List of Latin Americans - Leaders and Politicians

Leaders and Politicians

  • Óscar Arias Sánchez (born 1940), statesman, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1987).
  • Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), Libertador and statesman, leader in the Spanish American wars of independence.
  • Anastasio Bustamante (1780–1853), President of Mexico (1930–1932; 1837–1841).
  • Plutarco Elías Calles (1877–1945), founder of the PRI (1929); President of Mexico (1924–1928).
  • Alberto Lleras Camargo (1906–1990), first Organization of American States Secretary (1948) and 28th President of Colombia.
  • Fidel Castro (born 1926), marxist revolutionary and Cuba's state ruler since 1959.
  • Alfonso García Robles (1911–1991), diplomat and politician, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1982).
  • Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928–1967), marxist revolutionary.
  • José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766-1840), Paraguayan revolutionary, leader and supreme dictator.
  • Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753–1811), cleric and statesman, chief instigator of Mexico's war of independence against Spain.
  • Benito Juárez (1806–1872), President of Mexico (1861–1863; 1867–1872).
  • Juscelino Kubitschek (1902–1976), President of Brazil (1956–1961).
  • José Martí (1853–1895), writer and leader of the Cuban Independence movement.
  • Rigoberta Menchú (born 1959), activist, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1992).
  • Chico Mendes (1944–1988), murdered rural leader and martyr of ecological movements in the Amazon.
  • Pedro I (1798–1834), Emperor of Brasil (1822–1831).
  • Pedro II (1825–1891), Emperor of Brasil (1831–1889).
  • Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (born 1920), diplomat, United Nations Secretary-General (1982–1991).
  • Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (born 1931), activist, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1980).
  • Juan Domingo Perón (1895–1974), President of Argentina (1946–1952; 1952–1955; 1973–1974).
  • Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1878–1959), academic and politician, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1936).
  • Augusto Sandino (1985–1934), guerilla leader and revolutionary.
  • José de San Martín (1778–1850), Libertador and statesman, leader in the Spanish American wars of independence.
  • Pancho Villa (1878–1923), guerrilla leader of the Mexican Revolution (1910–1917).
  • Emiliano Zapata (1879–1919), leading figure of the Mexican Revolution (1910–1917).
  • Leopoldo Lopez Lopez (1971) Mayor of Chacao, Venezuela
  • Ali Lenin Aguilera (1967) The youngest Venezuelan congressperson

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