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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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






2. 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






3. 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






4. Spain's signature popular dishes






5. Ten percent of Mexicans are ...






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






7. 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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Since 1949 ______ has no army.






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






22. 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.






23. 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






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






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






27. _____ is not a part of Latin America






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






29. 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.






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






31. This is the acutal leader of Cuba

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32. 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






33. ...






34. 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






35. 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






36. Latin America is not a...






37. Cuba is in the ______ sea






38. Fausto - Santos Vega and Martin Fierro - are the poetic genre ...






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






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






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






42. 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






43. 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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






49. 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






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







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