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Born March 20, 1911 • Zamora • Mexico
Died September 2, 1991 (aged 80) • Mexico City • Mexico
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1982)
Role In Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Octavio Paz.
Octavio Paz
Mexican writer and diplomat
Norman Borlaug
Norman Ernest Borlaug
American scientist
Rosario Castellanos
Mexican writer
Luis Echeverría Álvarez
president of Mexico
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
president of Mexico
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
Mexican military officer
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
president of Mexico
Enrique Peña Nieto
Enrique Peña Nieto
president of Mexico
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez
president of Mexico
Lázaro Cárdenas.
Lázaro Cárdenas
president of Mexico
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata
Mexican revolutionary
Marcos, Subcomandante
Subcomandante Marcos
Mexican leader
Francisco Madero
Francisco Madero
president of Mexico
Porfirio Díaz
Porfirio Díaz
president of Mexico
Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox
president of Mexico
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio López de Santa Anna
president of Mexico
Julia Carabias Lillo
Mexican ecologist and environmentalist
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
Mexican politician
Felipe Calderón
Felipe Calderón
president of Mexico
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Mexican leader