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campesino

campesino

1 9.3
About rural farmers and their villages in Spanish-speaking countries
  • adjective
  • /kæmˈpeɪsɪnoʊ/
translation icon : campesino
  • The now infamous AUC paramilitary group was sharpening its terror tactics on campesino communities in alliance with economic and political elites.
  • campesino communities

Examples

  • Socialism (MAS) gained control of Bolivia's government; it unleashed expectations of structural changes on several fronts, from the reform of the state to a new constitution, from new economic regulations to the direct political participation of indigenous and campesino organizations.

    Academic text (2012)
  • This gesture was largely rhetorical but represented a degree of recognition that few campesino activists had expected.

    Academic text (1998)
  • At the same time, land tenure reform and deregulation increase the responsibility that campesino communities have over their forests.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The role of campesino communities in forest conservation will be strengthened when they are justly compensated for the environmental services their forests provide to regions, the nation, and the globe.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Neoliberal ideology demanded a series of changes to agrarian and forest laws that, paradoxically, increased the need for state support to campesino forest communities at the same time that the state retreated from previous methods of intervening in the countryside.

    Academic text (2003)
  • More than six decades of agrarian reform restored indigenous and campesino ownership of half the national territory through the recognition of comunidades agrarias and the granting of ejidos.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Many campesino communities rely on sustainable farming practices to support their families.

  • The campesino way of life is deeply connected to the land and traditional agricultural methods.

  • In many Latin American countries, campesino organizations advocate for the rights of rural farmers.

Synonyms

campestral
vscampesino
  • Archaic
9.9

About fields and the countryside, like farms and open land

is about rural peasants and farming communities especially in Spanish speaking countries

How Rural

pastoral
  • Literature
12 6.8
campesino
1 9.3
rural
392 2.5
suburban
234 3.5
urban
571 2.5

Surface Forms

campesino positive

Etymology

Campesino comes from the Spanish word campo 'field', the same root you can see in English campus and camp. So, something described as campesino is 'from the fields' and connected to rural, farming life.