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Americas Program
"...goal is to help forge a new global affairs agenda for the U.S. government and people-one that makes the United States a more responsible global leader and partner. The primary way we do this is by producing policy reports, issue briefs, political commentary, and popular education materials offering essential information and credible, forward looking policy analysis."
Maintained by the Americas Program of the Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC)

• borderlines
  Journal on U.S.-Mexico border affairs (published 1993-2001).

Andean Community (English or Spanish)
"...is a subregional organization endowed with an international legal status, which is made up of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela and the bodies and institutions comprising the Andean Integration System (AIS)."
Sections include: Trade in Goods ; Trade in Services ; Customs Union ; Circulation of Persons ; Common Market ; Common Foreign Policy ; Border Development ; Social Agenda ; Sustainable Development ; Economic Policies ; Business Directory ; Treaties and Legislation ; Statistics ; Documents.

Bancos Bibliogr·ficos Latinoamericanos y de El Caribe V
"En este nuevo portal presentamos por primera vez la versiÛn online del proyecto LATINO: Bancos Bibliogr·ficos Latinoamericanos y del Caribe. En esta fuente referencial se han reunido 114 bases de 15 paÌses de la regiÛn: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, EspaÒa, Guatemala, MÈxico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Per˙, Uruguay y Venezuela. Adicionalmente, se han incluido los cat·logos electrÛnicos de las instituciones de la regiÛn que han aportado esta informaciÛn desde el LATINO I (1991) al LATINO IV (1998), todas ellas en disco compacto."

Buscartigo (English, Spanish, or Portuguese)
"This site is consequence of a project which aim was provide all web users, with an auxiliary tool on online scientific research. The page is dedicated to Human Sciences and Applied Social Sciences issues in Brazil, containing nearly 20.000 online and downloading articles in Portuguese, English and Spanish languages

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

Center for Latin American Capital Markets Research
"On this site you will find original research and general research tools for academics, investors and professionals interested in conducting research on Latin American Capital Markets. We provide links to the major exchanges in every country in the region; as well as local in-country sources of general economic data and news"

Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth
"...is an independent, non-profit think tank that promotes the analysis and implementation of public policies fostering equity and growth in Argentina and Latin America."

Coffee and Biodiversity Conservation in El Salvador
"The aim of this work is to promote the conservation of biodiversity by providing the tools, training and information necessary to empower local people to monitor and assess the biodiversity of the forests associated with Shade Coffee farms in El Salvador."
By the El Salvador Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales and The Natural History Museum, London.

Comision Economica Para America Latina y el Caribe
Naciones Unidas/ United Nations

Dr. Ed Yardeni's Economics Network: Online Chart Rooms: Global Economy
Includes Emerging: Latin America section. Great source for current economic figures.

Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)
"...official home page of the Free Trade Area of the Americas process or FTAA. This site follows the process initiated in the 1994 Summit of the Americas to integrate the economies of the Western Hemisphere into a single free trade arrangement...maintained by the Tripartite Committee, which consists of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Organization of American States (OAS) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on behalf of the member governments of the countries participating in the Free Trade Area of the Americas."

George Washington University - National Security Archive

• Trading Democracy? (February 2002)
  Documents from NAFTA's Secret Tribunals
  Compiled by Public Affairs Television and Washington Media Associates for "Bill Moyers Reports" produced by Sherry Jones and broadcast 5 February 2002 on PBS
  "...internal documents from the NAFTA secret tribunals that were obtained by the Moyers team, led by producer Sherry Jones.  The documents consist of legal briefs, witness statements, and actual rulings from two of the three cases that are explored in tonightís broadcast."
  National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 65
  Edited by Thomas Blanton and Michael L. Evans

Inter-American Development Bank

Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

• AgroLinks - (dead link)
  Search by country, region, organization, or institution.

Latin Business Chronicle
"...is the independent, international source on business, economy and technology in Latin America. Our special in-depth reports, commentaries and columns put the daily news in context. Rather than the latest hard news, our focus is on the trends behind the news... We also offer an extensive resource section with key statistics, country briefs, calendar of events, research providers, overview of key books, business and political contacts and a glossary of key words and acronyms and helpful links to updated currency information and timezones."

The Latin American Development Archive
"LADARK contains data sets and other information useful to social scientists who are doing research on Latin American development."
Johns Hopkins University

LatinFocus
"Through its content and webguide, the LatinFocus website enables executives and research analysts alike to find the latest available data from government sources, economic forecasts, market analysis covering economic performance, political risk assessments and financial market developments."

Mercosur Organization

Mexican Trademark and Copyright Law as it Applies to E-Commerce
LLRX.com Feature 03/19/2001 By Jose-Juan Mendez

PBS - Wide Angle - The Empty ATM (August 2002)
The Argentina Economic Crisis
"What is Argentina's lesson for other advanced capitalists democracies?"
Sections include: Intro ; Photo Essay ; Timeline ; Info-Graphic ; Resources ; Classroom Connection ;  Interview with Fmr. World Bank Chief Economist Joseph Stigltiz ;

Organization of American States

Preliminary Overview of the Economy of Latin America and the Caribbean
Statistical Appendix

Summit of the Americas Information Network

U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

• Publications

U.S. International Trade Commission

World Food Programme - Central America Drought
WFP Seeks Long-Term Response to Central American Hunger

 

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