Word: estanciero
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Only the snobbish, opulent, Paris-loving aristocracy of Argentina could have produced Victoria Ocampo. Her wealth is based on the feudal holdings of her estanciero ancestors. She was educated in Paris, writes in French, then translates into Spanish. She can quote Racine by the yard...
...from the Chilly South. Juan Perón did not come from the aristocratic estanciero (big rancher) class, which has long dominated Argentina's politics and social life. He was born and brought up on his father's middle-sized ranch in the cold, windswept south-Argentina's Wild West. His early life reads like a Montana boyhood. He learned to ride almost before he could walk. For recreation he fought with the children of the hired gauchos, hunted wild turkeys on the southern pampas...
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