Editing Peasant (section)

==Latin American farmers==
In Latin America, the term "peasant" is translated to "Campesino" (from '''''campo'''''—country person), but the meaning has changed over time. While most [[:es:campesino|Campesinos]] before the 20th century were in equivalent status to peasants—they usually did not own land and had to make payments to or were in an employment position towards a landlord (the [[hacienda]] system), most Latin American countries saw one or more extensive [[land reform]]s in the 20th century. The [[Land reform by country#Latin America|land reforms of Latin America]] were more comprehensive initiatives<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000914810.pdf |title=The Agrarian Reform Law |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref> that redistributed lands from large landholders to former peasants<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.saber.ula.ve/bitstream/handle/123456789/45548/libro_la_cuestion_agraria.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y%20 |title=La Cuestión Agraria en Venezuela |language=es |date=2018 |last=Delahaye |first=Oliver |publisher=Universidad de Los Andes |isbn=978-980-11-1939-5}}</ref>—[[farm worker]]s and [[tenant farmers]]. Hence, many Campesinos in Latin America today are closer smallholders who own their land and do not pay rent to a landlord, rather than peasants who do not own land.

The [[Episcopal Conference of Paraguay|Catholic Bishops of Paraguay]] have asserted that "Every campesino has a natural right to possess a reasonable allotment of land where he can establish his home, work for [the] subsistence of his family and a secure life".<ref>Paraguayan Bishops' Conference, Pastoral Letter ''El campesino paraguayo y la tierra'' (12 June 1983), quoted by Pope Francis in [https://www.vatican.va/content/dam/francesco/pdf/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si_en.pdf Laudato si'], 2015, paragraph 94, accessed 1 January 2024</ref>