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Victoria Ocampo

Argentine editor and publisher

Pablo Neruda

Pablo Neruda

Chilean poet

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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Mexican poet and scholar

Mario Vargas Llosa

Mario Vargas Llosa

Peruvian author

Iván Duque

Iván Duque

president of Colombia

Isabel Allende, 2008

Isabel Allende

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Gabriel García Márquez

Colombian author

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Jorge Luis Borges

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Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes

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Rubén Darío

Rubén Darío

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Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho

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Roberto Bolaño

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Octavio Paz.

Octavio Paz

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José Martí

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