(Português) Barrientos Ortuño, René

Tarata, 1919 - Villa Arque (Bolivia), 1969 By the Latin American Team A military man and vice president of the Junta de Government that overthrew Víctor Paz Estenssoro in 1964, René Barrientos governed alongside Alfredo Ovando Candia in 1965 and was elected president in 1966. He was a leader closely…

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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 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…

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