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Latin American Culture And Civilization

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1. 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






2. Since 1949 ______ has no army.






3. The Panamanian leader was captured - tried and imprisoned in the U.S..






4. Ten percent of Mexicans are ...






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. 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 ..






13. Minor C. Keith helped found the ...






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






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






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






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






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






19. ...






20. 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






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. 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






28. 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.






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






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






31. 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






32. 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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






40. Latin America is not a...






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






43. 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






44. 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.






45. This is the acutal leader of Cuba

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46. 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






47. 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






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






49. America is not only...






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







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