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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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






2. 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.






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






4. Cuba is in the ______ sea






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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






13. 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






14. Spain's signature popular dishes






15. Buenaventura Baez - a former puppet Santana - another traitor - since the presidency conspired to grant special rights and naval bases to the United States - prior to its full annexation. President Ulysses S. Grant enthusiastically supported the anne






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






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






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






19. Latin America is not a...






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






21. 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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22. 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.






23. 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.






24. ...






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






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






27. 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 ..






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






29. America is not only...






30. Ten percent of Mexicans are ...






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






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






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






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






35. Minor C. Keith helped found the ...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. ...






46. 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






47. 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






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






49. 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






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