Word: campesino
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...20th century artists have been as popular in their own societies. None is more relevant to the debate over "indigenous," or "national," art language as against "international style." A Marxist who read little Marx, he found a deep well of pictorial eloquence in the traditions and miseries of the campesino. "For the first time in the history of art," Rivera claimed, "Mexican mural painting made the masses the hero of monumental...
...driven rain fell. Oscar, our driver, skillfully maneuvered the bus along winding mountain roads. Armed peasants waved as we passed, and we questioned the kind of existence where people are forced to shoulder rifles while tending their fields and cattles. The booming voice of our escort--a campesino--explained that the bridge we were crossing had been blown-up five times by counter-revolutionaries...
...hill, 13 peasants tell me they are disappointed that the Sandinistas have not met promises for better economic conditions, and in fact have allowed prices to rocket and wages to stagnate. "A bag of detergent costs ten times more than it did during the dictatorship," complains one barefoot campesino. Says another: "It is like that for everything. We were better off under Somoza...
...problems of the campesinos are not entirely new. From the start, El Salvador's land redistribution program has suffered from poor administration, insufficient credit lines and corruption. But the election on March 28 of a constituent assembly dominated by right-wing parties has raised fresh concerns. Major Roberto d'Aubuisson, head of the ultraright Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) and president of the new assembly, vigorously attacked the program during the election campaign, and last week he declared that he favored a "moratorium" on land reforms. Advocates of the program fear that D'Aubuisson will quietly...
...campesino has no idea whether he owns the land or not." Farm leaders fear that the frustrated campesinos may respond by supporting the guerrillas. Warns an official of the Salvadoran Institute...