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(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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22/01/2022
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(Português) Banzer Suárez, Hugo

Concepción, 1926 - Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), 2002 By Latinoamerican Team A career military officer, General Hugo Banzer Suárez served as President of Bolivia twice: first through a coup d'état and second through electoral means. He first came to power via a military coup against the leftist government…

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22/01/2022
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(Português) Cerén, Salvador Sánches

Quezaltepeque (El Salvador), 1944 By Fernanda Gdynia Morotti One of the founders of the National Association of Salvadoran Educators (Andes) in 1965, he participated in 1970 in the creation of the Popular Liberation Forces (FPL), the first leftist armed organization in El Salvador. He was also the main leader of…

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20/01/2022
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(Português) Arbenz Guzmán, Jacobo

Quetzaltenango (Guatemala), 1913 - Mexico City (Mexico), 1971 By Edelberto Torres-Rivas Colonel Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán was the second president during the period known as the Revolutionary Decade in Guatemala. In October 1944, a popular uprising of civilians and soldiers, called the October Revolution, ended the long liberal-oligarchic period. This revolution…

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04/01/2022
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(Português) Arraes, Miguel

Araripe, 1916 - Recife (Brazil), 2005 By Ivana Jinkings Elected three times as governor of the state of Pernambuco (1962-1964, 1986-1990, and 1994-1998), Miguel Arraes de Alencar was one of the leading figures of leftist nationalism before the 1964 coup. His first term as governor was marked by the extension…

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04/01/2022
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(Português) Aristide, Jean-Bertrand

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…

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04/01/2022
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(Português) Alfonsín, Raúl Ricardo

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…

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30/12/2021