17.55J | Fall 2006 | Undergraduate

Introduction to Latin American Studies

Related Resources

General

Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Latin American Studies Association homepage

Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Latin Americanist Research Resources Project: This site gives tables of contents for 300+ journals from Argentina and Mexico whose articles can be accessed through Interlibrary Loan in the U.S.

David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 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.

MIT Foreign Languages and Literature homepage has various articles from regional magazines and newspapers on-line. Click on “Publications”, then on “Spanish”.

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)

Cultural Studies Virtual Library, organized by the Advanced Program of Contemporary Culture (PACC) of the Federal University of Rio de Janiero, Brazil: Text is in Portuguese.

Organization of American States

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), The World Factbook: Basic declassified information on all countries.

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

Democracy Center: Information on democracy around the world.

Freedom House: Information on political, civil, media, and economic freedom around the world.

Latino On-Line News Network (Spanish and English)

Cultural Survival

Univision, the Spanish-language television network. Their half-hour news program is broadcast daily at 6:30 p.m. and then again at 10:30 p.m.

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