Indigenous Culture
The Aztecs lived mainly in the area of this modern-day country.
Mexico
Created by Chespirito, this cultural phenomenon featured an orphan boy in a barrel and used humor to explore themes of poverty, friendship, and everyday life in a working-class neighborhood.
El Chavo del Ocho
This Cuban patriot wrote poems, essays, and articles that stirred a movement for independence, blending art and activism in the name of his beloved homeland.
José Martí
Since 1959, this Caribbean island nation was led for decades by Fidel and later Raúl Castro.
Cuba
He was the last Inca Emperor.
Atahualpa
This feathered serpent god was worshiped by both the Maya and Aztec civilizations.
Quetzalcoatl
This Argentine composer wrote the music for The Motorcycle Diaries and Brokeback Mountain.
Gustavo Santaolalla
This Honduran environmentalist stood up to powerful developers and was assassinated for her resistance to a hydroelectric dam project on indigenous land.
Berta Cáceres
This president was elected in 1981, marking Honduras’s first civilian government in over a century.
Roberto Sauzo Cordova
Colloquially known as "El Libertador," he led the Independence movement from Spain in South America.
Simon Bolivar
These massive geoglyphs in the Peruvian desert were created by an ancient pre-Incan civilization.
Nazca Lines
This Mexican-American film composer created the scores for Coco and Encanto.
Germaine Franco
As Bolivia’s first Indigenous president, this leader expanded rights and recognition for native communities while restructuring national control of natural resources.
Evo Morales
This Mexican presidential candidate from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was assassinated during the 1994 campaign, shocking the nation and altering the political landscape.
Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta
This Cuban-born athlete became the first Latin American to play professional baseball in the US in 1902.
Luis Miguel Castro
OR Lou Castro