MIT OpenCourseWare | Political Science | 17.53 Democratization in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, Fall 2001

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)
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
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).
Cultural Survival
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.
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.

Latin American Studies Program (http://lanic.utexas.edu/las.html/)
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.
Latin American Studies Association (http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/)
(LASA) homepage.
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu/)
Harvard University: This site offers up-to-the-minute information about Boston area events related to Latin America (lectures, seminars, concerts, etc.). It also provides access to the Latin America Database, a comprehensive news monitoring service sponsored by the Center.
United Nations Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) (http://www.eclac.cl/default.asp?idioma=IN)
Organization of American States (http://www.oas.org/)
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) (http://www.iadb.org/)
CNN Latin America: (http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/archive/)

Reforma newspaper: (http://www.reforma.com.mx)
Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies (http://www.usmex.ucsd.edu)
University of California at San Diego. Links to major sites related to Mexico.

Africa News: (http://allafrica.com/nigeria)

Africa News: (http://allafrica.com/senegal)

The Straits Times: (http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/)

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