Port-Salut (Haiti), 1953 By João Alexandre Peschanski Salesian priest since 1982, Aristide studied theology in Italy, Greece, and Israel. In these countries, he came into contact with progressive currents within the Catholic Church. Upon returning to Haiti, he was assigned to a parish in a slum in Port-au-Prince. In his…
Sobral (Brazil), 1935 By Afrânio Mendes Catani Antonio Renato Aragão is one of the most popular actors in Brazilian cinema and television. With nearly 130 million viewers, he has appeared in over forty films. He made his TV debut in 1961, working for various networks before being hired by TV…
Ituiutaba (Brazil), 1939 By Afrânio Mendes Catani A Brazilian filmmaker and activist associated with the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), he enrolled in the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (USP) and became involved with the National Union of Students (UNE). As a student, he made short films and…
São Paulo (Brazil), 1960 By Luiz Felipe Alves de Miranda Márcia Lelis de Souza (Tata) Amaral, a filmmaker and talented representative of her generation, debuted in 1986 with two short films produced in collaboration with Francisco César Filho: Poema: Cidade, based on the poetry of Augusto de Campos, and Queremos…
Capivari, 1886 – São Paulo (Brazil), 1973 By Francisco Alambert Daughter of a wealthy family from São Paulo, Tarsila do Amaral began her studies at schools in São Paulo and later, in 1902, at Sacré-Coeur in Barcelona, where she started experimenting by copying other artists' paintings. After returning to Brazil…
Itabuna, 1912 - Salvador (Brazil), 2001 By Flávio Aguiar Throughout this period of itinerant exile from 1937 to 1952, Amado focused on political themes, evident in ABC de C astro Alves (1941), O cavaleiro da esperança (The Knight of Hope, 1942), a biography of Luiz Carlos Prestes written during his…
Born in the Buenos Aires locality of Chascomús on March 12, 1927, he is the first of six children of Serafín Raúl Alfonsín Ochoa and Ana María Foulkes. At 13, he entered the General San Martín Military Lyceum and later studied law at the National University of La Plata. In…
Ponce, 1891 – San Juan (Puerto Rico), 1965 By Ángel G. Quintero Rivera Pedro Albizu Campos was the most influential nationalist leader of the 20th century in Puerto Rico and one of the anti-imperialist symbols of America. The son of a single, Black mother, descended from Venezuelan emigrants of Basque…
VALPARAÍSO, 1908 - SANTIAGO (CHILE), 1973 Por Rodrigo Nobile Salvador Allende Gossens came into contact with socialist thought from his early youth when he was active in student politics. After completing his military service, he studied medicine at the University of Chile (UC). There, he participated in the leftist movement…
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