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.

Career[]

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

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[]

  1. ^ (in Spanish) "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2008-05-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link),
  2. ^ 'Juan Lindolfo Cuestas', Wikipedia (in Spanish), es:Juan Lindolfo Cuestas,

See also[]

  • List of political families#Uruguay
  • List of Uruguayan Ambassadors to the United States#Uruguayan Ministers Plenipotentiary to the United_States


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