Background
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.
Career
Juan Cuestas was a prominent diplomat, appointed Uruguay's first Ambassador to Mexico in 1901. He was previously Minister to Washington, DC.
Being from a political culture where political families are common, Juan Cuestas was mentioned as a political figure with Presidential leadership prospects, but which did not come to fruition.
References
Juan Cuestas Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA