the highest quality to all of Latin America and to Spanish-speaking readers in the United States. Month after month, the editorial staff contacted the best writers and journalists in the world to talk about diverse and interesting topics, from politics to art, fashion and guerrilla warfare, cinema and sports. In its early years, known as "the Colombian era", Gatopardo's pages featured great writers such as Ernesto Sábato, Carlos Fuentes, Carlos Monsiváis, Martín Caparrós and Alma Guillermoprieto. During this period, Gatopardo also sought to have cells throughout the region and texts from Argentina, Mexico, Colombia and Cuba were published. At that time, Gatopardo was printed in the most common magazine format, that is, on coated paper and A4 format; its print run was monthly; stock photographs were mostly used for its covers. These featured both media and antagonistic characters: Subcomandante Marcos (now Subcomandante Galeano) and Tom Cruise or Fidel Castro or Jennifer Aniston but also Homer Simpson. References Further reading 1999 establishments in Colombia News magazines published in Colombia Magazines established in 1999 Mass media in Mexico City Magazines published in Mexico Monthly magazines published in Mexico Spanish-language magazines