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1.Miguel Angel Asturias- A Nobel Prize wining novelist and poet from Guatemala. Wrote about his experience under a dictatorship. Established small-town life and a clash of cultures as themes

2.Frida Kahlo- Started painting in 1925 when she was hospitalized. Married Diego Rivera. Was inspired by retablos, religious paintings. Was a champion of Mexican culture.

3.John F. Kennedy – Kennedy encouraged Latin American countries to undertake reforms to raise the standard of living for their people with the Alliance for Progress in 1961.

4.Luis Munoz Marin – Became Puerto Rico's first elected governor in the 1950s. He supported a program to encourage tourism and develop industry on the island.

5.Gabriel Garcia Marquez- Nobel Prize winning author in Columbia. Wrote in a Style called magical realism. Most popular novel was One Hundred years of Solitude.

6.James Munroe – Issued the Munroe Doctrine in 1823 which disallowed colonization in the Americas

7.Pablo Neruda -......

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