Mendes, Chico

Xapurí (Brasil), 1944 – 1988

By Carlos Walter Porto-Gonçalves

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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 activist in the movement for women's suffrage. The daughter of Swiss-Brazilian hygienist Adolfo Lutz and English nurse Amy Fowler, she earned a degree in Science…

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(Português) Baca, Suzana

Lima (Peru), 1944 By Fernanda Gdynia Morotti Susana Esther Baca de la Colina is an Afro-Peruvian historian, musician, educator, singer, and composer. Born in Chorrillos, a small fishing village in the district of Lima, she grew up immersed in music and the arts related to Afro-Peruvian roots. She served as…

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(Português) Cárdenas Solórzano, Cuauhtémoc

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…

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(Português) Charles, Mary Eugenia

Pointe Michel (Dominica), 1919 - Fort-de-France (Martinique), 2005 By Rafael Affonso de Miranda Alonso Also known as “Mamo,” Mary Eugenia Charles was the Prime Minister of Dominica from 1980 to 1995. The granddaughter of slaves, she was the daughter of John Baptiste and Josephine Delauney. Her father became a prosperous…

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