Guillermo Thorndike Losada (April 25, 1940 – March 9, 2009) was a Peruvian journalist and writer, who helped to found several important newspapers within Peru.
Since its founding La República has remained one of Peru's main national daily newspapers.
[1] Additionally, Thorndike founded Cronicawan, Peru's first nationally circulated Quechua language newspaper.
[1] His most well known works included "El Año de la Barbarie en Lima" (The Year of Barbarism in Lima), "El Caso Banchero" (The Banchero Case) and "La Revolucion Imposible" (The Impossible Revolution).
[1] Guillermo Thorndike died of a heart attack on March 9, 2009, in Lima, Peru, at the age of 69.