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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Today - Puerto Rico is ...






7. 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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






13. 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






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






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






16. 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






17. 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






18. 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






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






20. One of the inmates in New York patriots - led the expedition to liberate the island. His hunch written in a letter to his mother served and died in the battlefield. He bequeathed to posterity his desire for freedom - to which he had devoted his life






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






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






23. Bogota






24. 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






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






26. America is not only...






27. 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






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






29. 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.






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






31. 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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. _____ is not a part of Latin America






43. Spain's signature popular dishes






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






45. ...






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






47. 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






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






49. Since 1949 ______ has no army.






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