History
The Plan Puebla Panamá was first announced by Fox on March 12, 2001 and officially launched on June 15, 2001.
In 2002, following protests that forced the cancellation of a planned airport in San Salvador Atenco, Mexico State, along with persistent troubles in securing financing for PPP projects, a moratorium was declared on official comments regarding the plan, and its website was taken down. During the year-and-a-half moratorium, the IDB hired the US-based advertising agency Fleishman-Hillard to revamp the PPP's image.
In July 2003, Subcomandante Marcos of the Zapatista National Liberation Army announced that "implementation will not be permitted for any reason" in Zapatista territory.
In March 2004, Fox officially announced the relaunch of the PPP. Among the changes made were the removal of all hydroelectric dams and the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor from the project, and a new emphasis on the aspects of the plan relating to social concerns. Many of the projects removed from the PPP are still proceeding under different auspices.
Several Mexican governors are formulating rival plans.
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