Juan Cuestas

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Juan Cuestas was a Uruguayan diplomat.

Background[edit]

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.

Career[edit]

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]

References[edit]

  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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