''Diario Correo'' is a
daily newspaper with national circulation in
Peru, directed by Iván Slocovich Pardo, belonging to the
El Comercio Group.
History
It was founded in
Tacna, in 1962, by the fishing entrepreneur
Luis Banchero Rossi, thus giving beginning to the ''Nacional Periodística Nacional SA, Epensa'' (it replaced the ''Sur'' newspaper there). It stood out at first for carrying out local editions in
Arequipa
Arequipa (; Aymara and qu, Ariqipa) is a city and capital of province and the eponymous department of Peru. It is the seat of the Constitutional Court of Peru and often dubbed the "legal capital of Peru". It is the second most populated city ...
,
Piura
Piura is a city in northwestern Peru located in the Sechura Desert on the Piura River. It is the capital of the Piura Region and the Piura Province. Its population was 484,475 as of 2017.
It was here that Spanish Conqueror Francisco Pizarro fou ...
, Tacna,
Huancayo and
Cuzco; However, it did not have a defined political position. It reached 150 thousand copies in 1964.
In 1974, when the Peruvian press was expropriated by the
military government
A military government is generally any form of government that is administered by military forces, whether or not this government is legal under the laws of the jurisdiction at issue, and whether this government is formed by natives or by an occup ...
of
Juan Velasco Alvarado
Juan Francisco Velasco Alvarado (June 16, 1910 – December 24, 1977) was a Peruvian general who served as the President of Peru after a successful coup d'état against Fernando Belaúnde's presidency in 1968. Under his presidency, nationalism ...
, this newspaper became directed by Hugo Neira Samanez.
Correo circulated in Lima only until the early 1980s, but continued to be published in local editions in some cities in the interior of Peru. However, during the government of
Alberto Fujimori, part of his assets were seized. After the fall of the regime, in 2000, it returned to circulation in Lima under the command of Juan Carlos Tafur and shortly after substantially increased the number of its local editions in the provinces.
Controversies
The newspaper Correo has shown a conservative stance during the
era of terrorism in the country.
On April 25, 2015, Correo published on its website an article titled "''La otra cara de la moneda: así atacaron los antimineros''", which generated controversy over the veracity of the information, and they were accused of setting up scenes. Correo censored the publication and defended itself by blaming the general editor of the Arequipa edition, opened an internal investigation process.
See also
*
Ojo (newspaper)
References
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Newspapers published in Peru
Spanish-language newspapers
Newspapers established in 1962