The End Of The American Dream

摘要

There is a small, artificial lake, well stocked with carp. Around it loom hills covered in pink wildflowers. It looks idyllic. But the hills used to be sown with maize and the wildflowers are a sign that the workforce has left the fields fallow to toil in more profitable ones in the United States. Chincua, a village of some 700 people, is typical of the Mexican state of Michoacan, where remittances from migrant workers account for 12% of the local economy.