Fanon, Frantz
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11/11/2022
Stevenson, Teófilo
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09/02/2022
Salinas de Gortari, Carlos
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09/02/2022
Pinochet, Augusto
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31/01/2022
(Português) Bachelet, Michelle
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…
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22/01/2022
(Português) Carrasquel, Alfonso
Caracas (Venezuela), 1928 - 2005 By Pablo Alabarces Alfonso “Chico” Carrasquel was such a talented baseball player and had such a powerful arm that at the age of eleven, he played in a league reserved for athletes sixteen years old. In one season, he played for three teams. At fifteen,…
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22/01/2022
(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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22/01/2022
(Português) Botero, Fernando
Medellín (Colombia), 1932 By Francisco Alambert Fernando Botero, the most well-known Colombian painter of the 20th century, is known for his distinctive representation of obese or rounded human figures, often incorporating ironic, parodic, and nostalgic references to art history and social and political life. He is regarded by many as…
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22/01/2022
(Português) CASTRO, JOSUÉ DE
Recife (Brazil), 1908 - Paris (France), 1973 By Rodrigo Nobile The geographer Josué Apolônio de Castro had a humble childhood in Recife, alongside the populations living in the mangroves along the banks of the Capibaribe River—of which they survived. In 1925, he moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he graduated…
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20/01/2022
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 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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12/10/2021
