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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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1. 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.






2. 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






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






4. America is not only...






5. Ten percent of Mexicans are ...






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. This is the acutal leader of Cuba

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






17. 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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. Since 1949 ______ has no army.






33. 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






34. Minor C. Keith helped found the ...






35. 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.






36. Today - Puerto Rico is ...






37. Latin America is not a...






38. 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






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






40. 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.






41. 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






42. ...






43. 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






44. 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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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