Bajo el Lema de Integración Regional y Alivio de la Pobreza: El Banco Europeo de Inversiones y su relación con IIRSA

The report criticizes the European Investment Bank's (EIB) involvement in the Initiative for the Integration of the Regional Infrastructure of South America (IIRSA), asserting that the partnership serves European corporate interests and risks severe environmental and social damage in Latin America while failing to address poverty or sustainability.

• The Initiative for the Integration of the Regional Infrastructure of South America (IIRSA), created in 2000, aims for regional integration through transport, energy, and telecommunications infrastructure. It is coordinated by 12 South American governments with support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Andean Development Corporation (CAF), and the Financial Fund for the Development of the Plata Basin (FONPLATA), among others.
• The report identifies several risks associated with IIRSA, including irreversible impacts on biodiversity in the Andes, the Amazon Basin, Mato Grosso, the Pantanal, and the Paraguay and Paraná rivers. It further claims IIRSA lacks real links to poverty reduction or environmental improvement and follows a logic of commercial liberalization rather than sustainable development.

APA

Martínez, A., Paím, E. S., & Bruil, J. (2006). Bajo el Lema de Integración Regional y Alivio de la Pobreza: El Banco Europeo de Inversiones y su relación con IIRSA. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IIRSA-EIB-final.pdf

Chicago

Martínez, Adriana, Elisangela S. Paím, and Janneke Bruil. Bajo el Lema de Integración Regional y Alivio de la Pobreza: El Banco Europeo de Inversiones y su relación con IIRSA. Friends of the Earth International, 2006. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IIRSA-EIB-final.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{martnez2006bajo, author = {Martínez, Adriana and Paím, Elisangela S. and Bruil, Janneke}, title = {{Bajo el Lema de Integración Regional y Alivio de la Pobreza: El Banco Europeo de Inversiones y su relación con IIRSA}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2006}, month = nov, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IIRSA-EIB-final.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }