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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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1. It is said that the traits fundmentales ethos of the Cuban summary will ...






2. The Honduran patriot is considered 'father of the nation'






3. Walker dreamed establish a slave empire in Central America which had himself elected president of Nicaragua in 1856. Seeing the danger - the other Central American governments fought the famous filibuster to defeat him and shoot him in 1860.






4. The fundamental objective of Hispanic realism seemed to go against the Latin American artistic desire. By offering a slice of life - a writer is unable to show the full reality of the new world I wanted to say - because this new school had at its cor






5. of 1909-1933 Nicaragua suffered heavily U.S. intervention - guided by the dollar diplomacy. United States first imposed its customs control and then occupied the country with Marine detachments. The occupation was unopposed until 1927 - when the gene






6. Today - Puerto Rico is ...






7. was a general role in the struggle against Maximilian. He was a conservative vain - accustomed to using rice powder to whiten the face. She is quoted as saying: << Poor Mexico - so far from God and so close to the United States >>. His autocratic rul






8. most Latin Americans are in favor of Puerto Rico as ...






9. This novel of 1967 helped this Colombian mocho win the Nobel Prize for Literature.






10. took office in 1857 - proud of his Zapotec Indian blood. Juarez promulgated the reform laws that established the suppression of the religious orders - the confiscation of church property and the obligation to register the birth - marriage and death.






11. ...






12. Spain's signature popular dishes






13. Which of the achievements of the Cuban Revolution does not belong?






14. The atmosphere of terror of the dictatorship of Estrada Cabrera was captured by the Nobel Prize winner for Literature Miguel Angel Asturias's novel ...






15. Jose Marti - Julian del Casal - Jose Asuncion Silva and Manuel Gutierrez Najera are initiators of ...






16. America is not only...






17. 'Effective suffrage - no reelection' was the ironic slogan ...






18. the U.S. occupation army remained in Cuba until 1902. In accordance with the Platt Amendment to the Cuban government is obliged not to conclude international treaties without U.S. consent - to authorize the establishment of naval bases in the United






19. Historically - before being republic - Panama was part of ...






20. The person most responsible for many of the arbitrary government of Maximilian was ...






21. The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela - is one of the best novels ...






22. a 'male whim' held by men in Puerto Rico is ..






23. In 1930 Trujillo assumed absolute powers of their homeland. He ruled for thirty years as if the country were his personal fiefdom. The tyrant imposed a reign of terror in the Dominican Republic - while its overseas agents carried out their plans to t






24. In Facundo or Civilization and Barbarism by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento - barbarism is represented by ...






25. attempts were made to end the chaos by a Conservative government - inspired by Generalissimo Franco's Falange. That government failed and was deposed by General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. To maintain his dictatorship with the consent of the United States






26. This noble Indian was convinced that 'it is better to die on your feet than live on your knees'






27. This noble spirit is the greatest hero of Cubans of all political stripes.






28. the brightest Nicaraguan history has been the poet ...






29. This cacique (tyrant) Cuban said 'If the Spanish can be in heaven - I'd rather go to hell'






30. few years later - came Luis Munoz Marin. It began as a nationalist patriot - but eventually changed his political philosophy by replacing the concept of the Commonwealth - ie domestic autonomy without international legal personality. Mu






31. Diego Rivera - Jose Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros are famous ...






32. under President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz - happened a sad afternoon for Mexican university. In the Plaza of the Three Cultures in Tlatelolco - students marched in support of university autonomy and the rights of students were attacked at political and poli






33. Cuba is in the ______ sea






34. Intellectuals and university students - allied with some army sergeants - deposed tyrant. One of these - Fulgencio Batista - stenographer of Staff - gave the final blow to the dictatorship. Opened in period that became the absolute ruler or the emine






35. one of the more unscrupulous dictatorship was that of Nicaragua who won his country the peace of prison.






36. basing his rule on this philosophy - Porfirio Diaz wanted to transform the country 'scientifically'






37. On the contrary - the crisis during the economic downturn accelerated the impoverishment and encouraged corruption. Hurricanes - which at that time were more intense and more destructive than usual - the situation worsened. In these circumstances - i






38. In his speech to poetry - Bello recommends return to nature and leave the civilized Europe << >> - << light region misery i>. The Venezuelan humanist sentiments expressed in a neoclassical romantic full of clues.






39. This modernist Nicaraguan considered the most important poet in Castilian from the Golden Age






40. Since 1949 ______ has no army.






41. Bogota






42. The chief of the Taino Indians on this island made a serious mistake when he Cristobol Colon ragalo to a gold ornament.






43. This is considered by some critics as the most eminent writer Brazilian and Latin American novelist best nineteenth LMIS






44. on 1 January 1994 - the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) started the armed struggle in the southern state of Chiapas - led by Subcomandante supposedly identified as Rafael Sebastian Guillen Vicente - exprofessor Metropolitina Autonomous U






45. This religious preacher and leader of Canudos imporant figure in novels Euclydes da Cunha Brazilian and Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa.






46. As Balzac - Goncourt - Zola and Dickens - Alberto Blest Gana is fundamentally ...






47. the illiterate indigenous noble. In the south - continued the struggle for Land and Freedom << >> - << convinced that it is better to die standing than live on your knees >> - slogan adopted by the Republicans after the Civil War in Spain.






48. _____ is not a part of Latin America






49. The Cuban leader was famous for his enemies throw at sharks.






50. most significantly the turbulent period was the abolition of slavery - proclaimed earlier than most of the Americas. In these circumstances - Spain tried to reconquer the country - but the Mexican forces led by General Spanish imperialists foiled the