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In addition to its website and a radio program, the Club de Periodistas de México also publishes a biweekly magazine. Its pages include articles originally published by the Mayo Clinic and the World Bank website, but also texts written by disinformers and conspiracy theorists.
At Factchequeado, we reviewed the last 22 issues—published from September 2024 to August 2025—of Voces del Periodista, described as the news outlet of the Club de Periodistas de México, A.C., and its charitable arm, the Antonio Sáenz de Miera y Fieytal Foundation, I.A.P.
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We found that 20 of the covers focused on international politics and portrayed a scenario of global catastrophe. Among them, 11 align with what the Marshall Center—an international institute for security and defense studies that promotes dialogue and understanding among nations in North America, Europe, and Eurasia—identifies and describes as narratives of Russian foreign policy, which tend to depict the world as a chaotic place, making it easier to portray Russia as a peacekeeping actor.
For example, we found six magazine covers that take a stance against NATO or the European Union, organizations that Russia opposes.
Each issue covers, across its 47 pages, a wide range of typical categories, among which “Geopolitics and the New World Order” stands out. The name matches that of the conspiracy theory that claims, without evidence, the existence of a plan designed to establish a single international government, controlled by elites and harmful to the rest of the population.
At a glance:
22 issues reviewed (Numbers 487 to 508)
2 feature a national topic as their main cover story; 20 focus on international conflict.
11 covers contain narratives on Russian foreign policy
16 covers include a featured article on Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.
9 of the 22 include a third headline; of these, 7 highlight positively the administration of Clara Brugada, Head of Government of Mexico City (CDMX)
Russian narratives on the cover
The cover images reinforce the magazine’s content, which focuses on analyzing politics, the economy, and global events from a conflict-centered perspective. In 17 of the 22 issues analyzed, illustrations and photographs depict explosions, weapons, military personnel, missiles, vehicles, and combat aircraft.
On 20 of the covers, a main article focused on international politics, 11 of which align with Russian foreign policy positions described by the Marshall Center as narratives designed to distort reality in ways that promote and justify foreign policy decisions for both domestic and international audiences, with an element of truth at their core.
For example, in six covers we identified that the main headline discredits or blames NATO or the European Union for conflicts and the erosion of democracy, which corresponds with the narratives the Marshall Center identified as “Eurasia versus Europe.” These covers tend to portray Russia as the center of a distinct Eurasian civilization, with its own sovereign trajectory, separate from the rest of Europe.
They also align with the narrative described as “Promotion of international structures in which Russia plays a prominent role,” which refers to the tendency of Russian leaders to encourage participation in international negotiations by entities where Russia holds a dominant voice, while criticizing structures in which the country has less influence, such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Council of Europe. This is illustrated in issue 490, which features the headline “BRICS+ 2024 Summit Towards Sovereign Multipolarity.”
Notably, Donald Trump, President of the United States, appears on six covers as a figure who could potentially ally with leaders like Vladimir Putin in opposition to what they call the “American empire,” reinforcing the narrative of the United States as a destabilizing actor in global affairs.
As mentioned earlier, the covers usually feature a main article on international politics, but they also include a second headline that generally highlights Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and actions of her administration in a positive light. In 7 of the 22 issues reviewed also included a third article on the actions or statements of Clara Brugada, head of the Mexico City (CDMX) government.
This is noteworthy because, prior to August 2024, the secondary headline was also dedicated to international political topics. Sheinbaum began her term as President of Mexico in October of last year.
Voices of disinformers
Economist Paul Craig Roberts, for example, is one of the authors who publishes frequently. He is also part of the magazine's Editorial Board, and there is a website—which bears his name—rated by the Media Bias Fact Check (MBFC) project as “extreme right conspiracy and pseudoscience website based on promoting unproven and debunked claims.” MBFC is an independent website that promotes awareness of media bias and misinformation by evaluating the bias, factual accuracy, and credibility of information sources.
