61. GLOSSARY OF TERMS of Operations/Latin america Division/central america Task Force. Deputy Director ofcentral Intelligence. United indigenous peoples of Nicaragua, Atlantic Coast http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/cocaine/glossary.html

[BACK] GLOSSARY OF TERMS ADCI Acting Director of Central Intelligence ADDO Associate Deputy Director for Operations ADREN Nicaraguan Democratic Revolutionary Alliance, an anti-Sandinista group formed in 1980 and disbanded in 1982 A.K.A. Also Known As ALA Directorate of Intelligence/Office of African and Latin American Analysis ARDE Democratic Revolutionary Alliance, an anti-Sandinista, political-military organization founded in Costa Rica in 1982 ATF Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms AUSA Assistant United States Attorney BOS Southern Opposition Bloc, an anti-Sandinista group founded in Costa Rica in 1985 CATF Directorate of Operations/Latin America Division/Central America Task Force CGT French General Confederation of Labor CIA Central Intelligence Agency CMA Civilian Military Assistance CMS Directorate of Operations/Career Management Staff COPS Chief of Operations CONDOR Nicaraguan Coalition of Opposition to the Regime, an anti-Sandinista group based in Miami, Florida, and formed in 1985 COS Chief of Station DCI Director of Central Intelligence DCOS Deputy Chief of Station DDCI Deputy Director of Central Intelligence DEA Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration

62. IMADR/News On Guatemala And Maya Indigenous Peoples/2003/No.6 which occurred during the general assembly of Former presidents in central Americaare also facing clergy and leaders of indigenous peoples.'' ''Doctor Morales http://www.imadr.org/project/guatemala/news6.html

News on Guatemala and Maya indigenous peoples Compiled by IMADR Webmaster IMADR Guatemala Project News No.1 News No.2 News No.3 News No.4 News No.5 Ex-paramilitary fighters, former members of president's security protest in Guatemala Apr 1, By SERGIO DE LEON, Associated Press Writer GUATEMALA CITY - Hundreds of former paramilitary fighters held an oil pumping station Tuesday in northern Guatemala, demanding that the government pay them more for fighting alongside the military during the country's 1960-96 civil war. Demonstrators took control of the station on Monday and began emptying oil from one of the pipelines in the nearby jungle village of Las Pozas, 110 miles (160 kilometers) north of Guatemala City. The station is owned by the French company Perenco. The paramilitaries "are still blocking all access and have refused to allow emergency officials inside," Energy and Mines Ministry spokesman Juan Carlos Ruiz said Tuesday. Ruiz said the seized pumping station connects oil wells in northernmost Peten province with a refining station in the port city of Santo Tomas. Guatemala exports 25,000 barrels of oil a day, nearly all of which flow through channels now controlled by protesters, Ruiz said. The protest is costing private investors as much as US$50,000 a day, he said. The government has agreed to pay ex-paramilitaries US$660 each in three installments - one this year, and two next year. But protesters want US$2,500 handed over in one payment.

63. Escape Tours: Costa Rica General History began arriving, and as is the theme throughout central and South america, the onslaught Theseindigenous peoples retreated to the highlands where they could http://www.webtravel.com/camerica/costa/sjohist.html

Costa Rica ~ General History We'll begin our short trip through Costa Rica's history with pre-Colombian times. The famous Mayan empire did not extend this far south in Central America. The people here were called the Chorotegas . They farmed corn, beans, fruit, and cotton. They also hunted, had large cities with religious centers, and militaries for gaining land and slaves (used for labor and ritual sacrifice). The women were the only ones allowed access to internal commerce - the market. They were also the primary artisans and writers. Then Christopher Columbus landed at what is now Puerto Limon in 1502. Soon after, Spanish explorers began arriving, and as is the theme throughout Central and South America, the onslaught of the Spanish conquistadors greatly decimated the Chorotegas' numbers through war and disease. These indigenous peoples retreated to the highlands where they could, leaving the lowlands to the Spanish and those captured for slave labor. In 1562 Juan Vasquez de Coronado arrived to take charge of the new colony as governor, establishing the capital of Cartago on the rich volcanic soils of the central area. Due to Spain's out-of-sight-out-of-mind attitude toward its colonies, Costa Rica received little assistance from the father country and so had to subsist on its own, fostering a sense of pride, egalitarianism and self-sufficiency that exists to this day. The little tropical country split with Spain in 1821, moving its capital to San Jose. The 1830's brought the reign of the coffee industry. By the 1850's coffee caught on in Europe, replacing tea as the favored drink in many countries, bringing European influences and more money into the economy than Costa Rica had ever seen.

