Triunfo (Spain)
| Categories | Cultural and political magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Year founded | 1946 |
| Final issue | 1982 |
| Country | Spain |
| Based in | Madrid |
| Language | Spanish |
Triunfo (meaning Triumph in English) was a Spanish weekly cultural and political magazine published from 1946 to 1982 in Madrid, Spain.
Triunfo was founded by José Ángel Ezcurra in Valencia in 1946. He was also owner of the magazine. In 1948, it moved to Madrid where it was published weekly until 1982.
Triunfo focused on general politics, social studies and popularized economics from 1945 to 1967. However, it began to offer literary articles beginning by the mid-1960s. It continued until 1982. Particularly from 1968, deputy editor Eduardo Haro Tecglen published lead editorials in the magazine, the journal became one of the intellectual references against the Franco regime, and, in the words of Paul Preston, was one of two "champions of democratic ideals", together with Cuadernos para el Diálogo. Its articles on taboo subjects such as capital punishment or marriage led to it being subject to numerous trials and suspensions. The monographic issue on marriage led to the entire edition being confiscated, publication of the journal suspended for four months by the council of ministers, together with a fine of a quarter of a million pesetas, and the corresponding trial before the Tribunal de Orden Público. As a result, thousands of people took out subscriptions to the journal.
The four-month suspension ordered by the council of ministers in April 1975, for "attacks against the state security", as a result of an article by José Aumente "¿Estamos preparados para el cambio?" ("Are we ready for change?") was followed that same year by another four-month suspension for Montserrat Roig's interview with José Andreu Abelló. Following the death of Franco, the first monarchic government's general pardon for the journals and journalists accused of violating Manuel Fraga's 1966 Press Law (Ley de Prensa e Imprenta) excluded Triunfo. When the journal reappeared on 10 January 1976, its 166,000 copies were sold out within hours.
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