February 2006
The Plan Puebla Panama (PPP) was formally announced in 2001 with the goal of bringing industrial development to the so-called “backward south” of Mexico and Central America and to promote Mesoamerican regional integration. Over the past five years vast resources have created, extended and modernized transportation and energy infrastructure with transnational corporations and ‘free trade’ (CAFTA) as the primary beneficiaries. Opposition by communities to these mega projects has meant governments have started to ‘hide’ PPP projects, making people believe the PPP has died a quiet death. This is far from the truth. The number of projects included in the PPP continues to grow. The GTCI (Collective Working Group of the Isthmus), UCIZONI Association of Indigenous Communities of the Northern Zone of the Tehuantepec Isthmus), Oaxaca, Mexico and the DataCenter worked together to write this document, available in both English and Spanish.
Download an excerpt of Plan Puebla Panama (10 pages, PDF, 2006)
Plan Puebla Panama: Battle of the Future of the Mesoamericas (2004)
Map As Appendix
I would like a copy of the Plan Puebla Panama article 02.01.06, but the download link is not active. Can you help?
Thank you, Kathleen, for pointing out the error. The excerpt link is now active. Miho will also follow up with you regarding the full report.
I don’t like this plan. It will benefit the transnational companies. Do you have information about when is it gonna be finish or what is the advance until this point July 2010?
Latinos in Utah US need to know this!
This information is very important for everyone to know. I am doing a research paper for my Latin American Studies class on the PPP. The information you have provided was of great use to me. Thank You very much. I have great interest in globalization and neoliberal policies that are affecting Mexico and Latin America, including the Caribbean.