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THE CHANGE FOR SUSTAINABLE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT DEPENDS ON THE OPTIONS THAT EMERGE IN MEXICAN AND IN U.S. POLITICS. THE MEXICAN CASE PROVIDES A CRUCIAL EXAMPLE OF THE OBSTACLES THAT MUST BE CONFRONTED ON THE ROAD TO INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY. THIS ARTICLE ARGUES THAT SO LONG AS MEXICO'S INTEGRATION INTO THE WORLD ECONOMY PROCEEDS ALONG ITS PRESENT PATH, EROSION OF THE HUMAN-AND NATURAL-RESOURCE FOUNDATION ON WHICH THE ECONOMY ULTIMATELY DEPENDS WILL ACCELERATE. ITS ATTEMPTS TO SHOW THAT THE REVITALIZATION OF PEASANT COMMUNITIES AND THE SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE COUNTRYSIDE OFFER THE MOST PROMISING STRATEGY FOR REVERSING THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AND ECOLOGICAL DESTRUCTION, THUS TRANSFORMING CRISIS INTO OPORTUNITY.