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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






15. During the presidency of Gustavo Dias Ordaz - in the Plaza of the Three Cultures - in Tlateloco - police and political shock guard attacked a group of ..






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






17. America is not only...






18. 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.






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. ...






25. Bogota






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






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






28. ...






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






30. 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.






31. 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






32. 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






33. Spain's signature popular dishes






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






35. 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






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






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






38. 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






39. 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






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






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






42. 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






43. 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






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






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






46. 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






47. 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






48. 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






49. 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






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