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...hacienda is called Sullupucyo, which in Quechua, the language of the Incas who ruled the Andes for 300 years, means "place of the fountain." It sits in an 11,000-ft.-high intermont basin 300 miles southeast of Lima, and covers 15,000 acres. The owner is Abelardo Luna, 35, who descends from the Spanish conquerors; he lives in a mansion in Cuzco and visits his property two or three times a week. To produce livestock and truck crops, the hacienda is worked by 500 Indian peasants known as colonos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peru: The Peasant Shout | 6/16/1961 | See Source »

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