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This concept is represented as a centaur who must be killed in a speech by a drunken “specter” who later ends a family feud near a grove that a Yaruro (“yah-ROO-roh”) chief cursed with storms. A one-eyed alligator apparently eats a woman named for this concept (-5[1])whose supernatural “Partner” helps her turn La Barquereña (“bar-kay-RAIN-yuh”) into El Miedo (“mee-YAY-doh”). Horace Mann’s wife Mary translated a book from the Generation of 1837 that symbolizes this concept with mandatory red ribbons and contrasts it with Porfirio Díaz’s científicos (“see-en-TEE-fee-kohs”). The lawyer (10[1])Santos Lizardo reclaims the hacienda (“ahss-YEN-duh”) Altamira (10[1])from a woman named for this concept in a novel by Rómulo Gallegos (“gah-YAY-gohss”). A caudillo(“cow-DEE-yo”) called the “tiger of the plains” personifies this concept (10[1])alongside his ally Juan Manuel de (-5[1])Rosas. For (-5[2])10 points, gauchos represent (10[1]-5[1])what (10[1])concept in (-5[2])Domingo F. Sarmiento’s (-5[1])Facundo, which contrasts it (-5[1])with civilization? ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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