Overview
- Planeta will publish a new biography of Julio Scherer as part of centenary tributes, Proceso reports.
- The book aims to move past public milestones to show how his father’s bankruptcy and his wife Susana’s cancer shaped his resolve.
- Proceso recounts his rise at Excélsior, the pressure that forced his exit, and his decision to found the weekly Proceso.
- A Letras Libres essay traces his early ties to post–Vatican II Catholic activism, which informed his sympathy for figures like Bishop Samuel Ruiz and Subcomandante Marcos.
- Both pieces credit Excélsior and especially Proceso with creating a plural, combative forum known for revealing reporting and editorial honesty in Mexico’s press.