Diario Correo is a daily newspaper with national circulation in Peru, directed by Iván Slocovich Pardo,[1] belonging to the El Comercio Group.

[2][3] 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.

[4] In 1974, when the Peruvian press was expropriated by the military government of Juan Velasco Alvarado, this newspaper became directed by Hugo Neira Samanez.

[5] 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.

[6] Correo censored the publication and defended itself by blaming the general editor of the Arequipa edition, opened an internal investigation process.