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Latin American Culture And Civilization

Subject : culture
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1. 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.






2. 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






3. 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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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






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






13. America is not only...






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. 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.






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17. The chief of the Taino Indians on this island made a serious mistake when he Cristobol Colon ragalo to a gold ornament.






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






26. Cuba is in the ______ sea






27. This is the acutal leader of Cuba

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






29. Ten percent of Mexicans are ...






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Since 1949 ______ has no army.






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






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






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






46. 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






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






48. ...






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






50. 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