Latin American Studies



General Links & Resources

Latin American Studies> Links

*See also Mexico Studies*

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LANIC
Latin American Network Information Center, University of Texas, Austin
Includes Country Directory, Subject Directory (currently 44 subjects listed), Projects, Regional Resources, & Global Resources. The site is well designed, easy to use, and the most comprehensive Internet directory on Latin American studies.

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Amazon Interactive - (dead link) (K12)
"Explore the geography of the Ecuadorian Amazon through online games and activities. Learn about the rainforest and the Quichua people who call it home. Discover the ways in which the Quichua live off the land. Then try your hand at running a community-based ecotourism project along the RÌo Napo."
- Educational Web Adventures

Andean Botanical Information System (ABIS) (Spanish or English)
"...presents information from floristic and systematic investigations of the flowering plants (phanerogams) of Andean South America. Topics include selected geographic regions and groups of Andean plants, flora of coastal Peru and Chile, floristic inventories from a variety of habitats in northern Peru, bibliographic resources, and searchable databases."

  • LOMAFLOR
    "...is a database of plant collection records for coastal Peru and northern Chile from communities termed lomas formations. The database is specimen-oriented and contains over 8700 records representing ferns [PTE], gymnosperms [GYM], monocotyledons [MON] and dicotyledons [DIC]."

Biblioteca Virtual en Salud (Spanish, English, Portuguese)
Virtual Health Library
Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Science Information
"...mission is to contribute to the development of the health in the countries of the Latin America and the Caribbean by promoting the use of health scientific and technical information."

Border & Latin American Information
- New Mexico State University

[Brazil] Brazilmax.com
Sections include: Places ; Travel Tips ; Features.
Includes a number of articles on local history.

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 Panama Canal - El Canal de Panama (Spanish or English)
Sections include: General Information ; Legal Foundations ; Canal Watershed ; Our Clients ; Virtual Newsroom ; Procurement & Sales ; Maritime Operations ; Programs & Projects ; Photo Gallery ; Canal History ; Live Camera ; Weather Radar.

Caribbean Amerindian Centrelink
 "The aims of the site are to promote an awareness of the existence of present day Caribbean Amerindian communities; to assist researchers and the general public in learning more about Caribbean Amerindian communities and organization by providing a central location where such information is listed and categorized; to facilitate communication between diverse Caribbean Amerindian groups; to assemble research available online and point visitors toward actual ongoing research projects, some of which invite people to join in...The site also features: Issues in Caribbean Amerindian Studies: occasional papers of the Caribbean Amerindian Centrelink, an Online Survey, a Mailing List of site news and issues, and a Boardroom for discussions concerning the problems and prospects of modern Caribbean Amerindians."

CASBAH - Caribbean Studies Black and Asian History
"...to identify and map national research resources for Caribbean Studies and the history of Black and Asian people in Britain...The CASBAH database is due to be completed in March 2002, and after a period of data evaluation, will be available for searching after May 2002...In the interim this web page contains reports of some of the archive surveys collated to-date and samples of collection level descriptions for archival, printed sources and audio-visual collections housed within CASBAH's partner institutions."

Central American Water Resource Management Network (CARA) (English or Spanish)
"CARA is a water resource training network focusing on building local capacity to improve the management and protection of Central American water resources.

Cloud Forest Alive
"Weekly nature lessons, photos, and superb information about the Cloud Forests of Central America and the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor."
"This website was developed to enhance global understanding of the unique and important cloud forests of Central America. Through their impact on water and soil quality, climate patterns, and numerous known and unknown plant and animal species, cloud forests profoundly affect life surrounding them and life around the planet."

Environment in Latin America
Latin American Network Information Center

Hispanic/Latino News Service
"...a bilingual clearinghouse of Latino-interest news from around the web, and features daily news updates, opinions/editorials and Latino resources."

HLAS Online
 Handbook of Latin American Studies
"The Handbook is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress."

Internet Resources for Latin American
Sections include: Directories ; Subscription Databases ; Public Domain Databases ; Library Catalogs ; Organizations ; News ; List of Lists & Newsgroups ; Latin American Networking.
By Molly Molloy, New Mexico State University Library

Languages in Latin America
Latin American Network Information Center

LASPAU
Academic and Professional Programs for the Americas
"...designs, develops, and implements academic and professional exchange programs on behalf of individuals and institutions in the United States, Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean."

Latin American Government Documents Project
"...organizes and describes the many Latin American official documents now appearing on the Internet."

Latin American Indigenous Peoples
Latin American Network Information Center

Latin American Studies Reading Room at Ohio State University Libraries
"It guides you to general resources, newspapers and periodicals, libraries, and organizations that are available electronically."

Latin World - Latin America on the Web
"...a directory of Internet resources on Latin America and the Caribbean."
A well done popular directory

LatinoWeb
A Latino Virtual Community

Law & Justice in Latin America
Latin American Network Information Center

Mariners' Museum

National Library of Jamaica

Netzal
"...is a bilingual Web Portal and content aggregator connecting U.S. Latinos to one another and to their community via culturally relevant content and services that foster pride in the beauty and richness of the Latino experience."

PBS - Journey Into Amazonia (K12)
Web companion to the three-hour series.
Sections include: Play Amazon Explorer ; Enter Amazonia ; Waterworlds ; The Land Reborn ; The Big Top ; Powerful Plants ; Sacred Ground ; Teacher Resources ; Web Resources.

[Peru] Butterflies North and South
"This website was produced by Museums and affiliated organizations in Canada and Peru, to give you a glimpse of the butterfly and moth wonders just waiting to be seen and appreciated."
Sections include: Gallery ; Conservation ; Teachers & Games ; Questions & Answers ; Amateurs' Corner ; Gardening ; Links.

Picosito.com
 Home of the Hispanic Latino Online Community

Programme for Traditional Resources Rights (PTRR)
"...dedicated to furthering the rights of all 'indigenous and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles' (as identified in the Preamble to the Convention on Biological Diversity). By acting as a base for information, research and publicity the Programme aims to extend to Indigenous peoples and local communities knowledge of appropriate mechanisms for protecting the integrity of their knowledge and resources."

Tu Bibliotecario ElectrÛnico - (dead link) - Your Electronic Librarian
"Index of Web resources in Spanish, with emphasis on media and library tools."

The United Confederation of Taino People (UCTP)
"Home Page of the UCTP Affiliated Taino, Carib and Arawak Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean Islands and the United States."

Women, Gender & Sexuality in Latin America
Latin American Network Information Center

World Wildlife Foundation - Expeditions in Conservation

  • Mesoamerican Reef

  • "The Caribbean's Mesoamerican Reef is home to more than 500 species of fish, and WWF has been a leader in the region's science for more than 15 years. Come along as we track the underwater life of the reef, explore with local biologists and dive in with 30-foot whale sharks."

www.brazilink.org (Spanish and English)
"Connecting People, Information and Ideas on Brazil through Electronic Research"
"...is a non-profit, non-partisan website about social development issues in Brazil."
Sections include: Agenda: Children ; Gender ; AfroBrazilians ; Labour ; Environment ; Native People ; Rural Issues ; Human Rights & Justice ; Foreign Policy ; Economics ; History ; Society ; Politics. Information & Debate: Media ; Opinion Polling ; Periodicals ; Online Research ; International Sources ; Search Brazil. Institutions: Non-For-Profit Sector ; International NGOs ; Government ; Multilateral Institutions.
- Celia Correia, Editor & Coordinator

Zapatistas in Cyberspace
A Guide to Analysis & Information
"...this guide has been compiled to provide not only an introduction to the variety of efforts that have developed in cyberspace, but also one point of departure for further developments."
Sections include: Analysis ; Internet Lists, Conferences & Newsgroups ; World Wide Websites ; Archives ; Books ; Film, Graphics, Photographs.
By Harry M. Cleaver, Jr., Dept. of Economics, University of Texas, Austin

Many Centers & Organizations have specialized listings of Internet resources.

*See also Mexico Studies*

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