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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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






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






3. _____ is not a part of Latin America






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






5. 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






6. 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






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






8. 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






9. Spain's signature popular dishes






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






11. 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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12. 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






13. 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.






14. Cuba is in the ______ sea






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. 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 ..






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






25. America is not only...






26. 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






27. 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






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. 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






30. ...






31. 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






32. 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.






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






34. 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






35. Ten percent of Mexicans are ...






36. 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






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






38. This patriot nicarguense rose up against the U.S. occupation forces.






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. 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






46. Minor C. Keith helped found the ...






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






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






49. ...






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







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