Which rural area in mexico,USA is badly effected by recession?”
PACULA, Mexico — 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.” Across Mexico, desperation is increasing among the millions of families who depend on money sent home by relatives in the United States. Those money transfers suffered an unprecedented drop in May, falling 20% — to $1.9 billion — compared to the previous year, according to the Bank of Mexico. That’s because the recession has left many migrants u
