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Figure 1.1 shows the Hacienda La
Normandía, a very large property (1,500 hectares) along the coastal plain
south of Tierra Blanca. Before the war, the farm was owned by the Del'Pech family,
a major coffee-producing family. Cotton was the principal crop, as indicated by
the lollipop symbol. The cow figures along the lower edge, teasingly called cucarachas
(cockroaches) by kibitzing members of the cooperative, indicate the raising of
cattle that grazed the salt marshes along the southern border. Toward the upper
left hand corner of the map, the barracks of the National Guard (three or four
members were always billeted on the farm) and the airstrip are indicated. The
permanent workers lived in the cantón La Cruzadilla just above the map’s
center.
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