64. Undergraduate Catalog -- Full-time Day Programs -- Northeastern University culture of the americas (North america, Mexico, central america, South america, andthe a variety of arenas and how the ways indigenous peoples have been http://www.registrar.neu.edu/courses/artsci/soa.html

a n t h r o p o l o g y SOA 1001 College: An Introduction 1 QH Intended for freshmen in the College of Arts and Sciences. Seeks to introduce freshmen to the liberal arts in general, as well as to familiarize them with their major; help them develop the academic skills necessary to succeed (e.g., analytical ability and critical thinking); provide grounding in the culture and values of the University community; and help them develop interpersonal skills-in short, to familiarize students with all skills needed to become a successful university student. SOA 1100 Peoples and Cultures 4 QH Surveys concepts in anthropology (the study of culture). Analyzes a range of societies in terms of such sociocultural institutions as kinship, gender relations, economics, politics, and religion. Examines important political and economic processes, such as colonialism and development, affecting cultures around the world. ( Core Category II) SOA 1104/IAF 1104 Cultures of the World 4 QH Explores cultural differences among peoples in societies around the globe and analyzes how diverse cultural patterns can be studied and described. ( Core Category II) SOA 1125 Introduction to Archaeology 4 QH Surveys the New World prehistoric cultures. Focuses on examining the work of archaeology and ethnohistory in a range of societies in both South and North America. Pays particular attention to social, political, and economic factors and how these work to promote such things as state formation, regional political alignment, and social differentiation. Studies the Incan, Mayan, and Aztec states, as well as the big game hunting traditions of the Plains, and the farming communities of the Southwestern United States and the Mississippi River area.

65. Resources Home Page Incineration; indigenous peoples; Industrial Pollution Aluminum Plants; WildlifeGeneral; WIldlife Mammals; World Africa; Asia; central america; central/Eastern http://www.elaw.org/custom/customPages/viewPage.asp?WebPage_ID=2

66. Indigenous Studies Guatemala Indians of central america Clothing -Guatemala Indians of South america- Costa Rica about Amerindians and other indigenous peoples presented to http://elibrary.unm.edu/subjects/LAWebGuide/EngMforms/Subjects/Indigenous.htm

Latin American Microforms INDIGENOUS STUDIES Aboriginal Guatemalan Handweaving and Custume Weaving - Guatemala Indian textile fabrics - Guatemala Indians of Central America - Clothing -Guatemala The Acculturation of the Araucanian Picunche During the First Century of Spanish Colonization in Chile, 1536-1635 by Louis C. Faron Acculturation - Chile - History Mapuche Indians - Cultural assimilation - History Archaeological Investigations in the Reventazon River Drainage Area, Costa Rica by William Jerald Kennedy Costa Rica - Antiquities Indians of South America - Costa Rica - Antiquities Archive of the Fourth Russell Tribunal: On the rights of the Indians of the Americas 154 microfiche A guide is available on the Microforms Guides table Indians, Treatment of - Congresses Indians - Government relations - Congresses Indians - Legal status, laws, etc. - Congresses Archive divided into two kinds of documents. File # 1-59: docs. By and about Amerindians and other indigenous peoples presented to the jury of the Tribunal, some contain responses of the accused. File # 60-72: docs about the organization of the Tribunal

67. Mythology's Mythinglinks: Indigenous Peoples Of North America -- Pueblo & Athaba two sticks together, and lighting a torch hurry it back to the great central estufa,where To North Americaportal page To indigenous peoples metapage. http://www.mythinglinks.org/ip~northamerica~SW.html

