From Fidel Castro to Diego Rivera to Emiliano Zapata, this volume contains approximately 3,000 biographies of major figures from Central and South America, the Caribbean and West Indies in a handy A-to-Z format. A wide range of contemporary and historical figures are covered including precolonial Mayan, Inca, and Aztec leaders; early European Conquistadors, explorers and missionaries; colonial pirates; as well as 20th-century political, sports, military, media, business and cultural figures.