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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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2. 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






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






4. This is the acutal leader of Cuba

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






6. 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






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






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






9. Latin America is not a...






10. 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.






11. 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






12. 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






13. 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






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






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






16. Bogota






17. America is not only...






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






19. Mexico lost almost half of its territory to the U.S. Under the terms of ...






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






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






22. 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






23. 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.






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






25. Ten percent of Mexicans are ...






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






27. 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






28. 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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29. 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






30. Minor C. Keith helped found the ...






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






32. 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






33. Fray Antonio de Montesinos and Fray Bartolome de las Casas opposed the exerminio ..






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






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






36. ...






37. Somoza dynasty was fought by guerrilla followers of the ideology of Sandino. The oppression and corruption of the Somoza popular recrimination. Finally the different sectors - forgetting ideological differences - came together and defeated the Somoza






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






39. Since 1949 ______ has no army.






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






41. From colonial times - Mexico has been the leading producer of ...






42. 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 ..






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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. Spain's signature popular dishes






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






50. 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