Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large landed estate in Spain or Latin America.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The land in question was claimed and plot by plot taken over fraudulently by Guatimosin Silva ... in 2007, INTI recovered Silva's lands -- a typical latifundio -- which were idle or rented out to third parties to farm.
After a visit to the Ana Soto Socialist farm in Venezuela, I say hell to the begrudgers! 2009
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El puesto de trabajo es un latifundio. (trabajo compartido para disminuir el desempleo) (TT: The job is that of a serf) (TA: job sharing to reduce unemployment) (Column): An article from: Epoca by Antonio Burgos
OpEdNews - Quicklink: The Reason for 15 Million Unemployed: Poor Thinking at the Top 2009
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Arriving to Porto Alegre International Airport Salgado Filho, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez Frias said that 1.5 million Venezuelan lands will be recuperated from the “latifundio” this year.
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Now, the law says that in order for a land to be defined as a “latifundio”, it must have at least 100 hectares for lands of the first class and 5000 hectares for those of the sixth or seventh class see article 74 of the land decree.
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Now, the law says that in order for a land to be defined as a “latifundio”, it must have at least 100 hectares for lands of the first class and 5000 hectares for those of the sixth or seventh class see article 74 of the land decree.
Chavez's Mathematics 2005
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He said that this year 2 more millions hectares will be assigned through agrarian papers of which 1.5 million will be recuperated in the war against “latifundio”.
Chavez's Mathematics 2005
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He said that this year 2 more millions hectares will be assigned through agrarian papers of which 1.5 million will be recuperated in the war against “latifundio”.
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Arriving to Porto Alegre International Airport Salgado Filho, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez Frias said that 1.5 million Venezuelan lands will be recuperated from the “latifundio” this year.
Chavez's Mathematics 2005
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En la zona oriental prcticamente no toc las grandes propiedades y en los valles y el altiplano, junto al latifundio tradicional surgi el minifundio o pequea propiedad campesina.
Chapter 9 1991
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What would be the difference, then, between a kind of a revolutionary and a latifundio owner, a wealthy bourgeoisie?
LASO CLOSING SESSION 1967
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