Word: henequen
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Dates: during 1937-1937
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...their dirty overalls, folded serapes over their shoulders, sailed their huge white sombreros into the air last week in Merida as President Lazaro Cárdenas, taking another step in the Agrarian reforms under his Six-Year Plan, announced he would break up Yucatán's great henequen* estates, giving the land to the peasants...
...Sisal hemp, or henequen, is a fibrous plant used for twine, cordage, etc., second only to manila hemp in strength. Last year Yucatan's 250,000 acre henequen plantations produced one-third of the world's needs...