Aníbal Pinto Santa Cruz (; 1919 – 3 January 1996) was a

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known for his work on

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and structuralist economics. From 1960 to 1965 he was director of the

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office in

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. In 1995 he received Chile's National Prize for Humanities and Social Sciences. He was married to ballerina Malucha Solari and the couple had three children, including the actress Malucha Pinto.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pinto Santa Cruz, Anibal 1919 births 1996 deaths People from Santiago, Chile 20th-century Chilean economists University of Chile alumni Academic staff of the University of Chile Alumni of the London School of Economics