(Encyclopedia) Muñoz Marín, LuisMuñoz Marín, Luisl&oomacr;ēsˈ m&oomacr;nyōsˈ märēnˈ [key], 1898–1980, Puerto Rican political leader, governor of Puerto Rico (1949–65). He abandoned a career…
(Encyclopedia) Muñoz Rivera, LuisMuñoz Rivera, Luislwēs m&oomacr;nyōsˈ rēvāˈrä [key], 1859–1916, Puerto Rican journalist and nationalist. He founded La Democracia, a newspaper later edited by his…
(Encyclopedia) Herrera Campíns, LuisHerrera Campíns, Luisl&oomacr;ēsˈ ārāˈrä cämpēnsˈ [key], 1925–2007, Venezuelan politician and president (1979–84). A lawyer and journalist, he was a founder of…
(Encyclopedia) Guzmán, Martín LuisGuzmán, Martín Luismärtēnˈ l&oomacr;ēsˈ g&oomacr;smänˈ [key], 1887–1977, Mexican novelist and journalist. Guzmán worked as a journalist during the Mexican…
(Encyclopedia) Alvarez, Luis Walter, 1911–88, American physicist, b. San Francisco, grad. Univ. of Chicago, 1932, Ph.D. 1936. He was awarded the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of a…
(Encyclopedia) Echeverría Álvarez, LuisEcheverría Álvarez, Luisl&oomacr;ēsˈ āchāvār-rēˈä älˈvärās [key], 1922–, president of Mexico (1970–76). A lawyer, he was formerly a law professor. As a…
(Encyclopedia) Drago, Luis MaríaDrago, Luis Maríal&oomacr;ēsˈ märēˈä dräˈgō [key], 1859–1921, Argentine statesman, jurist, and writer on international law. As minister of foreign affairs under…
(Encyclopedia) Cuevas, José Luis, 1934–2017, Mexican expressionist painter and sculptor, b. Mexico City. He was essentially self-taught, his influences ranging from Bruegel and Goya to Posada and…
(Encyclopedia) Ferré, Luis AlbertoFerré, Luis Albertol&oomacr;ēsˈ älbārˈtō fārāˈ [key], 1904–2003, Puerto Rican politician, governor of Puerto Rico (1969–73), b. Ponce. An engineer (Massachusetts…
Paula, Luis, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Paula, Luis, Jr., 1934-2021, Latin American religious leader, b. Ingeniero Maschwitz, Argentina. Paula was born to a Spanish immigrant…
