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,
Piura, 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 of
Juan Velasco Alvarado, 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==