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latifundio
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la·ti·fun·di·o  (lät-fnd-)
n. pl. la·ti·fun·di·os
A large landed estate in Spain or Latin America.

[Spanish, from Latin ltifundium, latifundium; see latifundium.]


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The advance of soy, latifundios, livestock production, agribusiness, and the expulsion of small farmers caused the formation of medium-sized cities in the interior of the forest," said the bishop.
Changing the current agrarian model implies full implementation of a profound Agrarian Reform eliminating latifundios.
Up to the 19th century, large-scale plantations and latifundios, organized around staple crops, relied on forced labor -- slaves, indentured servants, semi-serfs, tenant farmers, migrant seasonal workers and a host of other forms of labor (including prisoners) to accumulate wealth and profits for colonial settlers, home country investors and the imperial state treasuries.
 
 
 
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