Abstract

GARCIA ORTEGA, Martha. Multi-ethnic borders: Mexico-Guatemala-Belize migrations of agricultural sugar workers. Estud. front [online]. 2021, vol.22, e079.  Epub Apr 04, 2022. ISSN 2395-9134.  https://doi.org/10.21670/ref.2116079.

A characterization is presented for the sugar agroindustrial zones as regions multi-ethnic groups due to the large indigenous component of the sugarcane harvesting groups from the interior of Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. The study focuses on two transboundary areas: Rio Hondo (Mexico-Belize) and Soconusco (Mexico-Guatemala), within a broad context of labor mobility and cultural diversity. The results are based on systematic field work over several cycles of harvest to the present, and comparative references of the rest of the country collected with qualitative and quantitative techniques. The findings highlight the heterogeneous work profile and a great migratory experience of such a population and aim to rethink the logic of the temporary agricultural work in the Mexico-Central Caribbean connections; as well as the potential of the cultural and economic bonus of indigenous labor in the national harvest, between South-South.

Keywords : agricultural workers; workers on the southern border; cane cutters; agro-industrial labor market; multi-ethnic regions; southern border.

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