Juan Cuestas

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Juan Cuestas was a Uruguayan diplomat.

Background

Juan Cuestas's father Juan Lindolfo Cuestas served two terms as President of Uruguay at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.

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Career

Juan Cuestas was a prominent diplomat, appointed Uruguay's first Ambassador to Mexico in 1901. [1] He was previously Minister to Washington, DC, United States.

Being from a culture where political families are common, Juan Cuestas was considered to have Presidential leadership prospects, though they never came to fruition. [2]

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References

  1. (in Spanish) "Embajada de México en Uruguay". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2008-05-27.,
  2. 'Juan Lindolfo Cuestas', Wikipedia (in Spanish), es:Juan Lindolfo Cuestas,

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