Primera Plana was created in 1962 by
Jacobo Timerman. The magazine modeled on
Newsweek and
Time magazines. It was founded to support for the supposedly liberal wing of the military forces. The magazine was published on a weekly basis and featured articles on culture and current affairs. The weekly had a
nationalist stance.
Primera Plana was also the first magazine in Argentine which published a list of best-selling books. In June 1964 the magazine initiated an annual literary prize.
Peruvian novelist
Mario Vargas Llosa was the
Lima correspondent of
Primera Plana. Argentine author
Tomas Eloy Martinez was one of the
editors-in-chief of the magazine. During its existence
Primera Plana was closed down by military government several times. In 1971
Juan Perón acquired the magazine when he was in exile in Spain. It ceased publication in 1973. ==References==