Santiago (Chile), 1951 By Latinoamerican Team Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria was the first woman to serve as President of Chile and the second woman to lead a major Latin American country, following María Estela Martínez de Perón in Argentina. She was first elected in 2006, winning the runoff against businessman…
Mexico City (Mexico), 1934 By Fernando Antonio da Costa Vieira Son of the influential Mexican politician Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (1895-1970), who governed the country from 1934 to 1940, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas began his political career in the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), presenting himself as a continuator of his father's legacy…
Aruba (Netherlands Antilles), 1944 - St. George (Grenada), 1983 By Carlos Eduardo Martins Maurice Bishop, son of Rupert and Alimenta Bishop, was the main leader of Grenada's socialist experiment and was ultimately executed during the far-left coup led by Bernard Coard, which provided the pretext for the U.S. invasion of…
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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