11 January 2019

campesino

[kahm-pe-see-naw; English kam-puh-see-noh]

noun, plural campesinos [kahm-pe-see-naws; English kam-puh-see-nohz] (Show IPA). Spanish.

1. (in Latin America) a peasant or farmer.

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There was a long blank on the screen, then campesino ‘s cold face appeared.
Dead World
Jack Douglas

Today’s quote

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.

— Emma Lazarus

On this day

12 January 1948 – The United States Supreme Court that the all-white law school at University of Oklahoma must provide education to black students that is equal to the education provided to white students.

12 January 2012 – magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes Haiti, killing between 100,000 and 250,000. Humanitarian aid was slow in coming to Haiti because of the damage to the country’s infrastructure, which resulted in the high death toll. The earthquake is the fourth deadliest on record.

12 January 2003 – death of Maurice Gibb on the Isle of Man. Founded the Bee Gees with his brothers, Robin and Barry. Born 22 December 1949.