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Minipruebas 2
Spanish 331 Final
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Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 3
05/03/2011

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nicaragua
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modes of transportation are old, FSLN or el frente sandinista de liberacion nacional took control of nicaragua in 1979 after the somoza family was in contrl for 40 years, in the 80s the relations between u.s and nicaragua deteriorated gravely, the earth of the poets
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honduras
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free of destruction of civil wars, hurricane mitch in 1998 4 mil $ in cafe y bananas, platano es de asia, standard fruit company and chiquita banana
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colombia
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city of Medellin suffered a lot from narcotrafficking, 80s is defined by tremendous attacks by warriors, simon bolivars dream was to unite the spanish colonies
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venezuela
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production and price of petroleum, hugo chavez, in only 6 months the peso climbed 117 libras to 170 libras, gold silver copper zinc
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costa rica
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has more than 12 climatic zones biological point between north and south america, economy prosperity and political establishments, they don't have an army, ex president who won nobel Oscar Arias Sanchez
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panama
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los cunas tribe, declared independence from colombia, jimmy carter signed treaty to control canal
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peru
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used chasquis to send messages, chile declared war on peru, terrorism of Sendero Luminoso, el chuno made out of potato, la quinua is a supercereal with a lot of protein and diet of astronauts
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ecuador
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los shamanes find medicine by meditating spirt of jaguar, two parties represented in two cities: Quito and Guayaquil, petroleo, tortugas famosas in galapagos
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argentina
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futbol invented by english, juan peron elected, military government many disappearances, difficult political and economical situations
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bolivia
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el sombrero, los territory to chile argentina and brasil, lots of silver
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uruguay
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3 types of drums played in the candombe, period of prosperity and establishment, african slaves used drums
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chile
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bernardo o higgins established independence, salvador allende died during the presidential assault
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