campesino

Examples of campesino in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The consequences were devastating for Andean campesinos of Indigenous descent, who had been a strong base of support for the new president. Stephanie McNulty & Sarah Chartock / Made By History, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024 The only way to keep vallenato alive is for the campesino to not be displaced. Daniella Tello-Garzon, refinery29.com, 6 Aug. 2024 In the 1980s, campesinos began to grow the fruit too. Viridiana Hernández Fernández, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2024 The workforce is graying; nearly three-quarters of Mexican campesinos are over 45. Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024 This was particularly true at Ayotzinapa, thanks to a long guerrilla tradition: multiple campesino movements had flourished in Guerrero in the sixties and seventies, and two of their leaders, Lucio Cabañas and Genaro Vázquez Rojas, had close ties to the school. Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024 Most had kept a long silence about their indigenous heritage for fear of being ridiculed: Indigenous people were country people—uneducated campesinos stereotyped as gullible or backward. Robert M. Poole, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2011 My joy for contemplative platicas on porches comes from this southern campesino practice of pause. Nic Rodríguez Villafañe, refinery29.com, 13 July 2023 Flamin’ Hot also sends the message that no waiter, janitor, housekeeper, campesino, or other blue-collar worker is unworthy of respect. Sylvio Martins, Bon Appétit, 12 June 2023

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“Campesino.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campesino. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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