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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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






2. 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






3. 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






4. 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.






5. Spain's signature popular dishes






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






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






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






9. ...






10. 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 ..






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






13. 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.






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






15. _____ is not a part of Latin America






16. 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






17. 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






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






19. 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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. Ten percent of Mexicans are ...






35. 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






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






37. Bogota






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






39. 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.






40. 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






41. Today - Puerto Rico is ...






42. Latin America is not a...






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






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






48. ...






49. attempts were made to end the chaos by a Conservative government - inspired by Generalissimo Franco's Falange. That government failed and was deposed by General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. To maintain his dictatorship with the consent of the United States






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