Siempre!
Mexican news and political magazine
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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 1960s, the magazine became a significant part of Mexican politics and an important publication for democratization of the country.[3]
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| Categories | News and political magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Founder | José Pagés Llergo |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0583-2039 |
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 years.[4] For instance, it first supported Cuban president Fidel Castro, but then it began to criticize him.[4]
Siempre! was known for using photographs in the news,[5] and the best Latin American cartoonists and illustrators of the era often participated in it. Famed Mexican caricaturist Antonio Arias Bernal was its 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][2]
As of 2013, Beatriz Pagés Rebollar, daughter of the founder, was the magazine's current director.[8]