Caretas

"Caretas" is a weekly newsmagazine published in Lima, Peru, renowned for its investigative journalism. It was founded in October 1950 by Doris Gibson and her son Enrique Zileri, who has remained the magazine's director of publication.

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, crimes of passion, sports, to wars and terrorism. Since the mid-1980s, "Caretas" has imitated "Time Magazine" by naming a Man of the Year in the year-end issue of the magazine.

The publication's first all-color cover featured Peruvian model Gladys Zender, who became Latin America's first beauty pageant contestant to win the Miss Universe title in 1957.

Former president Alberto Fujimori once called "Caretas" "a rock in the shoe".Fact|date=September 2007

ee also

*El Comercio
*La República

External links

* [http://www.caretas.com.pe "Caretas" website]