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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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1. 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






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






3. 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






4. Latin America is not a...






5. 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






6. 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






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






8. 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






9. Cuba is in the ______ sea






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. This is the acutal leader of Cuba

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16. 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






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






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






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






20. 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






21. Since 1949 ______ has no army.






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






23. 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.






24. Today - Puerto Rico is ...






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. ...






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






34. 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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35. 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.






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






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






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






39. 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 ..






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






41. 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






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






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






44. Fausto - Santos Vega and Martin Fierro - are the poetic genre ...






45. _____ is not a part of Latin America






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






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






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






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






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