Gary Augusto Prado Salmón (15 November 1938 – 6 May 2023) was a Bolivian militant, diplomat, politician, and academic.

Biography

Born in

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on 15 November 1938 to Julio Prado Montaño and Adela Salmón Tapia, Prado's family returned to Bolivia at the onset of

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. He completed his primary studies in

Cochabamba Cochabamba (; ) is a city and municipality in central Bolivia in a valley in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital (political), capital of the Cochabamba Department and the list of cities in Bolivia, fourth largest city in Bolivia, with ...

and Vallegrande and his secondary studies in

La Paz La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Aymara language, Aymara: Chuqi Yapu ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With 755,732 residents as of 2024, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities by populati ...

and

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. In 1954, he enrolled in the , graduating in 1958. Prado's family moved to

Santa Cruz de la Sierra Santa Cruz de la Sierra (; ), commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the largest city in Bolivia and the capital of the Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia), Santa Cruz department. Situated on the Pirai River (Bolivia), Pirai River in the eastern Tropical ...

while he took military courses in the United States. He was the captain of a squadron that captured

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near La Higuera on 8 October 1967. He was not present at Guevara's execution the next day. From 24 November 1978 to 8 August 1979, Prado was Minister of Planning and Coordination in the cabinet of military

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David Padilla. From 1990 to 1993, he was Ambassador of Bolivia to the United Kingdom, and from 2000 to 2002, Ambassador to Mexico. In 2012, he was accused by the government of President

Evo Morales Juan Evo Morales Ayma (; born 26 October 1959) is a Bolivian politician, trade union organizer, and former cocalero activist who served as the 65th president of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019. Widely regarded as the country's first president to come ...

of having organized a civil war. He was declared innocent of all charges by the justice. Gary Prado Salmón died in Santa Cruz de la Sierra on 6 May 2023, at the age of 84.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prado Salmon, Gary 1938 births 2023 deaths Bolivian anti-communists Bolivian generals Bolivian politicians Planning ministers of Bolivia Ambassadors of Bolivia to the United Kingdom Ambassadors of Bolivia to Mexico Military personnel from Rome