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, 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
- ↑ (in Spanish) "Embajada de México en Uruguay". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2008-05-27.,
- ↑ '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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