Abstract

FURLONG Z, Aurora  and  NETZAHUALCOYOTZI, Raúl. Poverty and social exclusion in the context of the Puebla Panama Plan. suma neg. [online]. 2012, vol.3, n.1, pp.7-19.  Epub June 01, 2012. ISSN 2215-910X.

Integration processes are a fact within the neoliberal context, and the Puebla-Panama Plan (PPP) is yet to prove its worth as a mechanism to solve social inequality, where the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) have failed. In those integration schemes, neither improving living conditions of the population in the region nor unifying Central American countries with the south of Mexico was a starting point. The incorporation of communities, peoples, and civil society organizations in the design of integration processes will turn them into sustainable projects and will prevent the disintegration of communities, cultures and the loss of biodiversity.

Keywords : NAFTA; Puebla-Panamá Plan; CAFTA; poverty.

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