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Latin American Culture And Civilization

Subject : culture
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1. Latin America is not so called because the first people spoke Latin.






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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. 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.






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. ...






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






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






20. 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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21. Ten percent of Mexicans are ...






22. America is not only...






23. 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






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






25. 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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. Today - Puerto Rico is ...






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






34. 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






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






36. This is the acutal leader of Cuba

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37. Minor C. Keith helped found the ...






38. 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.






39. 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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. Since 1949 ______ has no army.






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






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






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






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






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