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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Village by village, Mexico is hollowing out. Fidel Guevara, 39, left his farming hamlet of Manlio Fabio Altamirano, 25 miles west of Veracruz city, five years ago and worked on a farm in New Era, Ore. He moved back last year only because he missed his wife and daughters. His son Hector, 18, is still in Oregon, making $7 an hour at a plant nursery. Guevara's return hasn't been perfect. He says he is lucky to make $6 a week in his butcher shop. His wife Matilde Diaz, 40, chokes back tears over her son's absence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: La Nueva Frontera: The Towns They Left Behind | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

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