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(Português) Albizu Campos, Pedro

Ponce, 1891 – San Juan (Puerto Rico), 1965 By Ángel G. Quintero Rivera Pedro Albizu Campos was the most influential nationalist leader of the 20th

(Português) Allende, Isabel

ALLENDE, ISABEL Lima (Peru), 1942. By Flávio Aguiar The recognition of female literary production was consolidated, among others, by Rosario Castellanos and confirmed by the

ALLENDE, SALVADOR

VALPARAÍSO, 1908 – SANTIAGO (CHILE), 1973 Por Rodrigo Nobile Salvador Allende Gossens came into contact with socialist thought from his early youth when he was

(Português) Alonso, Alicia

VALPARAÍSO, 1908 – SANTIAGO (CHILE), 1973 Por Rodrigo Nobile Salvador Allende Gossens came into contact with socialist thought from his early youth when he was

(Português) Álvarez Bravo, Manuel

Manuel Álvarez Bravo Mexico City (Mexico), 1902 – 2002 By Ivana Jinkings A recognized Latin American photographer, he was self-taught in the arts. During his

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(Español) Cartola

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 1908 – 1980 By Marcelo Silva Souza   Life in the Mangueira hill in the city of Rio de Janeiro was

Cartola

CARTOLA Rio de Janeiro (Brasil), 1908 – 1980 By Marcelo Silva Souza

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Fanon, Frantz

Fort-de-France (Martinica), 1925 – Washington (EUA), 1961 By Adriana Veríssimo

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Gisele Bundchen

Horizontina (Brazil), 1980 By Fernanda Morotti International model, selected in 2013 as one of the hundred most powerful women in the world by Forbes magazine.

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Icaza, Jorge

Quito (Ecuador), 1906 – 1978 By Flávio Aguiar He stood out among the writers of the Generation of 1930 and was responsible for the innovation

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Luz, Bertha Maria Julia

São Paulo, 1894 – Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 1976 By José Chrispiniano A scientist and pioneer of feminism in Brazil, Bertha Lutz was the leading

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(Español) Ortega Saavedra, Daniel

La Libertad (Nicaragua), 1945 By Orlando Núñez Soto Daniel Ortega Saavedra, known as Commander Ortega in Nicaragua, left school at a young age to join

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(Español) Pérez Esquivel, Adolfo

Buenos Aires (Argentina), 1931 By Ivana Jinkings Argentinian visual artist and pacifist. Graduated in architecture from the National School of Fine Arts in his country,

(Português) Adelia Prado

Divinópolis (Brazil), 1935 By Flávio Aguiar Between family, books, and activities in the cultural sphere of her hometown, Divinópolis, her work does not engage with

Poniatowska, Elena

Paris (France), 1933 By Flávio Aguiar The daughter of World War II refugees, she migrated with her mother from France to Mexico at the age

Plá, Josefina

Fuerteventura, Ilhas Canárias (Espanha), 1909 – Assunção (Paraguai), 1999 Adriana Veríssimo

Puig, Manuel

General Villegas (Argentina), 1932 – Cuernavaca (México), 1990 Flávio Aguiar

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Rulfo, Juan

Acapulco, 1918 – Cidade do México (México), 1986 Flávio Aguiar

Rama, Ángel

Montevidéu (Uruguai), 1926 – Mejorana del Campo (Espanha), 1983 Flávio Aguiar

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(Español) Santos, Daiane dos

Porto Alegre (Brazil), 1983 By Pablo Alabarces Brazilian gymnast Daiane Garcia dos Santos began her career at thirteen, when she was discovered by a coach

(Español) Sarlo, Beatriz

Buenos Aires (Argentina), 1942 By Flávio Aguiar Beatriz Sarlo’s main interests include literature, its relationship with mass media, politics, and popular literature. She has also

Soriano, Osvaldo

SORIANO, OSVALDO Mar del Plata, 1943 – Buenos Aires (Argentina), 1997 Por Daniela Jinkings

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(Español) Testa, Clorindo

Naples (Italy), 1923 – Buenos Aires (Argentina), 2013 By Roberto Segre Although he retained Italian citizenship, Clorindo Testa is the most recognized Argentine architect –

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Zea, Leopoldo

Mexico City (Mexico), 1912 – 2004 By Verónica R. López Nájera Leopoldo Zea was born in 1912, during the height of the Mexican Revolution. His