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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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1. 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.






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. The fundamental objective of Hispanic realism seemed to go against the Latin American artistic desire. By offering a slice of life - a writer is unable to show the full reality of the new world I wanted to say - because this new school had at its cor






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






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






9. 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






10. 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 ..






11. ...






12. America is not only...






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






14. 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






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






16. 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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. Since 1949 ______ has no army.






31. 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






32. Ten percent of Mexicans are ...






33. 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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






45. 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.






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






47. Today - Puerto Rico is ...






48. _____ is not a part of Latin America






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