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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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






2. 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






3. 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






4. This is the acutal leader of Cuba

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5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






11. Spain's signature popular dishes






12. 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






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






14. 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.






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






16. 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






17. America is not only...






18. Minor C. Keith helped found the ...






19. _____ is not a part of Latin America






20. Bogota






21. 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






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






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






24. 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






25. ...






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






28. 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






29. 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.






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






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. From colonial times - Mexico has been the leading producer of ...






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






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






35. 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






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






37. Latin America is not a...






38. ...






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






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






41. 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






42. 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.






43. 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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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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