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Martin Luther King Jr.

1929 – 1968

Letter from Birmingham Jail and a movement that rewrote American law.

United States·Peace · Philosophy · LiteratureNobel

Óscar Arias

b. 1940

Brokered peace across five Central American wars.

Costa Rica·PeaceNobel

Juan Manuel Santos

b. 1951

Ended a 52-year civil war by negotiated accord.

Colombia·PeaceNobel

Rigoberta Menchú

b. 1959

Indigenous rights advocate whose testimonio reached the world.

Guatemala·Peace · LiteratureNobel