(Newspaper El Comercio, Quito, May 22, 2009)
Luz Muñoz, 77, runs her house with the help of a cane. He lives in the area of \u200b\u200bPlaya de Fatima, in the canton cañarense Bible. Four of their six children reside in New Jersey, USA.
One, Isael Calle, 48, who lives in that country for 25 years, during which time he worked in construction, mechanics, cleaning ... A year ago he bought a truck to have direct contracts.
borrows in USD 138 000. For six months he had several contracts and paid $ 13 800, but the crisis has changed that picture. Two months ago
Muñoz received a call from her son, who said with concern that sells two properties purchased in the Bible, one hectare each. She advised him not to do it is the only heritage he has and should care.
But more often called collectors to Street, who insisted on the sale. At the end got a buyer, who paid $ 20 000 for a property. That has reduced the debt until you exit a contract.
A week ago, Street called again for another property is sold. "I do not want to return the dump truck because if you do lose all the money they canceled," says the woman who cries when think of your child's situation.
She tries to mortgage the land to send more money. "I expect a response from the bank."
A similar case is the migrant Johnny Urgiles, 33, who has lived 15 years in San Francisco (USA). He bought a plot of 250 square meters in Bible and now wants to sell.
His mother, Teresa Mejia, 59, knows that the situation of his son, who worked in the construction industry is complicated. "You can not find work for four months." Urgiles
unwilling to return because it says in the Bible not get employment and if you get paid a pittance, "says her mother, who also tries to undermine the good of his son.
The head of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Carlos Marx Carrasco, told Radio Quito that Ecuador is a phenomenon started back in remittances. The emigrant asked to sell their properties and send money to countries where they reside. The cause is the global crisis.
That I said about the increase in revenue from the tax on currency outflows.
These revenues reached USD 53.95 million in the first four months of 2009, while during the same period in 2008 were 8.7 million. Carrasco said that not only the migratory phenomenon explains this increase, but multiply Biblián cases.
Cabrera's daughter Rosa, 75, married the immigrant Ramiro Espinoza, who took her to New York. For seven months the construction business went down and her daughter, Alexandra Abad, calls to tell you that "her husband could not get jobs."
They had a house that was sold at USD 85 000 and the crisis was leaving them without money for food. " According to Cabrera, his daughter intends to return with money to set up a poultry farm.
Humberto Cordero, former president of the Chamber of Construction of Cuenca, 15 known cases of sales Cuenca property belonging to migrants and the cause is the crisis. "They are unemployed and need money to live."
According to Cordero, the value of the properties of migrants is down 50%. "The houses or land are in rural areas and there are no basic services." ----------------------------------------------
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