Who was the first Latin American manager to lead his team to a MLB World Series win?

Oswaldo (Ozzie) Guillen is a Venezuelan former professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop for 16 seasons, primarily with the Chicago White Sox, from 1985 to 2000. He then managed the White Sox from 2004 to 2011 and the Miami Marlins in 2012 both are MLB teams. As a player, Guillén was respected for his passion, speed, hustle, intensity and defensive abilities and his ebullient love for the game.

In 2005, Guillen became the first Latino manager in major league history to win a World Series. To date, he remains the only Latino manager ever to do so.In a sixteen-year major league career, Guillén played in 1,993 games, accumulating 1,764 hits in 6,686 at bats for a 264 career batting average along with 28 home runs, 619 runs batted in and an on-base percentage of .287. Guillén was Rookie of the year in 1985 an All-Star in 1988, 1990–1991, and won the Gold Glove Award in 1990.

Following his playing career, Guillén coached for the Montreal Expos in 2001 and 2002 and the World Champion Florida Marlins in 2003 before he was hired in the offseason to replace Jerry Manuel as the White Sox manager. He received a standing ovation from the crowd of 37,706 Chicagoans when introduced before his first game as a manager at U.S. Cellular Field on April 13, 2004.In 2005, he led the White Sox to their first American League pennant since 1959, and their first World Series win since 1917 with a 4-game sweep of the Houston Astros.