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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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






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






3. America is not only...






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






5. 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






6. 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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. 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






15. Bogota






16. 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.






17. 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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. 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.






23. 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






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






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






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






32. 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






33. Minor C. Keith helped found the ...






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






35. Walker dreamed establish a slave empire in Central America which had himself elected president of Nicaragua in 1856. Seeing the danger - the other Central American governments fought the famous filibuster to defeat him and shoot him in 1860.






36. Spain's signature popular dishes






37. 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






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






39. 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






40. This is the acutal leader of Cuba

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41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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