The journalist Cristina Romo Hernández, known as Cristina Pacheco, died this Thursday at the age of 82. The author and presenter was also an icon of Mexican public television on Channel Once, where her show Here we had to live aired for 45 years. Her death was confirmed by the network's director, Carlos Brito: “It is with deep pain that I want to bring the news of the death of our beloved Cristina Pacheco.” The chronicler announced in early December that she was withdrawing from her projects on screen due to “serious health problems.” will leave behind.
Cristina Pacheco excelled in social journalism that gave a voice to people in the neighborhoods and streets of Mexico who rarely had a place on television. Born in 1942 in San Felipe Torres Mochas, Guanajuato state, she decided to move to the country's capital to study Hispanic language and literature at UNAM. This training helped her further develop her role as a writer. In 1960 he began working as a journalist for the newspapers El Popular and Novedades. Five years later she married the writer José Emilio Pacheco (1939–2014), with whom she had two daughters, Laura Emilia and Cecilia Pacheco.
In the 1970s he worked with the magazine Siempre! together. and spent time at the newspapers El Sol de México and El Día. As a journalist, he has written reports, chronicles and interviews since the newspaper La Jornada was founded in 1984. Five years later, he began a project as a columnist that continues to this day. the Sunday section Mar of Stories, in which Pacheco wrote down memories of everyday Mexican life that she picked up from the street. On December 3rd of this year, in a final column, he announced his resignation due to his “precarious health.” The beginning of her note was to thank the people who have accompanied her since 1989: “I would like to thank my readers and friends for their support and perseverance over the 34 years in which they have given me their attention.”
It is with deep pain that I would like to share the news of the death of our beloved Cristina Pacheco. We will always remember her as the woman Canal Once adored and gave her life to. My sincerest condolences go out to your daughter and all your loved ones.
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— Carlos Brito (@carlosbritolav) December 21, 2023
In 1980, she began “Here We Had to Live,” her most ambitious project, which aired weekly on Canal Once from that year until 2023. Her work as a reporter helped her win the National Journalism Award in 1985. She has also worked with the public network since 1997. an interview program under the name Conversando con Cristina Pacheco.
Pacheco also developed a great role as an author with more than 20 titles of her own, which helped her win the Inés Arredondo Fine Arts Prize for Literature in 2022. The jury decided to honor her as “an author who is ethically committed to giving voice to the people.” Symbolic for all social classes.”
In 2012 she won the first edition of the Rosario Castellanos Prize for Women's Cultural Careers. The National Council for Culture and the Arts honored his life, which he dedicated to communication: “For his extraordinary career in journalism, literature and audiovisual communication, for his lively cultural dialogue, which he has cultivated over several decades and the gave people from all over the world a voice with dignity and respect.” diverse areas of society.”
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