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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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1. _____ is not a part of Latin America






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






3. 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






4. Somoza dynasty was fought by guerrilla followers of the ideology of Sandino. The oppression and corruption of the Somoza popular recrimination. Finally the different sectors - forgetting ideological differences - came together and defeated the Somoza






5. 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






6. 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.






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






8. 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






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






10. ...






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






12. 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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






26. This is the acutal leader of Cuba

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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.






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






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. 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






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






43. 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






44. 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






45. Today - Puerto Rico is ...






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






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. Cuba is in the ______ sea






49. Since 1949 ______ has no army.






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