
La Isla

Nov 15, 2009, 9:31 PM
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Here's the link to an article that appeared in today's New York Times about the growing phenomenon of reverse remittances. With the economy is such wobbly shape in the U.S., many Mexicans who'd been living and working there and sending back money to their families every month have lost their jobs. Their families in Mexico are now scraping together pesos to wire to them, so they can eat and pay their rent: http://www.nytimes.com/...cas/16mexico.html?hp. Edited by Esperanza to create a live link.
(This post was edited by esperanza on Nov 15, 2009, 9:49 PM)
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