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- Served as President of Mexico
- Considered by Historians to be a Dictator
- leadership was marked by significant internal stability (known as the "paz porfiriana"), modernization, and economic growth
- lost power during Mexican Revolution
- jailed his opponent Madero |
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- served as President of Uruguay
- son of Lorenzo Batle y Grau
- he and his family are some of the most prominant member of Colorado Party
-Journalist (founded El Dia) |
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- pseudonym of Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga
- Chilean poet, educator, diplomat and feminist
- first Latin American to win the Noble Prize in Literature
- common themes in Poetry; nature, betrayal, love, sorrow, recovery and travel |
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- served as president of the Dominican Republic
- assassinated
- Trujillo Era (known as one of the bloodiest ever in the Americas)
- his rule was supposedly responsible for the death of more than 50,000 |
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| Jose Maria Velsaco Ibarra |
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- served as president of Equador
- aided in public works (roads, hospitals and bridges)
- credited with starting the Supreme Electoral Tribunal,the Ecuadorian Road Network
- ordered construction of irrigation canals, educational infrastructure, aircraft fields and highways |
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| - served as president of Mexico |
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| Victor Raul Haya de la Torre |
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- Peruvian political leader
- founded the American Popular Revolution Alliance (APRA)
- favored Universal Democracy, Equal Rights, respect for indigenous populations and socialist economic policies
-advocated the overthrow of land owning oligarchies in Peru |
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- leader of Populist Movement in Columbia
- Education Minister, Mayor of Bogota and one of the most charismatic leaders for the Liberal Party |
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SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
- served as president of Chile
- socialist until his election
- introduced the indigenous law (large scale nationalization, the acceleration of agrarian reform, and confiscation of property)
-overthrown by Pinochet |
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- served as president of Paraguay
- supported Modernization (most attempts to push this failed)
- implemented the DAI, very concerned for the indigenous people and their living conditions |
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- known as the main face of the entire Zapatisata movement (but not part of the Indigenous
- used Internet and media appeal to get his message out to Mexican citizens, and gain sympathy from an international audience |
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- born to a poor Indian family, raised in Mayan culture
- involved in social reform activities (through the Catholic Church)
-described in detail the richness of indigenous cultural beliefs and traditions, the depth of poverty and exploitation that indigenous Guatemalans experiences, and the rising government power that eventually killed her family
- Nobel Prize |
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- grew up in a shantytown
- engaged in community politics in the waning years of Brazil's military dicatatorship.
-first black woman to enter congress
-first women of any race to enter the Brazilian Senate |
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| Michelle Bachelet of Chile |
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- served as president of Chile
- first female president of Chile |
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- served as President Mexico
- pushed for Land Reform (for indigenous)
- jailed by Diaz
- assinated |
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- Mexican Revolution icon
- goal was land reform
- supports Madero, but stops support for Madero after he stops supporting land reform |
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- pledged allegiance to Madero, only to overthrow/imprison/assassinate Madero
- became Mexican President
- basically was a huge dick |
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- Mexican Revoluntionary
- helped Zapata capture land to redistribute to the peasants
- assassinated |
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- served Mexican President
- drafted Plan of Guadalupe which promised to reinstate Constitution of 1857 without the social reforms of the Plan San Luis Potosi
- Made additions to Plan of Guadalupe including; Judicial reform, Land Reform, Labor and the struggle against Foreign companies for Natural Resources |
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- Mexican President
- appointed Commander-in chief of Revolutionary Forces by Carranza
- led revolt against Carranza after he tried to have obregon arrested
- considered to have the first stable presidency after the revolution |
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- served as Mexican President
- known to provide progressive programs (building roads, promoting education
- passed Agrarian Code of 1934
- considered by many historians to be the creator of a political system that lasted in Mexico until the end of the 1980s |
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-served as president of Argentina, twice
-neoliberal and Peronist |
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- a Brazilian lawyer, writer and politician
- served as president of Brazil
- Although having the peoples support in the beginning of his term, public opinion shifted with the debt crisis and his failure at resolving it. |
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- served as president of Brazil, 1st president to be elected after the end of the military government.
- resigned when he failed to stop his own impeachment |
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| Fernando Henrique Cardoso |
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- served as president of Brazil (two terms)
- accomplished sociologist, professor and politician
- known for promotion of International Cooperation |
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| Luiz Ignacio "Lula" da Silva |
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- served as president of Brazil, nationalist
- founding member of the Workers' Party
- often regarded as the most popular politician in the history of Brazil
- his main goal was to reduce poverty levels |
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- served as president of Peru (technically impeached)
- credited with uprooting terrorism in Peru (dismantling of the Shining Path)
- established Fujimorism
- convicted for human rights violations, embezzlement, and for ordering an illegal searchs and seizures
- fled to Japan to avoid corruption scandal |
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- played a large role in her husbands movement (Juan Peron is President of Argentina
- adored by many for her work for the working class
- died of cancer
- before her death she was given the official title of "Spiritual Leader of the Nation" |
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- Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat
- stylized visage has become a ubiquitous counter cultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia within popular culture
- executed by Bolivian Forces |
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| - grew to notoriety after revealing Fidel Castro was still alive (Batista had claimed he was killed) |
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- served as president of Brazil
- political protege of Vargas
- stalled economy with radical movements |
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