Guatemala
Honduras
El Salvador
in Guatemala
said. “There’s an
acceptance of irregular
migration being fundamental to
the economy.” Central American analysts generally agree. “[The Guatemalan state] hasn’t seen with clarity the
links between rural development and
migration,” said Álvaro Caballeros of
Rafael Landívar University in Guatemala City.
Some see a deliberate strategy by
Northern Triangle elites of “exporting
people” for development in the absence
of other sources of foreign exchange
(U.S. dollars). “As primary export prices decline, and non-traditional agricultu Ʌ