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Retalhuleu lies in the south of Guatemala, on the Pacific Ocean. Despite the fact that it is one of the most prosperous regions, many of its people do not profit and live in poverty and under precarious conditions (Hernández 2006). A sizeable section of the population originates from the Guatemalan highlands. They migrated to the southern coast in search for work in the coffee, cotton and sugarcane plantations.
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Before the CEIPA project took place, an estimated 300 families worked in the sector in Retalhuleu (Hernández 2006).
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The Consejos Comunitarios de Desarrollo are part of a government decentralisation strategy.
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Government bulldozers and excavators build dikes of sand and rocks alongside the river, in order to protect surrounding areas during the rainy season.
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People may also lose their work in other ways: when the government machines build dikes to protect the area from flooding, they often undo people’s labour by burying it under masses of stones.
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The Guatemalan Housing Fund
References
CEIPA (2005) Evaluación del proyecto para la “Erradicación Progresiva del Trabajo Infantil en la producción de Piedrín en Retalhuleu, Guatemala” (Fase II). CEIPA, Quetzaltenango
Guatemala Ministerio de Trabajo y Previsión Social (2006) Reglamento para la aplicación del convenio 182 de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo, sobre las peores formas de trabajo infantil y la acción inmediata para su erradicación. In: M. d. T. y. P. Social (ed) Ministerio de Trabajo y Previsión Social
Hernández V (2006) Globalización y Trabajo Infantil: tendencias del trabajo infantil en la producción del piedrín en cuatro municipios del departamento de Retalhuleu, Guatemala, en el marco del tlc – causa. Universidad autónoma de Madrid, Quetzaltenango
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Ruiz, L.F.M. (2010). Stone Quarries in Guatemala. In: Lieten, G. (eds) Hazardous Child Labour in Latin America. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0177-9_5
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