures and photographs to be auctioned to finance
Comunicación e Información, S.A. (CISA), the magazine's publishing company.
Foundation
Scherer and other ex-columnists and reporters founded ''Proceso'', edited by CISA. The first years of the magazine were difficult and the board had problems issuing paychecks to its staff. A year later, the director of ''Proceso'',
Miguel Ángel Granados Chapa, quit to join the newspaper ''
Unomásuno''. Then
Gastón García Cantú, a columnist, left the publication because of an article published in ''Proceso'' questioning his appointment as director of the
National Institute of Anthropology and History. During the presidency of
José López Portillo
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(a cousin of Scherer) there was a flirting with the magazine that finished with López Portillo's anger, saying ''No pago para que me peguen'' ("I don't pay to be beaten") and pressuring the magazine by withdrawing governmental advertisements.
In 2000, Francisco Ortiz Pinchetti, one of the magazine's founders and best known reporters, along with his son, Francisco Ortiz Pardo, a reporter himself, covered
Vicente Fox
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's presidential campaign. One of their texts was changed and mutilated by editorial board, to present Fox in a negative light. After a public correction was published in the magazine, both were expelled without explanations. The story was explained in the book ''El fenómeno Fox: la historia que Proceso censuró''.
Fox presidency
In 2003,
Argentine
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author
Olga Wornat published ''
La jefa'' ("She-chief") about the wife of President
Vicente Fox
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,
Marta Sahagún, and her sons. Federal deputy
Ricardo Sheffield asked the federal government to investigate the claims of corruption raised by Wornat. In 2005, Wormat published a second book, ''
Crónicas malditas'' ("Cursed chronicles"), about Sahagún and her sons. An article was published in ''Proceso'' on February 27 of the same year about the dissolution of Sahagún's first marriage (claims of domestic violence were made against her then-husband) and about the "suspicious" businesses of Sahagún's sons.
On May 3 of the same year, Marta Sahagún filed a civil lawsuit before the Tribunal Superior de Justicia del
Distrito Federal (Supreme Tribunal of Justice of the Federal District) against Wornat and Proceso for "moral damages" and breach of privacy.
Manuel Bibriesca Sahagún, son of Marta, filed a separate lawsuit against Wornat.
On November 27, 2005, ''Proceso'' published an article titled ''Amistades peligrosas'' ("Dangerous friendships"), wherein Raquenel Villanueva, a lawyer who has defended drug kingpins, declares she met
Fernando Bribiesca Sahagún, son of Marta, in 2003 with
Jaime Valdez Martinez, a client of hers. The
Procuraduría General de la República considers Valdez one of the representatives of drug cartel leader
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera. Currently, the
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is investigating the Bribiesca sons.
Shortly after the death of
Pope John Paul II
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In his you ...
, ''Proceso'' had the famous cover (April 2005, issue 1484) of a broadly smiling Marta Sahagún dressed in black while her husband was in a press conference after attending the pope's funeral (both Marta and Fox declared themselves devout Christians and traveled to the funeral).
Staff
Board
* President:
Julio Scherer García
* Vice president:
Vicente Leñero
* Editor: Rafael Rodríguez Castañeda
* Director:
Rafael Rodríguez Castañeda
Columnists
*
Denise Dresser
*
Miguel Ángel Granados Chapa
*
Carlos Monsiváis
*
Carlos Montemayor
*
Canek Sánchez Guevara
*
Carlos Tello
*
Jorge Volpi
Reporters
*
Regina Martínez Pérez
*
Marcela Turati
References
External links
Official site
ProcesoFoto: Database of images published in the magazine
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1976 establishments in Mexico
Magazines established in 1976
Mass media in Mexico City
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