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Latin American Culture And Civilization

Subject : culture
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1. Minor C. Keith helped found the ...






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






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






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






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






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






9. 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






10. 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






11. 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






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






13. Ten percent of Mexicans are ...






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






22. 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






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. 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






25. 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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26. 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.






27. 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.






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






29. 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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. Today - Puerto Rico is ...






38. Since 1949 ______ has no army.






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






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






41. Bogota






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






47. 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.






48. This is the acutal leader of Cuba

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50. 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