Pluma Hidalgo, Oaxaca
Mexico 1998

Alonzo Cruz, 78, and his wife Justina Reyes, 65, live on a coffee plantation in Oaxaca, Mexico. They own no land and live in a one-room house, provided by the plantation owners, which has no running water or electricity. Alonzo, who works full time on the plantation, earns 120 pesos ($12) per week.