28 August 2002 - 13 November 2002: this page is still a work-in-progress many links remain unannotated please be patient! MYTH*ING LINKS Kathleen Jenks, Ph.D. Department of Mythological Studies Pacifica Graduate Institute GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF north AMERICA THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST General From the Smithsonian at: http://www.nmaa.si.edu/education/guides/pueblo/pueblo_map.html http://lcweb.loc.gov/spcoll/181.html This is a brief page for Zuni, Hopi, and Navajo specialists about the Peabody Museum Collection of Ethnological sound recordings, 1890s-1910s. These include: The first documented use of mechanical recording equipment for ethnological research was by Jesse Walter Fewkes, an anthropologist affiliated with the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of Harvard University.... He took the device on subsequent expeditions among the Zuni and Hopi Indians of Arizona in 1890 and 1891 and published an influential series of articles on his work, beginning with "On the Use of the Phonograph in the Study of the Languages of American Indians," in Science (Ql.S35), v. 15, May 2, 1890, p. 267-69.... The collection also contains...recordings made by Washington Matthews approximately ten years earlier among the Navaho. The 264 wax cylinders have been duplicated on tape (AFS 14,737-14,754) and are described in notes and a concordance. The Peabody Museum has received tapes of the collection through exchange.... THE PUEBLO PEOPLES OF NEW MEXICO Pueblo Villages in New Mexico

68. VLRC Latin American Links rights, education, finance, fiscal reform, indigenous peoples, health, poverty linksto sites across Latin america, and the States (OAS) plays a central role in http://www.virtuallrc.com/vlrclatinamlinks.html

Find in Page: VLRC Latin American Links: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) http://www.eclac.cl/acerca/default-i.asp Undertakes studies, research and other support activities within the terms of reference of the Commission. Promotes economic and social development through regional and subregional cooperation and integration. Gathers, organizes, interprets and disseminates information and data relating to the economic and social development of the region. Use the site map for access to key data sources. Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, Culture, Democracy, Education Inter-American Development Bank http://www.iadb.org/ Provies information (much of it in the Spanish language) on member Latin American countries related to agriculture, civil rights, women's rights, education, finance, fiscal reform, indigenous peoples, health, poverty, trade, and urban development Search IADB For: Latin American Network Information Center - LANIC http://lanic.utexas.edu/ The Latin America Network Information Centre (LANIC) is maintained by the University of Texas. It provides links to sites across Latin America, and the Caribbean. LANIC is built around a subject directory whose categories range from specific countries and the economy to social issues and sustainable development. The larger countries also have links to economic, trade, general, academic, scientific and media sites. Search LANIC for: Organization of American States http://www.oas.org/

69. Jhupbooks.com | Politics | Constructing Democratic Governance of the left, conservatism, inequality, and indigenous peoples. focuses on Mexico,central america, and the http://www.press.jhu.edu/press/books/titles/f96/f96dco3.htm

Navigate Our Site... -THE PRESS The Press Our Staff Rights and Permissions The University -BOOKS Regional Interest Medicine and Science History and Social Science Literature and the Arts Media Center Author Events Schedule Advanced Search What's New Class Use Ordering Submission Guidelines Publicity ePublishing nycbks.com -JOURNALS Search Subscribe What's New Special Offers Special Issues Publishing Services Testimonials Contact List Advertising -PROJECT MUSE Project Muse CONSTRUCTING DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE Volume 3 Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Part I introduces broad thematic surveys of such key issues as the role of the left, conservatism, inequality, and indigenous peoples. Part II reviews the South American nations. Part III focuses on Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, including Cuba. In Part IV, the volume editors draw conclusions about the problems and prospects for stable democracies in Latin America. (40 ctn qty) 1996 paperback, 248 pp. Add paperback to shopping cart (You can always remove it later) "Much of contemporary Latin American social science was dominated by economists in the 1980s, and these three significant volumes are a sign of the welcome come-back of an older and formerly strong tradition of political studies of the region." Richard Mosely

70. Resources For Latin American History The Indians of central and South america An Ethnohistorical Ref F1434 .O45 1991 Auseful work for identifying groups and subgroups of indigenous peoples. http://www.library.carleton.edu/reference/subjectpages/latamhistory.htm

