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Enrique Zileri, Caretas Magazine Publisher, Dies at 83
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Enrique Zileri, publisher and long-time editor of Peru’s leading news magazine Caretas, passed away early Monday. A well-known defender of press freedom and a tireless investigator of corruption, he was 83 years old. Zileri led Caretas, which was co-founded by his mother Doris Gibson with Francisco Igartua in 1950, over several decades. The […]
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