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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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1. 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






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






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






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






5. Bogota






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Cuba is in the ______ sea






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






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






15. 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.






16. Since 1949 ______ has no army.






17. 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






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






19. At the next election the revolutionary triumph Jacobo Arbenz - who took office in 1951. The following year - his government passed the Agrarian Reform Law - which benefited hundreds of thousands of families.






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






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






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






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. ...






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






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






28. _____ is not a part of Latin America






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






30. 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






31. Spain's signature popular dishes






32. 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.






33. Latin America is not a...






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. 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






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. 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.






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






45. 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






46. 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






47. 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






48. This is the acutal leader of Cuba

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49. 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






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