Image by Connectas. Used with permission. This article was written by José Cardoza and Javier Bermúdez for CONNECTAS and an edited version is republished in Global Voices under a content sharing agreement. Despite having retired more than a decade ago, at 71 years old, Agustín had to go back to work to survive. “I have had this job, in a factory in New York, since recently,” he says while getting ready to cover a seven-hour night shift. The job is packaging cookies. Agustín reached the United States in 2023. Without a pension, despite being over 60 years of age, which entitled him to a pension…