A | B |
Simon Bolivar | "El Libertador" freed South America from Spanish rule |
Jose de San Martin | Freed Argentina, Chile, and Peru from Spain |
Bernardo O'Higgins | With San Martin, he freed Chile from Spain |
Salvador Allende | Democratically elected Marxist president of Chile - killed in 1973 coup |
Hugo Chavez | Socialist president of Venezuela 1999-2013 |
Augusto Pinochet | Brutal dictator of Chile 1973-1990 |
Juan Peron | President of Argentina with "third way" policies |
Pedro I | First Emperor of Brazil 1822-1831 |
Pedro II | Second Emperor of Brazil 1831-1889 |
Alfredo Stroessner | Dictator of Paraguay 1954 - 1989 |