Ejido El Porvenir en Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California. Trazas históricas de una comunidad agrícola

The founding and development of Ejido El Porvenir in Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California, is the topic of this article. This farming community is one of the Mexican government’s land redistribution projects. In the analysis, historic events of the community are analyzed along with the community’s expectations in this border region, the corporatism of the Mexican government, the pressures of the regional market, private enterprise, competition with neighboring communities, and weather events. The research draws on government and private archives, literature and newspapers, and memories and testimonies both physical and digital.