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ANNA CANT
Land without Masters, 04/2021Book Chapter
The land struggles that came to the fore of Latin American politics in the twentieth century can be traced back to the colonial era. In the years immediately after the 1532 invasion, the early Spanish settlers were granted an encomienda by the Spanish Crown, which gave them rights to the tribute and labor of the subjects of certain indigenous chiefs, or caciques.¹ However, as Robert Keith shows, the encomienda system collapsed about thirty years after the Spanish invasion due to massive decline in the indigenous population and a simultaneous increase in the settler population and its consumption needs. Keith’s
