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GÃœAJIRO NAME ORIGIN '" PRONOUNCED "WAR HERO" IN GRINGO - "Guajiro" is a Cuban peasant, or farm worker. A contemporary take on it claims the origin of the word "GUAJIRO" came from the Spanish American War in 1898. The story goes that after the good guys won, The US Army told all the Cuban peasants that helped fight in the war that they were free...that they were all "WAR HEROS".... They heard this and walk away triumphant "Guajiros"... This is complete nonsense. The term, "guajiro," is recorded by Father Bartolome de las Casas and other early Spanish chroniclers. It is mentioned in Cuban literature throughout the 19th Century. Its origin had nothing to do with the Spanish American War in 1898.
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