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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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






2. This defeated Mexican General Jim Bowie - Davy Crockett and the Texans at the Alamo.






3. This Costa Rican received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for his Central American peace plan.






4. During the presidency of Gustavo Dias Ordaz - in the Plaza of the Three Cultures - in Tlateloco - police and political shock guard attacked a group of ..






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






6. 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






7. Ten percent of Mexicans are ...






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






9. 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






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






11. The United Fruit Company passionately combated guatemaletco reforms ....






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






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






14. 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






15. Failing all attempts to achieve intellectual independence own artistic expression - a group of poets began the revitalization of literature in Castilian. His aesthetic soon won in Latin America and influenced the writers of Spain. Then they exchanged






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






17. Cuba is in the ______ sea






18. In his 'Address to the poetry' - this master of Simon Bolivar was one of the first to make explicit clearly longing for intellectual independence.






19. Laureano Vallenilla Lanz was the author of the most eloquent defense of despotism Latin America: Democratic Caesarism - translated into Italian by order of Mussolini to show a happy anticipation of the fascist system.






20. 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






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






22. 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






23. Latin America is not a...






24. Constitution noted the historic legal standards of the Revolution. The most important articles state that (a) is prohibited from the Church acquires - owns or manages real estate - (b) soil and subsoil belong to the State - (c) is right to organize l






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






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






27. 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






28. This country is the smallest but most densely populated Central






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






30. 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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31. Bogota






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






33. before election fraud and government waste - the opposition candidate launched the famous Plan de San Luis Potosi; policy proposal considered a call to rebellion that began the Mexican Revolution. He was proclaimed provisional president in 1911.






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






39. America is not only...






40. Minor C. Keith helped found the ...






41. 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






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






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






44. Today - Puerto Rico is ...






45. 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






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






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






48. Addition to Castilian - many language families exist in the country?






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






50. 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.