Marcos Zeida

Marcos Zeida (1 May 1916 – 25 January 2011 ) was a Paraguayan politician, member of the Paraguayan Communist Party.

Biography
Marcos Zeida was born on May 1, 1916, in Villa Domínguez, Entre Ríos, in Argentina into a Jewish family which fled the pogroms in Russia.

Arrival in Paraguay
In 1924, his family emigrated to Paraguay, settling first in Asunción, and later in Villarrica where Zeida played in the Pettirossi Football Club, and graduated from the Colegio Nacional de Villarrica.

Exile in Uruguay
In 1947 Zeida went into exile to Uruguay, where he lived almost half his adult life.