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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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






2. 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.






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






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






5. Today - Puerto Rico is ...






6. 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






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






8. 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






9. Latin America is not a...






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






11. 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






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






13. 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






14. Spain's signature popular dishes






15. 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.






16. 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






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






18. on 1 January 1994 - the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) started the armed struggle in the southern state of Chiapas - led by Subcomandante supposedly identified as Rafael Sebastian Guillen Vicente - exprofessor Metropolitina Autonomous U






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. This is the acutal leader of Cuba


25. ...






26. 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






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






28. 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


29. 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.






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






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






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






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






34. Ten percent of Mexicans are ...






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






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






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