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She is one of the best-selling female artists of all time, with over 200 million records sold worldwide. She is also recognized as the most successful female crossover artist in Latin music.
Gloria Estefan
This indigenous Guatemalan leader brought international awareness to human rights abuses through her testimony and work, earning a Nobel Peace Prize.
Rigoberta Menchú
Óscar Romero served as archbishop of this Central American country before his assassination in 1980.
El Salvador
This Mayan city with pyramids and temples is a well-preserved archaeological site found in Guatemala.
Tikal
This ancient Mayan citadel located in the rainforests of northern Guatemala is renowned for its impressive pyramids and temples, including the Temple of the Grand Jaguar and the Temple IV, which is the tallest pre-Columbian structure in the Americas.
Tikal
This Puerto Rican-American composer, lyricist, and actor created the Broadway musicals Hamilton and In the Heights.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
As president of Mexico in the 1930s, this leader enacted land reform, welcomed refugees from the Spanish Civil War, and nationalized the country’s oil industry.
Lázaro Cárdenas
This president was elected in 1981, marking Honduras’s first civilian government in over a century.
Roberto Sauzo Cordova
The capital city of the Aztec Empire, it was built on a lake and is now Mexico City.
Tenochtitlán
This Peruvian revolutionary led the Inca revolt against the Spanish Empire in the 1780s.
Tupac Amaru II.
This Mexican-American film composer created the scores for Coco and Encanto.
Germaine Franco
Often called the "Father of Uruguayan Independence," this revolutionary championed federalism and equality in the early 19th century.
José Gervasio Artigas
In 2019, this Venezuelan opposition leader was recognized by over 50 countries, including the U.S., as the nation’s interim president amid a constitutional crisis.
Juan Guaidó
These floating agricultural plots used by the Aztecs turned lakes into gardens.
Chinampas
The inspiration of an agrarian movement named after him, this leading figure in the Mexican Revolution championed the slogan "Tierra y Libertad" and became a symbol of social justice and resistance against oppression.
Emiliano Zapata