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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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






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






3. 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






4. 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






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






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






7. Which of the achievements of the Cuban Revolution does not belong?






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






9. ...






10. 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






11. Bogota






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






13. 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






14. Spain's signature popular dishes






15. This is the acutal leader of Cuba

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






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






18. 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.






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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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






24. 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






25. 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






26. 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






27. Ten percent of Mexicans are ...






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






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






30. 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






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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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






36. 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.






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






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






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. 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






41. 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.






42. Since 1949 ______ has no army.






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






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






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






46. 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






47. Channel control passed to the Panamanians in ...






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






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






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