Photo by World Bank Photo Collection
Not long ago, this remote Mexican mountain town was in the middle of a construction boom — as families proudly built their American-style dream homes, using cash sent home by relatives working in the USA.
Work on those houses has stopped, leaving shiny steel rebar jutting awkwardly out of concrete walls all over this town of 4,500. Meanwhile, residents have been forced to cut back on staples such as rice and corn. Eggs, meat and milk are now out of reach for many families.
“Thank God, we haven’t had anyone die of hunger yet,” says Jesus Tello, 63, a farmer. “But things are getting harder and harder. People are living on beans.”
Filed under: Economic Integration, Media and Society | Tagged: Mexico, Recession, Remittances
