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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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1. 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.






2. 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.






3. 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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






16. America is not only...






17. The Panamanian leader was captured - tried and imprisoned in the U.S..






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






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






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






22. In his speech to poetry - Bello recommends return to nature and leave the civilized Europe << >> - << light region misery i>. The Venezuelan humanist sentiments expressed in a neoclassical romantic full of clues.






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






24. _____ is not a part of Latin America






25. 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






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






27. ...






28. 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.






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. ...






37. 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






38. 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 ..






39. Minor C. Keith helped found the ...






40. 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






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






42. Bogota






43. Spain's signature popular dishes






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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