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Latin American Culture And Civilization

Subject : culture
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1. Ten percent of Mexicans are ...






2. 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






3. 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.






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






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. Minor C. Keith helped found the ...






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. America is not only...






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






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






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






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






22. Cuba is in the ______ sea






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






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






25. 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






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






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






28. 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






29. In Facundo or Civilization and Barbarism by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento - barbarism is represented by ...






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






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






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. 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.






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






36. Bogota






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






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






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






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






41. 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


42. 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.






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






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






45. ...






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






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






48. Latin America is not a...






49. This is the acutal leader of Cuba


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 ...