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51Tzotzil — Mayan Indian group of central Chiapas state in southern Mexico. They live at high elevations where the climate is cool and precipitation is heavy during the rainy season. They raise sheep, primarily for wool, which they weave into ponchos for men …
52Amuzgo — ▪ people also spelled Amusgo, ethnolinguistic Indian group of eastern Guerrero and western Oaxaca states, southern Mexico. Their language is related to that of the Mixtec, their neighbours to the north and west. Although many Amuzgo can… …
53Chinantec — ▪ people Middle American Indians of northwestern Oaxaca in southern Mexico. The area is mountainous and not easily accessible. The Chinantec, who numbered about 150,000 in the late 20th century, are agricultural, as are most Middle American …
54Chocho — ▪ people Middle American Indians of northern Oaxaca in southern Mexico, speaking a Popolocan language. The region is rough, broken highland terrain of harsh climate. The Chocho are agricultural, using plows and hoes to cultivate staple… …
55Ixcatec — ▪ people Middle American Indians living in a single town, Santa María Ixcatlán, in northern Oaxaca, Mex. There were perhaps 10,000 Ixcatec before the Spanish conquest, but their numbers now remain stable at about 200. The Ixcatec language… …
56Mixe-Zoquean — ▪ people group of Middle American Indian peoples inhabiting territories in southern Mexico. The Mixe Zoquean peoples today comprise the Mixe, living in northeastern Oaxaca; the Zoque, primarily inhabiting northwestern Chiapas; and the… …
57Popoloca — ▪ people Middle American Indians of southern Puebla state in central Mexico (not to be confused with the Popoluca of southern Mexico). The Popoloca language is most closely related to Ixcatec and Chocho and to Mazatec, all spoken nearby in… …
58primitive culture — Introduction in the lexicon of early anthropologists, any of numerous societies characterized by features that may include lack of a written language, relative isolation, small population, relatively simple social institutions and… …
59Tojolabal — ▪ people Mayan Indians of Chiapas in southeastern Mexico, near the Guatemalan border. The Tojolabal language is closely related to that of the Tzotzil and Tzeltal, their neighbours to the northwest, and to that of the Chuj, to the southeast …
60Alejandro Esparza Zañartu — (siglo XX) fue el hombre de confianza del dictador peruano Manuel A. Odría, encargado de la represión política entre 1948 y 1955. Fue primero Director de Gobierno y luego Ministro de Gobierno (hoy llamado «del Interior»). En la consecución de sus …
