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That’s really interesting. The elders don’t want to believe the president’s promise of what justice could be for them bc that would mean that their situation was a “chance circumstance…which could be remedied.” This meaning that their gods haven’t been behind this whole thing. Also something about their inertia and conformity. Really interesting take

finca: property

The time progression is confusing ngl

pukuj: devil, Satan, evil spirit/demon

mayordomo: butler, steward,

Caxlán: also used to refer to white people of high social status + non-Indians

I’m confused, but I’m really intrigued

•Ladino (noun): westernized Spanish-speaking Latin American mestizo; later applied to anyone who rejected indigenous culture + considered traitors by Maya
- can also mean Ladino language (spoken by Sephardic Jews, mix of Castilian Spanish + Hebrew)

Ok so Winiktón/Pedro is a judge

• alcalde: mayor
• regidor: councilman/woman
• alférez: second lieutenant

• San Juan: Saint John
• Caxlán: mixed/strange, outside