Site Navigation Information for... - Prospective Students - Current Students - International Students - Alumni - Visitors Quick Links: - Academic Departments - Admissions - Athletics - Campus Offices - Carleton News - Employment Opportunities - Event Calendars - Gould Library - Phone/Email Directory - Registrar's Office You are here: Campus Gould Library Help with Research Subject Guides > Latin American History Resources for Latin American History Getting Started Finding Books Finding Articles Web Sites ... Library Contact Getting Started Begin your search with reference works to find background information, locate statistics and facts, and build a bibliography. General Reference Works Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture Ref F1406 .E53 1996 A five volume work covering Central America, South America, and the Caribbean; articles include bibliographies for further reading. International Historical Statistics: The Americas, 1750-1993 Ref HA175 .M52 1998

71. Central America: The Difficult Road Towards Integration And The Role Of Canada This notwithstanding, central america remains fragmented and higher among women,peasants and indigenous peoples. trends of the central american integration http://www.focal.ca/summary/summary_central.htm

Central America: The Difficult Road Towards Integration and The Role of Canada Executive Summary Résumé Resumen back to / retour à publications Home What's New ... Daily News

72. Aboriginal Culture Index Of My Academic Only Home Page.com Bill's Aboriginal Links International Latin america Australia - New studies arenow the central issues of age to benefit the indigenous peoples who might http://www.myacademiconlyhomepage.com/Aboriginal_Culture.html

Aboriginal Culture 15 Sources. American Indian Studies This world wide site is a developing site supervised by Professor Troy Johnson and is dedicated to the presentation of unique artwork, photographs, video and sound recordings which accurately reflect the history, culture and richness of the Native American experience in North America and has been expanded to include Indian people of Central America and Mexico. Arctic Studies Center - The National Museum of Natural History - Smithsonian Institution The Arctic Studies Center works with Native groups to foster cultural preservation in several ways. For example, world class museum exhibitions are being assembled from international collections and brought to northern native communities. Bill's Aboriginal Links: International Latin America - Australia - New Zealand - International - Human Rights and the Environment. (This site hasn't been updated for some time.) Can Tourists and Indigenous Communities Be Coexisting? : A Case Study on A Hawaiian Indigenous Community Hayato Yamanaka, Ph.d. Professor, Tokyo Keizai University. Cherokee Cultural Society of Houston Civilization.ca - First Peoples

73. Hrip RIGHTS OF DISCOVERY CONQUEST. NATIONSTATES indigenous RIGHTS. INTELLECTUALPROPERTY RIGHTS. HAWAI'I. central america. CARIBS TAINOS. SOUTH america. ECUADOR. http://www.colby.edu/personal/jdanders/hrip.html

Colby College Instructor: Jeffrey Anderson E-mail: jdanders@colby.edu Back to Jeff Anderson's Home Page TOPICS ON THIS SITE: INTRO TO HUMAN RIGHTS INTRO TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS NORTH AMERICA ... TOP OF PAGE INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS Universal Declaration of Human Rights An Introduction to the Human Rights Movement A Short History of the Human Rights Movement INTRODUCTION TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES Global Problems Reader: Indigenous Peoples, Ethnic Conflict and Nation-States Who are the World's Indigenous Peoples? The Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES UN Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples UN Draft Declaration First Progress Report 1992 UN Draft Declaration Second Progress Report 1995 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Indigenous Peoples ... REPORT ON THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 17TH UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS IN GENEVA, JULY 26TH - 30TH 1999 RIGHTS OF DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST The Bull, Inter Caetera (Alexander VI), May 4, 1493. The Spanish Origins of Indian Rights by Felix Cohen ... Papal Bulls Pertaining to the Americas NATION-STATES AND INDIGENOUS RIGHTS IN THE FOURTH WORLD Fourth World Nations: Conflicts and Alternatives by Bernard Q. Nietschmann

74. Central America Env. Projects Web Page an active program of nonlending services in support of this central American conceptof sustainable development and conservation (for general information on http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/MesoAm/UmbpubHP.nsf/3e836049fa30e4ab852566b80054a2

