ABSTRACT
In the streets of the colonial city of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, indigenous girls and boys of all ages attempt to earn a few pesos shining shoes; cleaning car windshields; and selling handicrafts, gum, cigarettes, newspapers, and other items. These children spend hours in the streets each day, yet they are not street children in the traditional sense because they do not sleep in the street. Each evening they return to their homes and families in the colonias, unregulated urban settlements that surround the city.
