MARLEN V. RONQUILLO
RIGHT after the powers-that-be realized that the peasantry can no longer recapture the fire and unity that made it a force to reckon with (a peasant-led rebellion nearly toppled the established government, remember), the powerful set out to accomplish two things. First, just ignore the peasantry. Second, weaken the institutions that take care of agriculture, the farmers and every man and woman who work for the sector.