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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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1. Cuba is in the ______ sea






2. _____ is not a part of Latin America






3. 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.






4. ...






5. 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.






6. 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






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






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. a 'male whim' held by men in Puerto Rico is ..






13. Ten percent of Mexicans are ...






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






15. America is not only...






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






17. Spain's signature popular dishes






18. 'Effective suffrage - no reelection' was the ironic slogan ...






19. 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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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






26. 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.






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






28. 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






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






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






31. Latin America is not a...






32. 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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






41. Today - Puerto Rico is ...






42. This is the acutal leader of Cuba

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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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