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PPP Links

The following links provide excellent background reading on Plan Puebla Panama.  If you know of additional links or other resources that may be useful for NISGUA activists, please contact nisguagap@igc.org.

Official Government of Mexico Site:
http://ppp.presidencia.gob.mx/PPP/cfm/tplMain.cfm

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Interamerican Development Bank:
http://www.iadb.org/ppp

Third Mesoamerican Forum Against Plan Puebla Panama:
http://www.foromanagua.com.ni

Acerca: Action for Community and Ecology in the Region of Central America:
http://www.acerca.org/plan_pueblo_panama.html

Chiapas Independent Media Center
http://chiapas.indymedia.org/  

Mexico Solidarity Network:
http://www.mexicosolidarity.org/plan_puebla_panama.html

School of Americas Watch:
http://www.soaw.org/ppp.htm 

Global Exchange:
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/mexico/ppp/ppp.html

http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/mexico/ppp/proceso102701b.html
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/mexico/news/lajornada061501.html
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/mexico/news/prodh061501.html
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/mexico/ppp/archive.html
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/mexico/ppp/icwa060101.html 
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/mexico/news/ap061601.html
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/mexico/ppp/resistance.html
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/mexico/ppp/analysis.html
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/mexico/ppp/carlosFazio2001.html
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/mexico/biodiversity/jornada033102.html
http://www.globalexchange.org/cgi/AT-globalexsearch.cgi 
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/mexico/links.html#ppp
 

Additional Links:
http://www.mesoamericaresiste.org/
http://www.working.com/campaigns/mexico/ppp/PPP
http://radioproject.org/transcripts/4701.html
http://www.ciepac.org/ppp.htm
http://www.idex.org/issue.php?_id=8
http://www.us-mex.org/borderlines/updater/2001/aug7ppp.html#ppp
http://www.us-mex.org/borderlines/2001/bl82/bl82dvpmnt.html
http://www.maquilasolidarity.org/resources/maquilas/planpuebla.htm
http://usuarios.lycos.es/xelaju/xela.htm
http://www.mesaglobal.org/red.htm
http://www.bicusa.org/lac/pppletter.pdf
www.bcie.org/bcie/eventos/ppp/index.htm 
www.irn.org/programs/latamerica/ 
www.ciepac.org 
http://www.ciepac.org/biodiversity/declaracion%20finan%20f%20represas.htm 
http://www.labornotes.org/archives/2002/04/a.html 
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2002/ene02/020106/mas-cara.html
http://www.laneta.apc.org/sclc/noticias/010512tapachula.htm
http://www.reforma.com/cultura/articulo/213366/

 


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