Another voice featured in the Club’s magazine is Thierry Meyssan, known for spreading the theory that the plane that crashed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, never existed. Recently, DPA fact-checkers also debunked misinformation spread by Meyssan about the war in Ukraine.
In issue 498 (February 2025), for example, Meyssan was featured on the cover with the text “Misinterpretations of the evolution of the United States,” illustrated with an image of Elon Musk and Donald Trump shaking hands on a lunar stage, with the Earth in the background and SpaceX rockets.
Mexican public funds
The magazine states that there is a person in charge of advertising, but in none of the issues reviewed was any article or content clearly marked as advertising or sponsored content.
However, we found that between 2020 and 2023, the Mexican Senate signed official advertising contracts with Voces del Periodista. Each month, it allocated 23,200 pesos—about $1,244—for banners on the magazine’s website or social media. The investment is noteworthy, given that the magazine has no more than 2,600 followers on Facebook, and the Senate’s infographics that were shared rarely received more than three reactions.
Each month, the amount was exactly the same, totaling 951,000 pesos, which is equivalent to about $51,000 today. These expenses were approved by the Social Communication Coordination Office, a figure appointed by the president of the Senate Steering Committee or the Senate Political Coordination Board, bodies that since 2018 have always been chaired by politicians from the Morena party, to which Sheinbaum belongs.
When consulted by Factchequeado, the Club de Periodistas de México stated that the magazine is “autonomous from the Club,” even though its website explicitly indicates that it is “published by the Club de Periodistas de México” and the responsible editor is Mouris Salloum George, who also directs the Club. The Club also confirmed that it received funds from the Mexican Senate and specified that the sum corresponds to a four-year agreement granted to Voces del Periodista.
Voces del Periodista S.A. de C.V. also appears in the registry of service providers for the Government of Oaxaca between 2019 and 2020, although there is no record that it provided any services for which the government paid.
Self-promotion magazine
The first page of the magazine is usually dedicated to the “Posada del Periodista” of the Antonio Sáenz de Miera y Fieytal Foundation, I.A.P., located on the third floor of the Club de Periodistas, which boasts the capacity to accommodate 34 permanent guests and cater to the dietary needs of another 50.
The following pages are usually used to promote other issues of the same magazinend—if open—to promote the call for entries for the annual award that the Club gives to journalists, many of whom have also disseminated disinforming narratives.
The back cover serves to advertise the Club’s facilities as a space available for congresses, press conferences, and book presentations. We know that it is also rented out for weddings and social events.
The magazine states that it costs 50 Mexican pesos and can be viewed and downloaded for free from its website. Although it is not known where it is distributed or how to obtain a physical copy of the magazine, the Mexican government's Cultural Information System reports a circulation of 4,029 biweekly copies. This information cannot be independently verified.
It claims to be printed by Editorial Voces del Periodista S.A. de C.V., but this company does not appear in the Public Registry of Commerce. However, we did find the company name Voces del Periodista S.A. de C.V., which was incorporated in 1998 with Mouris Salloum George as shareholder and principal administrator, along with Celeste Saenz De Miera.
Currently, the magazine indicates that its address is in the Journalists' Club building in downtown Mexico City, but a 2012 edition also reported an address in Beverly Hills, United States, linked to Carlos Villanueva of the Asociación Mundial de Mexicanos en el Exterior (World Association of Mexicans Abroad)
Voces del Periodista S.A. de C.V. is one of three companies registered in Mexico under the name of Mouris Salloum: Homin—of which Celeste Saenz is also a partner—is dedicated to the administration of generic and similar pharmacies, while GNDI Corporativo's main purpose is the production of promotional advertising items.
Factchequeado also consulted the Russian ambassador to Mexico, Nikolay Sofinskiy, and the coordinator of Social Communication for the Mexican Senate, Abelardo Martín Miranda, but we did not receive a response.
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