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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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






2. The poems - stories and essays in this Argentine sequidores have had many in recent decades






3. 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






4. One of the inmates in New York patriots - led the expedition to liberate the island. His hunch written in a letter to his mother served and died in the battlefield. He bequeathed to posterity his desire for freedom - to which he had devoted his life






5. 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






6. This Dominican tyrant did kidnap a professor lantinoamericana civilization - secretly take Santodomingo - tortuarlo and murder.






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. Bolivar's dream was to unify Latin America in a large political entity. So in 1819 established in Angostura (now Ciudad Bolivar) the Republic of Colombia - comprised of the territories that today belong to Venezuela - Colombia - Panama and Ecuador. T






12. Channel control passed to the Panamanians in ...






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






14. Gabriela Mistral - Pablo Neruda and Octavio Paz have been honored with the Nobel Prize in Literature for his (s) ...






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16. when Mexico became independent - the richest landowner was ..






17. 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






18. 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.






19. In this novel by Julio Cortazar - the reader can start at any chapter and continue with an order to your liking.






20. This president expropriated lands - nationalized oil and railways for the benefit of the dispossessed.






21. The Panamanian leader was captured - tried and imprisoned in the U.S..






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






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






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






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






26. ...






27. Cuba is in the ______ sea






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






29. The main source of income for Puerto Rico now is ...






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






31. Although geographically belongs to Central Panama - not always associated this country with the region politically - perhaps because for centuries has been linked to South America. Since Colombia became independent from Spain in 1821 - Panama was a

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32. liberalism division was due to the disappointment of those who opposed the recent policy of the regime ministers millionaires. In 1948 - while celebrating the Pan American Conference - Jorge Gaitan - leader of the leftist branch of liberalism - was k






33. Minor C. Keith helped found the ...






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






35. 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






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






37. This is the acutal leader of Cuba

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






39. had three stages of the Mexican Revolution: the wartime period (1910-1920) - the organizing stage (1920-1940) and the conservative stage (1940-2000). It was an armed struggle that started in 1910 - with an uprising led by Francisco Madero against for






40. Since 1949 ______ has no army.






41. This Central American country is known derisively as the 'banana republic'






42. Buenaventura Baez - a former puppet Santana - another traitor - since the presidency conspired to grant special rights and naval bases to the United States - prior to its full annexation. President Ulysses S. Grant enthusiastically supported the anne






43. This patriot nicarguense rose up against the U.S. occupation forces.






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. Latin America is not so called because the first people spoke Latin.






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






49. administrative integrity and dynamism he conquered much popularity. Conducted more work for the benefit of the dispossessed classes than their predecessors. Implemented the Constitution of 1917 - land was expropriated and distributed forty-five milli






50. 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