Sentence:  The cultivation of the crops is entirely in the hands of the <WSD>jibaro</WSD>, or peasant, who is seldom of direct Spanish descent, while the financiering and exportation is conducted almost entirely by peninsulares, or Spanish-born colonists, who monopolize every branch of commerce to the exclusion of the colonian-born subject. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A peasant from Puerto Rico