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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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1. 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






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






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






4. Latin America is not a...






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






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






7. 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






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






9. _____ is not a part of Latin America






10. Ten percent of Mexicans are ...






11. 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.






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






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






14. The United Fruit Company passionately combated guatemaletco reforms ....






15. 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






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






17. ...






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. America is not only...






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






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






28. 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






29. 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






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 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.






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






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






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






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. 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






37. Failing all attempts to achieve intellectual independence own artistic expression - a group of poets began the revitalization of literature in Castilian. His aesthetic soon won in Latin America and influenced the writers of Spain. Then they exchanged






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






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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






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