Siempre!

Siempre! is a news and political magazine published in Mexico.[1] The magazine is published on a weekly basis.[2] By the end of the 1960 the magazine became a significant part of Mexican politics and an important publication for democratization of the country.[3]

Siempre!
CategoriesNews and political magazine
FrequencyWeekly
FounderJosé Pagés Llergo
Year founded1953 (1953)
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish
Websitewww.siempre.com.mx
ISSN0583-2039

History and profile

Siempre! was established in 1953.[3][4] Its founding editor was José Pagés Llergo.[3][5] The magazine is affiliated with the Popular Socialist Party and has a socialist stance.[4] The political stance of the magazine has been subject to changes over the periods.[4] For instance, it supported for the former Cuban president Fidel Castro, but then it began to criticize him.[4]

Siempre! was known for using the photographs in the news[5] and the best Latin American cartoonists and illustrators of the era. Famed Mexican caricaturist Antonio Arias Bernal was founding art director and a frequent cover contributor in the 1950s. In the 1960s, Jorge Carreño published satirical illustrations in Siempre![3] and Leonardo Vadillo Paulsen contributed cartoons.[6]

In 1969 the claimed circulation of Siempre! was 120,000 copies.[7]

References
  1. "Mexico press". Press Reference. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. Claire Brewster (April 2002). "The Student Movement of 1968 and the Mexican Press: The Cases of "Excélsior" and "Siempre"!". Bulletin of Latin American Research. 21 (2). JSTOR 3339451. – via JStor (subscription required)
  3. Eric Zolov (2006). "Jorge Carreño's graphic satire and the politics of "presidentialism" in Mexico during the 1960s". E.I.A.L. 17 (1). Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  4. Michael B. Salwen; Bruce Garrison (5 November 2013). Latin American Journalism. Routledge. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-136-69133-1. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  5. John Mraz (15 June 2009). Looking for Mexico: Modern Visual Culture and National Identity. Duke University Press. p. 156. ISBN 0-8223-9220-8.
  6. Richard R. Fagen; William S. Tuohy (1 January 1972). Politics and Privilege in a Mexican City. Stanford University Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-8047-0809-8. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  7. Thomas E. Weil (1975). Area Handbook for Mexico. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 250.
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