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Víctor Paz Estenssoro

1907–2001 · 20th century

Víctor Paz Estenssoro was a Bolivian statesman who founded the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR) and served as president four times. Leading the 1952 revolution, he introduced universal suffrage, nationalised the tin mines and began land reform. The military overthrew him in 1964. In his last term, from 1985 to 1989, he ended hyperinflation with a harsh free-market stabilisation programme.

Víctor Paz Estenssoro
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