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In December of 1915 a huge step for the rights of Peasants in Peru was taken. Juan Pevez was born in Ica, Peru and in 1915 he lead an uprising against the Picasso family who ran the that Pevez worked on. In Water!, an excerpt from Pevez’s autobiography, a dispute over rights to water is described and how the peasants overcame . Southern Peru does not see much rain during the year, so when it does come …

…they were living under and served as a reminder that the peasant community could rise above their oppressors. Another reason that it was important was that most of the history, especially in that time, was written by authorities parties and was biased in some ways against people of the lower class. This was an accurate account that we, as historians, can use to better put the events in that time period into context. Bibliography none