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Latin American Culture And Civilization

Subject : culture
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1. This Central American country is known derisively as the 'banana republic'






2. Latin America is not a...






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






4. America is not only...






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






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






7. 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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8. This is the acutal leader of Cuba

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






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






16. 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






17. 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






18. 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






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






20. 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






21. 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.






22. Ten percent of Mexicans are ...






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. Cuba is in the ______ sea






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






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






27. ...






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






29. _____ is not a part of Latin America






30. 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 ..






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






32. 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






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






34. 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






35. Since 1949 ______ has no army.






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. 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






46. Spain's signature popular dishes






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






48. 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






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






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







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