75. Resolution The Caucus also agreed that central/South america and Caribbean will all indigenouspeoples' organisation who wish to nominate indigenous candidates for http://www.nciv.net/Millennium/Resolution/resolution_english.htm

Resolution of the Indigenous Peoples' Millennium Conference on the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Panama City, Panama 7-11 May 2001 We, the Indigenous Peoples of all the regions of the World - Arctic/Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, Central/South America and Caribbean, Pacific, Former USSR and Eastern Europe - attending the Indigenous Peoples' Millennium Conference in Panama City on 7-11 May 2001: Welcome the establishment of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues as a subsidiary body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC); Endorse the Regional Division adopted by the Indigenous Caucus in Geneva on Sunday, 26 November 2000 during the 6th Session of the Open Ended Inter-Sessional Working Group on the Draft United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, for the nomination of indigenous members of the Permanent Forum; Recall the United Nations resolution on the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues with regard to the nomination of indigenous members "on the basis of broad consultations with indigenous organisations taking into account the diversity and geographical distribution of the indigenous people of the world as well as the principles of transparency, representivity and equal opportunity for all indigenous people, including internal processes, when appropriate, and local indigenous consultation processes"; Acknowledge the consultations held in Panama on 16-17 February 2001, in Australia on 17 February 2001, in Bolivia on 13-15 March 2001, in Ecuador on 3-4 May 2001 and in Russia on 12-13 April 2001 for the nomination of indigenous members;

76. Clearing House Approved Part Of The History/Social Studies Web with NativeWeb. This site presents information on indigenous peoplesin Mexico, central, and South america. Mexico and http://my.execpc.com/~dboals/s-amer.html

Part of the History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers Non-Western History Non-Western History - ASIA/PACIFIC - CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA - CHINA/JAPAN - AFRICA - MIDDLE EAST - INDIA - GENERAL/CROSS-CULTURAL ASIA/PACIFIC CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA CHINA/JAPAN AFRICA ... GENERAL/CROSS-CULTURAL CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA Search this site powered by FreeFind Olmec Yahoo listing on the Civilization. National Geographic Magazine @ nationalgeographic.com An expert team searches the Andean cloud forest for the last unlooted tombs of an ancient warrior people. The site also links to a collection of offsite resources on the topics of the major articles. As often happens with Internet site for paper Journals and magazines, two popups clutter the presentation as you exit the site. ARTS AND HISTORY-VIRTUAL FORUM OF MEXICAN CULTURE Mesoamerican Photo Archives "The purpose of this web site is to educate and stimulate the public with both accurate information and beautiful photographs of Mesoamerican archaeology. Within these photo galleries, you will find full-color photographs of archaeological sites and museums from all over Mexico, complete with detailed captions." Middle American Research Institute Teotihuacan Home Page Includes introductory pages, recent excavation reportsand links to other Mesoamerican sites.

77. Philadelphia University: Paul J. Gutman Library general Sources Affirmative Action and Diversity Project american and other IndigenousPeoples Resources Abya Yala Net Resources for South/central america; http://www.philau.edu/library/resources/ethnic.html

Cultural/Ethnic Studies - Links to Diversity Sites on the Internet This page covers the following topics: General Sources African American Sources Arab American Sources Asian American Sources ... Native American and Indigenous Peoples Sources General Sources Affirmative Action and Diversity Project - from Carl Gutiérrez-Jones, Univ. of CA Santa Barbara American Studies Web CLNet Census 2000: Tables for Race and Ethnic Distributions in the U.S. Diversity ... Ethnic Resources - Western Connecticut State University, Social Sciences Dept. Gendercide Watch INS Statistics (United States Immigration and Naturalization Service) Institute for Women's Policy Research Migration and Ethnic Relations - WWW Virtual Library Minority Studies Page - Voice of the Shuttle Movies, Race and Ethnicity - Moffit Library, UC Berkeley Office of Minority Health SOSIG: Social Sciences Information Gateway U.S. Census Bureau Minority Links : data on Minority groups in the US WWWomen African American Sources African American Mosaic - from the Library of Congress African American Purdue Library Links African American Studies - University of Pennsylvania Library African American Web Connection African Studies, University of Pittsburgh

