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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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






2. This modernist Nicaraguan considered the most important poet in Castilian from the Golden Age






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






5. Fray Antonio de Montesinos and Fray Bartolome de las Casas opposed the exerminio ..






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






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. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






18. 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.






19. 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






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






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






22. Bolivar's dream was to unify Latin America in a large political entity. So in 1819 established in Angostura (now Ciudad Bolivar) the Republic of Colombia - comprised of the territories that today belong to Venezuela - Colombia - Panama and Ecuador. T






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. 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






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






33. Since 1949 ______ has no army.






34. Spain's signature popular dishes






35. 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






36. 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






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






38. This is the acutal leader of Cuba

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






40. 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






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






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






46. America is not only...






47. 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






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






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






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