Should Young People Leave the Countryside for the City?
¿Deben los jóvenes dejar el campo para irse a la ciudad?
What this debate covers
“Should Young People Leave the Countryside for the City?” (“¿Deben los jóvenes dejar el campo para irse a la ciudad?” in Spanish) is a two-sided Spanish debate on families & communities — both arguments written out in full. A Bolivian community organizer in El Alto says her people built a city from the highlands and gained dignity. A Mexican agronomist working in Oaxaca says rural depopulation is killing villages and traditions that took centuries to build. Both watched their families migrate. They disagree on what was won, and what was lost.
Each side is written at three levels — A2 Foundations, B1 Intermediate and B2 Advanced — with a one-tap English translation, the argument vocabulary you need to reuse, and discussion questions to take into conversation.
Opens at B1 · 1 min read · 130 words · native-recorded audio
Valentina · Migration to the city offered dignity, services and opportunity that the countryside denied us.
Mi familia vino del campo a El Alto.
Diego · Rural depopulation is destroying communities, languages and food systems we cannot rebuild.
Yo trabajo en Oaxaca.
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