From: birdbrain@dontemailme.com   
      
   In article <2kCbe.132096$cg1.32841@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,   
   george.kincaid@worldnet.att.net says...   
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   >So being a vaquero (looking after cattle) was a respectable job   
      
   NOT necessarily. It has much the same "respectability"   
   as any menial laboring class job might have anywhere   
   in the world. Here are some South American equivalents   
   of "vaquero" - which is spelled "vaqueiro" in Portuguese.   
      
   In Argentina, they are known as Guachos:   
      
   Noun	1. gaucho - a cowboy of the South American pampas   
   [American Spanish, probably from Quechua wáhcha, poor person, orphan,   
   vagabond.] cowboy, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher, puncher,   
   cattleman - a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on   
   horseback   
      
   And in Brazil, they are often called "peões" - meaning "laborer" in   
   Portuguese:   
      
   Brazilian cowboys lead simple lives. Most had a father or relative who was   
   one. They do not regret passing by other opportunities, because their life is   
   handed to them at a young age.   
      
   Cowboys, or peões as they are known in Portuguese, begin training very young.   
   They accompany their elders until the day comes when they start the ride to   
   herd beef cattle with other peões.   
      
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