Juan Cuestas's father Juan Lindolfo Cuestas served two terms as President of Uruguay at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.
Juan Cuestas was a prominent diplomat, appointed Uruguay's first Ambassador to Mexico in 1901.
[1] He was previously Minister to Washington, DC, United States.
Being from a culture where political families are common, Juan Cuestas was considered to have Presidential leadership prospects, though they never came to fruition.
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