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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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1. 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






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. This is the acutal leader of Cuba

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4. 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






5. _____ is not a part of Latin America






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






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






11. Minor C. Keith helped found the ...






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






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






14. ...






15. 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






16. Since 1949 ______ has no army.






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






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






20. In his speech to poetry - Bello recommends return to nature and leave the civilized Europe << >> - << light region misery i>. The Venezuelan humanist sentiments expressed in a neoclassical romantic full of clues.






21. 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.






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






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






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






25. 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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






40. At the next election the revolutionary triumph Jacobo Arbenz - who took office in 1951. The following year - his government passed the Agrarian Reform Law - which benefited hundreds of thousands of families.






41. Today - Puerto Rico is ...






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. From colonial times - Mexico has been the leading producer of ...