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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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






2. Cuba is in the ______ sea






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






18. 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 ..






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






20. 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






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






22. Spain's signature popular dishes






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






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






25. 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.






26. 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






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






28. 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






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






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






32. 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






33. 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






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






35. 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






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






40. 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






41. 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.






42. 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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






50. 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.