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Alfonso García Robles

1911–1991 · 20th century

Alfonso García Robles was a Mexican diplomat who led the negotiations for the Treaty of Tlatelolco of 1967, which made Latin America a nuclear-weapon-free zone. He later served as foreign minister and as Mexico's representative to the Committee on Disarmament in Geneva. He shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982 with Alva Myrdal for his work on disarmament.

Alfonso García Robles
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