Latin American Studies Program
University of Texas at Austin. This site contains links to country homepages,
library collections, Latin American newspapers and magazines in several
languages, other university programs, etc.
MIT Foreign Languages and Literature
homepage has various articles from regional magazines and newspapers on-line.
Center for U.S.-Mexican
Studies
University of California at San Diego. Links to major sites related to Mexico.
United Nations Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
United States Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA)
The World Factbbook. Contains basic declassified information on countries
of the world.
Democracy Center
Information on democracy throughout the world.
Freedom House
Information on political, social and economic freedoms.
Latino On-Line News Network (Spanish and English).
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Data and publications on the economies of countries around the world.
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (The World Bank) Economic and political information on countries around the world.
Transparency International Cross-National information on corruption around the world.
U.S.-Russia Business Council Trade and business information on Russia.
Comparative Study of Electoral Systems Cross-national information on electoral institutions and processes.
World Policy Institute Americas Project Data on democracy in Latin America.
Committee to Protect Journalists Press freedom and journalistic practice around the world.
Amnesty International Leading international organization for human rights, based in the United Kingdom.
Human Rights Watch Another major human rights organization, based in the United States.
American Political Science Association Includes electronic versions of most conference papers.
Development Experience Clearinghouse Information from the U.S. Agency for International Development on democracy and development around the world.
Economist Intelligence Unit
Country Intelligence
Country Reports, Country Profiles, and Country Commerce
National Journal Group's
Policy Central
Contains: National Journal - a weekly on politics and government; CongressDaily
- twice daily news service covering Capitol Hill; The Hotline - a daily
news briefing on politics and campaigns; Technology Daily - news service
on information technology politics and policy; The Almanac of American Politics
- data on members of Congress, their states and districts; and Poll Track
- a database of public opinion surveys.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
If you have access to Cable, you can watch Univision, the Spanish-language television station from Miami. Their half-hour news program is broadcast daily at 6:30 p.m. and then again at 10:30 p.m.