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INDIGENOUS GROUPS, GLOBALIZATION, Abstract: Designed to build Central American infrastructures, Mexico’s Plan Puebla-Panamá (PPP), was launched with fervor in 2001 but collapsed hopelessly by 2003. A content analysis finds the Washington Consensus severely at odds with indigenous cultures, while invoking the broader globalization-localization debate. As Mexico’s latest bridging efforts with Central America drifted in lose-lose directions, we also get exposed to the fate many modern chief executives face under similar circumstances. Defying familiar international relations postulations, these findings not only elevate James Rosenau’s catch-all turbulence theory, but also show how drawing board disconnections mirror those in the trenches. Both developed and developing countries have plenty to learn from PPP’s wide-ranging experiences.
Dr. Imtiaz Hussain Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City, 2006
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