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NAQT: South American Political Leaders
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1. He was the President of Venezuela from 1999 to 2013.

2. His original party was the Fifth Republic Movement. He was imprisoned after a failed coup attempt in 1992.

3. In 1831, he abdicated in favor of his son in order to launch an ill-fated invasion of Portugal.

4. His policies came to be called Perónism, represented by the three flags of economic independence, political sovereignty and social justice, which represented a Third Way between capitalism and communism.

5. He returned to Chile with San Martín in 1817, and served as that country's Supreme Director until 1823.

6. He became emperor at age 5 when his father abdicated.

7. Upon his death in 1974, he was succeeded as President by his third wife, Isabel. He used Venezuela's large oil revenues to lead his Bolivarian Revolution and enact socialist policies.

8. The son of King John VI of Portugal, he became the first ruler of the Empire of Brazil when he declared independence from Portugal in 1822 with the Cry of Ipiranga.

9. He authored the Cartagena Manifesto and Decree of War to the Death in his quest to liberate Colombia and Venezuela, during which he won the Battle of Carabobo.

10. During his reign, Brazil was victorious in several conflicts with its neighbors, including the Platine War and War of the Triple Alliance.

11. He died of cancer in 2013.

12. Salvador Allende was overthrown on September 11, 1973 by him.

13. He was an Argentine general who liberated Argentina and Chile from Spain with Bernardo O'Higgins.

14. He won the Battle of San Lorenzo in 1813. Later, his crossing of the Andes resulted in victories at the Battles of Chacabuco and Maipu in Chile.

15. The backbone of his political support were working-class people known as descamisados, meaning 'shirtless ones'.

16. His brutal regime was investigated in the Rettig and Valech reports, and he died awaiting trial in 2006.

17. He was the dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990.

18. After gaining independence from Spain, he led the short-lived republic of Gran Colombia, which from 1819 to 1830 included modern Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama.

19. He became widely admired after his 1945 marriage to actress Eva Duarte, who was immortalized in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Evita.

20. He was the President of Chile from 1970 to 1973.

21. He took part in the liberation of Peru before moving to Europe in 1824.

22. He was the dictator of Paraguay from 1954 to 1989.

23. His policies of collectivization and nationalization angered conservatives, and he was overthrown and killed in a 1973 coup supported by the CIA.

24. He came to power by overthrowing Federico Chávez in 1954 and assuming leadership of his Colorado Party.

25. He was a Venezuelan who is known as 'El Libertador' for freeing South America from Spanish rule.

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