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Latin American Culture And Civilization

Subject : culture
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1. 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






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






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






4. 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






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






6. America is not only...






7. 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






8. 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






9. ...






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. 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






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






16. Bogota






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






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






19. 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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20. This is the acutal leader of Cuba

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






22. Minor C. Keith helped found the ...






23. 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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. ...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. Intellectuals and university students - allied with some army sergeants - deposed tyrant. One of these - Fulgencio Batista - stenographer of Staff - gave the final blow to the dictatorship. Opened in period that became the absolute ruler or the emine






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






42. 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






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






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






45. 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






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






47. 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






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






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






50. Cuba is in the ______ sea






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