The Poet is a reference to Chilean Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda. See more about Neruda in "What's up with the Epigraph?" (6.42, 7.51, 7.103, 9.46, 13.80)
The Founding Father in the portrait in Pedro Tercero's office is most likely Bernardo O'Higgins, a leader in Chile's war of independence from Spain. (12.23)
Djakarta, now called Jakarta (12.91)
Political References
Marxism (1.20, 12.15)
Bolshevik (2.73, 5.102)
Communism (4.99, 5.102)
The novel contains a myriad of references to Socialism, beginning in Chapter 4 and continuing through the end of the book.