Saavedra Lamas, Carlos

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Saavedra Lamas, Carlos (kär`lōs sävā`thrä lä`mäs), 1880–1959, Argentine statesman, foreign minister (1932–38). An advocate of Pan-Americanism and of the League of Nations (he was president of the Assembly in 1936), he presided over several international conferences. He drafted (1932) an antiwar pact adopted (1933–34) by many American republics, and together with Argentine president Agustín Pedro Justo Justo, Agustín Pedro (äg
..... Click the link for more information. he was instrumental in bringing an end to the war over the Chaco (see Gran chaco Chaco War, 1932–35, between Bolivia and Paraguay. This territory of the Gran Chaco had been disputed since 1810. Technically the Gran Chaco was intended to be part of Bolivia since it had been part of the audiencia of Charcas, but Bolivia paid little attention to this
..... Click the link for more information. ). Saavedra Lamas received the 1936 Nobel Peace Prize.

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