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Latin American Culture And Civilization

Subject : culture
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1. This noble Indian was convinced that 'it is better to die on your feet than live on your knees'






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






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






4. Spain's signature popular dishes






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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16. 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.






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






18. 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


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






20. 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.






21. Ten percent of Mexicans are ...






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






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






24. 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






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






26. Channel control passed to the Panamanians in ...






27. 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






28. 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.






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






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






31. Minor C. Keith helped found the ...






32. ...






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






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






35. 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






36. This is the acutal leader of Cuba


37. 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






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






39. 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






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






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






42. The brother of a president has been accused of being the mastermind in murder and having received bribes of millions of dollars from drug traffickers.






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






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






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






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






48. America is not only...






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






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