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  1. Allende, Salvador
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    Democratically elected socialist president of Chile, overthrown and killed in a coup engineered by the CIA. (1908-1973).
  2. Almada, Martín
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    Paraguayan human rights activist known for his outstanding courage in bringing torturers to justice, and promoting democracy, human rights and sustainable development. (Born 1937).
  3. Boff, Leonardo
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    A theologian, philosopher and writer, known for his active support for the rights of the poor and excluded. One of the founders of liberation theology. (Born 1938).
  4. Bolívar, Simón
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    South American political leader who played a key role in Latin America's successful struggle for independence from Spain. (1783-1830).
  5. Chang, Helen Mack
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    Guatemalan businesswoman and human rights activist. Active in the struggle against impunity of political murderers. (Born 1952).
  6. Fanon, Frantz
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    Psychiatrist, philosopher, revolutionary, and author from Martinique. (1925-1961).
  7. Ferreira, Chico Whitaker
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    Brazilian social-justice advocate. A Catholic activist, Whitaker is inspired by liberation theology and closely allied with the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace. (Born 1931).
  8. Freire, Paulo
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    Brazilian educator and influential theorist of critical pedagogy. (1921-1997).
  9. Galeano, Eduardo
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    Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist (1940-2015). His best-known works are Las venas abiertas de América Latina (Open Veins of Latin America, 1971) and Memoria del fuego (Memory of Fire Trilogy, 1982–6). "I'm a writer," the author once said of himself, "obsessed with remembering, with remembering the past of America and above all that of Latin America, intimate land condemned to amnesia."
  10. Ikanan, Evaristo Nugkuag
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    Activist working to protect the rights of the indigenous people of the Amazon.
  11. Lafargue, Paul
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    French revolutionary Marxist socialist journalist, literary critic, political writer and activist. (1842-1911).
  12. L'ouverture, Toussaint
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    Leader of the Haitian Revolution. (1743-1803).
  13. Lutzenberger, José
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    Environmentalist and organic farming advocate (1926-2002).
  14. Mackandal, François
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    Haïtian Maroon resistance leader. (died 1758).
  15. Mariátegui, Jose Carlos
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    Peruvian socialist. (Born 1894).
  16. Martí, José
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    Cuban poet and rebel. (1953-1895).
  17. Menchú, Rigoberta
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    Winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize. (Born 1959).
  18. Montenegro, Raúl
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    Environmental and indigenous rights activist. (Born 1949).
  19. Orrego, Juan Pablo
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    Chilean environment activist. (Born 1949).
  20. la red del Che : the Che network
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    Website devoted to the life and work of Che Guevara.
  21. Romero, Oscar
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    Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in El Salvador. (1917-1980).
  22. Sandino, Augusto César
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    Nicaraguan revolutionary. (1895-1934).

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