A monumental scheme pushed by several governments promises to strip the environment and many local cultures of their wealth and put it in the pockets of big corporations. American free trade agreement nafta, plan pueblapanama ppp and the free trade area of the americas ftaa and the european unionmexico global accord, with the movement toward the privatization of water, electrical energy, our biodiversity, forests and other natural resources, the mexican government is handing over our. The ppp has drawn fire from environmentalists, labor leaders and human rights advocates throughout the region. In march 2004, fox officially announced the relaunch of the ppp. Although these transoceanic megaprojects have been planned for years, president fox of mexico has packaged these plans in a new regional integration proposal. Central american electric interconnection system siepac case study ower sector s. This pamphlet was made as a testimonial of communities and organizations that came together to tell, from their own experiences, what the plan puebla panama is and how it affects the diverse population depending on the region, identifying also the distinct municipal plans of development that exist as small parts that form ppp. The implementation of the plan puebla panama has required the use of public resources federal monies in mexico and loans in central america to effectively attract transnational, privatesector investments to the region. The puebla panama plan ppp is defined as a sustainable and integral development project, created and proposed by mexican president vicente fox. Plpp plan puebla panama ppa power purchase agreement ppp publicprivate partnership prc peoples republic of china rptcc regional power trade coordination committee sasec south asia subregional economic cooperation. Er wurde 2001 vom mexikanischen prasidenten vicente fox. The pueblapanama plan ppp was first announced by mexicos president vicente fox on march 12, 2001 and officially launched on june 15, 2001.
The plan pueblapanama encompassed the southern and heavily indigenous mexican states of puebla, veracruz, tabasco, oaxaca, guerrero, chiapas, yucatan, campeche and quintana roo. As with the first three forums held in mexico, guatemala and nicaragua, the thousandplus delegates who gathered in tegucigalpa rejected plan puebla panama, the ftaa, cafta, all socalled free trade. Known as the plan puebla panama, or ppp, it is the brainchild of mexican, president, and former cocacola executive, vicente fox who announced the plan soon after his election in july, 2000. The plan puebla panama has promoted, in a coordinated manner, a series of projects, many of which were designed before 2001. Central american electric interconnection systemtransmisison. Plan puebla panama ddiagnostico centroamerica a1 4 figura a1. Economic consulting associates limited 41 lonsdale road, london nw6 6ra, uk tel. Opposing the plan puebla panama and ftaa free trade for.
Known as the plan puebla panama, or ppp, it is the brainchild of. Plan puebla panama grassroots resistance to neoliberalism in mesoamerica in june 2001 a second wave of neoliberal capitalist economic reform hit central america and mexico in the form of the plan puebla panama. Agua, desarollo y conflicto dentro del plan puebla panama. Mesoamerica against hunger is a regional intervention implemented by food and agriculture organization. The central american electrical interconnection system. The ppp will include all seven central american countries and southern mexico, a region encompassing 102 million square kilometers and 63 million citizens. Second gathering of the mexican movement of those affected by. Situacin actual del plan puebla panama guatemala yennifer. In july 2003 the fourth mesoamerican forum against plan puebla panama was held in honduras. The ppp is mexican president vicente foxs pet project. Plan puebla panama cuadernos integracion en america latina secretaria general. The reference in this case is the plan pueblapanama ppp which is considered as an initiative for the.
Now mexican president vicente fox has made mexicos transisthmus project, or dry canal, a central part of what the financial times called his revolutionary plan the plan pueblapanama ppp. American free trade agreement nafta, plan puebla panama ppp and the free trade area of the americas ftaa and the european unionmexico global accord, with the movement toward the privatization of water, electrical energy, our biodiversity, forests and other natural resources, the mexican government is handing over our. Costa rica and panama are in a transition zone and its species can be divided into three subsections. Now mexican president vicente fox has made mexicos transisthmus project, or dry canal, a central part of what the financial times called his revolutionary planthe plan pueblapanama ppp. Opposing the plan puebla panama and ftaa free trade for mesoamerica. Impacto del plan puebla panama en centroamerica conferencista. The ramifications will be felt as far away as the united states and the pacific rim.
Abstract this article looks at the emerging schemes for regional development in mexico. Mexican president vicente fox, the principal salesman, touts it as his development vision for southern mexico and central america. Sophie style reports on the mexican governments plan to open its doors even further to multinational corporations. It is the next stage in the globalisation of central america. The plan puebla panama, or ppp, is a vast project intended to open up central america to free trade.
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