Climate change and neoliberal policies in Mexico have been fomenting migration by campesinos and their sons. This migration is primarily internal, to cities and tourist centers, where migrants engage in informal and semi-informal income-generating activities. Interviews with 32 beach vendors, sons of campesinos, in Cabo San Lucas reflect these two drivers of migration: while most reported that they would like to farm, they identified drought and lack of government aid as major difficulties for farmers in their hometowns.
El cambio climático y las políticas neoliberales en México han fomentado la migración de campesinos y sus hijos. Esta migración mayoritariamente interna se dirige a ciudades y centros turísticos, donde los migrantes participan en actividades informales y semiformales para generar ingresos. Entrevistas con 32 vendedores de playa en Cabo San Lucas, todos ellos hijos de campesinos, reflejan el efecto de los mencionados impulsores migración: aunque la mayoría de los entrevistados informó que le gustaría cultivar sus tierras, la sequía y la falta de apoyo gubernamental se mencionaron como dos grandes obstáculos a la agricultura en sus lugares de origen.
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