Sumak Kawsay y migración Norte-Sur en Vilcabamba, Ecuador

Abstract

Abstract:The research explores one of the least studied aspects of the migration of international retreat, being clear that a south-north analysis and vice versa is necessary in the general understanding of the migratory phenomenon. For which, the use of interviews semi-structured, applied in a field study under a snowball sampling, will allow us to explore the main causes that led American retirees to the framework of Sumak Kawsay- Good Living, to leave their place of origin and move to Vilcabamba. Evidencing that, in this increasingly collective type of migration, dynamics are integrated such as globalization. Giving rise to an extractivist phase of capitalism that seeks the relocation of care for the elderly, displacing them to the economic south (Vilcabamba) in search of an improvement in the deficiencies present in their place of origin, maximizing the purchasing power of their pensions, as well as factors such as: a climate favourable, low costs of living, a life in community, as well as a space in which can enjoy their old age and good health.