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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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






2. 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






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. 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






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






12. 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 ..






13. Ten percent of Mexicans are ...






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






15. This is the acutal leader of Cuba

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16. 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






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






18. 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.






19. ...






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






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






22. 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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23. 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






24. 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






25. The name by which Puerto Ricans refer to themselves is ...






26. Rosario Castellanos - the new Indian school - leaves the reader see the world through Indian eyes of a seven year old girl in ...






27. 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.






28. Latin America is not a...






29. 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






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






31. 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.






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. _____ is not a part of Latin America






37. Since 1949 ______ has no army.






38. 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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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