TIL! The word "Quebracho" is commonly used in slang in Argentina (it is also the name of a political group), but it never occurred to me (!) the connection with

TIL! The word "Quebracho" is commonly used in slang in Argentina (it is also the name of a political group), but it never occurred to me (!) the connection with "Quebrar Hacha" (break-axe). As with other natural resources of Latin America, it was subject to exploitation from developed countries [2], causing harm to Native American people and the ecosystem. In the book "The open veins of Latin America", Galeano explains the interesting fact that the current poorest areas of Latin America are the ones that used to be richer in natural resources, including "the devastated quebracho forests of northern Argentina and Paraguay". 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebracho_(group) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebracho_(group) 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebracho_tree#Quebracho_exploitation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebracho_tree#Quebracho_explo... 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Veins_of_Latin_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Veins_of_Latin_America