Resumen

RUBIO VEGA, Blanca. Voices of Despair. The De-structuring of the Food Sector in Mexico (1994-2004). Gaceta Laboral [online]. 2006, vol.12, n.1, pp.71-92. ISSN 1315-8597.

In this article an attempt is made to demonstrate that the tri-lateral NAFTA free commerce agreement signed between Mexico, the United States and Canada in 1994 has de-structured the productive capacity for basic goods such as cereals as well as the agriculture capacity to generate income which permits the reproduction of agricultural productive units. Because of this there has been greater migration towards the United States and greater rural abandonment, converting agricultural populations into ghost towns.

Palabras clave : De-structuring; loss of agricultural workers; productive structure; migration; resistance.