Campesino means simple farmer in Spanish. While English has a possible equivalent, peasant, this word has negative connotations that the Spanish word doesn't have. This is because in the Hispanic world, many people, referred to as campesinos, still survive from subsistence farming, whereas subsistence farming died out in the white anglophone world at least a century ago. Hence, it is customary in English to refer to subsistent farmers in Central or South America as campesinos.
A simple farmer is referred to as a campesino in Spanish.
This is because in the Hispanic world, many people, referred to as campesinos, still survive from subsistence farming, whereas subsistence farming died out in the white anglophone world at least a century ago.
Hence, it is customary in English to refer to subsistance farmers in Latin America as campesinos.
The campesino population is= =20 only asking the national and regional government to accept a commission of= =20 their representatives and allow them to hold a peaceful demonstration in=20 Popayan, where they would deliver their list of petitions and present their= =20 thoughts on poverty and state abandonment.
The campesinos (including women and children) are camping in the fields of surrounding farms, surviving without medicines, only one meal a day, and exposed to the elements, because the army confiscated their plastic sheets, tents and food in order to break them through hunger and the ravages of the climate.
The campesino population is only asking the national and regional government to accept a commission of their representatives and allow them to hold a peaceful demonstration in Popayan, where they would deliver their list of petitions and present their thoughts on poverty and state abandonment.
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