78. Contact Information 3666 FAX (612)7243781 central america Regional Office Address PO Box 3727 Grandcentral Station New Ambassador for the Year of indigenous People, Addressing http://www.treatycouncil.org/section_211421.htm

International Indian Treaty Council CONSEJO INTERNACIONAL DE TRATADOS INDIOS “WORKING FOR THE RIGHTS AND RECOGNITION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES" Contact information The International Indian Treaty Council Information Office: 2390 Mission St. Suite 301 San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 641-4482 FAX (415)641-1298 email to iitc@igc.apc.org Administration Office: 456 N. Alaska Street Palmer, AK 99645 (907) 745-4482 FAX (907) 745-4484 email to iitcak@ak.net Indigenous Trading Company: P.O. Box 7276 Minneapolis MN 55407-0276 (612) 724-3666 FAX (612)724-3781 Central America Regional Office: Consejo Internacional de los Tratados Indios: CITI-Guatemala 14 avenida 3-17 zona 4, Colonia Valle del Sol, Mixco. Guatemala Telefonos y Fax: 011 502 4331202 y 4371067 email: defemaya@guate.net

79. A New Central America On The Move Poverty in central america tends to be concentrated in rural areas, among indigenouspeoples, and skewed of some 75 percent of the general population, 86 http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20015962~menuPK:3446

var templatePathPrefix = "http://siteresources.worldbank.org/"; Home Contact Us Help/FAQ Site Index ... Topics Search News All Home News Press Releases A New Central America on the Move Press Releases All By Date By Topic By Region / Country ... Kids DevNews Online Media Briefing Cntr Embargoed news and other material for accredited journalists only Login Register Site Tools About DevNews Media Center E-Subscriptions Feedback A New Central America on the Move World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn to Visit Region Press Release No: Contacts: Phil Hay (202) 473-1796 Kristyn Schrader (202) 458-2736 WASHINGTON, February 26, 1998  Central America and Panama are entering a new period of economic confidence and political stability after years of social upheaval, according to the World Bank. Speaking on the eve of James D. Wolfensohn's departure to the region, World Bank officials told a Washington press conference that Central America is embracing democratic government and economic modernization, and is moving quickly to tackle widespread poverty in the region. Central America is coming into its own, because for the first time in nearly 40 years, the whole region is enjoying peace, democratic government, and a sense of economic optimism that it hasn't experienced before,"

80. Industrialization Plan Threatens Central America's Indigenous | 1/5/2002 with leftist parties throughout central america, including Guatemalan Globalizationin Latin america, he said labor, environmental and indigenous groups in http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/free/colombia/puebla/0819Indistrializat

Industrialization plan threatens Central America's indigenous posted by Chuck0 on Monday August 19 2002 @ 12:16PM PDT http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=02/08/19/4575081 http://www.americas.org/News/Features/200205_Puebla_Panama_Plan/20020501_ind ex.htm Last Harvest? Industrialization plan threatens Central America's indigenous BY LINDA JONES LA QUETZAL, GUATEMALA Dams on the river, the Usumacinta, are part of an international initiative known as the Puebla-Panama Plan. The brainchild of Mexican President Vicente Fox Quesada, the plan would channel $10 billion of foreign aid and local tax dollars to infrastructure projects stretching to Panama from the southern Mexican state of Puebla. Besides hydroelectricity, the plan includes seaports, highways, rail lines and more. The goal is to spur industrial development ranging from oil refineries to tree plantations to garment factories. Fox and the leaders of Central America's seven nations have rallied the construction industry and other business interests behind the plan, and a U.S.-dominated lending agency is spearheading the financing. Echoing the rhetoric behind the North American Free Trade Agreement and the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas, they promise "regional integration" and jobs for poor people. But indigenous leaders throughout the region say Puebla-Panama would only accelerate foreign plunder of their natural resources and wreak havoc on their cultures. Calling the plan one of the greatest threats since conquest, indigenous groups are forging coalitions to fight it. In La Quetzal, a March forum against Puebla-Panama drew representatives from 17 groups in five countries.

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