Re-mapping Latin America's Future
Americas Program, Center for International Policy (CIP) americas.irc-online.org
Large scale infrastructure projects are changing the social, political, and physical geography of Latin America. The South American Regional Integration and Infrastructure Project (IIRSA), Plan Puebla Panama, and other proposals designed to promote trade, energy integration, and access to natural resources will have important environmental and social impacts. In this series, Americas Policy Program analysts monitor the projects, their impact, financing, and citizen response. Articles from the Americas Policy Program: Energy Diplomacy Leads to a Crossroads for South American Integration By Eduardo Gudynas http://americas.irc-online.org/am/4419 Also available in Spanish The Madeira Complex: International Banks to Fund Deforestation and Displacement By Zachary Hurwitz http://americas.irc-online.org/am/4235 Also available in Portuguese Brazilian Government Moves to Dam Principal Amazon Tributary By Glenn Switkes http://americas.irc-online.org/am/4299 Also available in Spanish and Portuguese IIRSA: Integration Custom-Made for International Markets By Raúl Zibechi http://americas.irc-online.org/am/3313 Also available in Spanish