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Latinworld's Site of the Week. Scholars in Latin America monitor the
web for the best WWW site in Spanish and Portuguese America, and this site reflects their
findings.
OAS
online
Narcotics
Links
U.S.
Agency for International Development (excellent)
Documents
relating to Bay of Pigs
and the Missile Crisis
Click
here to view
the
class trip to Panama
Page Contents
Go directly to a particular
country's resources by clicking on the relevant link in this Page Contents
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arrow in your browser.
General
Indices
Click on this image
for an expanded map of countries currently participating in the MERCOSUR trade
group. Interactive map from the Trade
Secretariat of MERCOSUR
Latin American
Statistical Sources from Cornell University
Society for Spanish
and Portuguese Historical Studies web site
The Library of Congress' Handbook
of Latin American Studies
Political
Database of the Americas
Organization of American States
WWW site includes trade agreements, MERCOSUR, etc.
OAS Trade Data online
Mercosur Trade Secretariat
(portuguese)
U.S.
State Department's 1998 Human Rights Reports for Latin America and the Caribbean
Spain's 1681 laws
governing its colonies in Peru, Mexico, and Chile
The University of Texas' LANIC
project organized by country and topic; easily accessible
Mississippi
State's extensive Historical Text Archive relating to Latin America
University of
Kansas' index to historical materials on the web by region, includes Latin America and
specific references to Latin American countries
Professor
Deb Cohen's collection of WWW links
Professor Steven
Volk's collection of WWW links related to Latin America
Professor
Richard Slatta's (aka The Cowboyologist/Cowboy Perfessor) Latin American links
The
Washington Post's Americas Project including information on every country in the
Americas (use the search prompt to find information on the country you are looking for)
The CIA's World
Factbook OnLine includes each of the American republics
State
Department Background Notes by country
Latin American Studies
Association
The Fourth World
Documentation Project includes materials from North, Central, and South America
Latin American
WWW page of the week
AltaVista's
Internet Language Translator translates web sites from one language to another
RETANET: Resources
for Teaching about the Americas
Library of the
Americas limited number of original documents in Spanish
The Mining
Company's Americas Newspapers links
The United
States Information Agency's American Republics page includes current events throughout
the region
Amnesty International
U.S.
Embassy Home Pages
USAID Intraregional
Trade DATA by Country from LANIC
Greenpeace
International
Ecotourism
in Latin America (english)
Photographs
from South America
The Spanish
Missions of California
 Mexico
Click on this image to see a
larger version of Diego Rivera's The Great City of Tenochtitlan
fresco, Mexico City, National Palace
Images from pre-Colombian Central Mexico and
the Yucatán
Mayan traditions, photos, etc.
Images
from Teotihuacan
Mexico,
1519-1521 from the writings of Bernardino Sahagún
Aztec
account of the conquest of Mexico from the Modern History Sourcebook
Hernán
Cortés. Five Letters of Cortés to the Emperor
Spain's 1681 Laws
governing Mexico, Peru, and Chile from Spain in Spanish
Overview of
New Spain: Viceroys, Texas, Independence, etc.
Electronic
texts dealing with Latin America from Pre-Colombian times the present
The
Nauhuatl language and traditional medicine in Mexico
Archeology
of Teotihuacan
Mexican
Independence from Spain
Mexican Indigenous Congress
(spanish)
A discussion of
Independence in Mexico--causes, actors, etc.
Biographical
information on Santa Anna
Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo February 2, 1848 at the conclusion of the War of the North American
Invasion
Overview of
Mexican History, 1810-1940 excellent synopsis & explanation
Mexico:
from the Olmecs to the Revolution
Indigenous
Peoples of Mexico
Some
provisions in Zapata's Plan de Ayala from Gildardo Magana, Emiliano Zapata y el
Agrarismo en Mexico
Mexican
Revolution 1910-1920 includes excerpts from Luis Lara y Pardo's 1912 work, De
Porfirio Diaz a Francisco Madero
Photographic
archive of images from the Mexican Revolution
A second picture
archive from the Mexican revolution
The
Mexican Revolution 1920-1996
Diego
Rivera web museum
The Mexican
Muralists: Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros an
online exhibit
Spanish
Colonial Missions in Mexico
Mexican
Architecture an online exhibit
An
OnLine Commemorative Photo Album of the Mexican-American War (spanish)
1st Aero
Squadron in Pursuit of Pancho Villa an article from the History Web
Mexican sacred art online
WWW
documents relating to twentieth century Mexican history
Mexico/NAFTA
resources
Documents on
Mexican History and Politics
Mexican
Heritage Almanac
The Zapatista Front
Mexico's
Heads of State, 1822-present
State Department
Background Notes for Mexico
CIA's
World Factbook: Mexico
Lonely
Planet: Destination Mexico
LANIC's Mexico
reference desk
LANIC sources
on Mexican-U.S. relations
Tlatelolco
massacre: declassified U.S. documents on Mexico and the events of 1968
U.S. State
Department: 2000 Mexico Country Report on Human Rights Practices
Mexican Art and
Culture includes traditions, recipes, etc. (spanish)
Mexican Academy of
Human Rights (spanish)
NEWSPAPERS
El Nacional (spanish)
El Universal
(spanish)
La Crónica de Hoy
(spanish)
Excelsior (spanish)
El Heraldo de
México (spanish)
Diario de Yucatán
(spanish)
El Norte (spanish)
E & P Media
INFOlinks: Mexican WWW Media Directory
Click on this image for an
expanded view of this spectacular photograph from Teotihuacan. Picture housed at Tulane's Teotihuacan site
Central America
 Guatemala
Click on this image to see a
larger version of this official portrait of
Rigoberta Menchú Tum
The
Washington Post's Americas Project: Guatemala
State Department
Background Notes on Guatemala
CIA's
World Factbook: Guatemala
Lonely
Planet: Destination Guatemala
LANIC's
Guatemala reference desk
WWW site of the
Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation includes her speeches at the bottom of the
foundation's page
The Maya
legacy and related major archeological sites
Maya ruins in Guatemala,
Mexico, and Honduras
Mayan photos, traditions, etc.
includes a 'virtual tour' of a Maya palace and a pyramid
Mayan art on line
U.S.
State Department: 1997 Guatemala Report on Human Rights Practices Guatemalan Information Center
'Nuestro
Pueblo:' The Art of Sylvia Asturias
Chichen Itza
photos
CIA
declassified documents from the 1954 U.S. intervention in Guatemala, including the
CIA-backed overthrow of the Arbenz government.
Additional documents
regarding the events of 1954 in Guatemala, from the National Security Archive
NEWSPAPERS
La Hora (spanish)
La Prensa Libre (spanish)
Siglo XXI (spanish
and english)
E & P Media
INFOlinks: Guatemalan WWW Media Directory
 El Salvador
Click on the image for a
better view of this tribute to Archbishop Oscar Romero. Titled The Voice of the
Humble and the Dispossessed, by Frank Diaz Escalet.
El Salvador: A Country Study
State
Department Background Notes on El Salvador
CIA's
World Factbook: El Salvador
The
Washington Post's Americas Project: Guatemala
Lonely
Planet: Destination El Salvador
LANIC's El
Salvador reference desk
U.S.
State Department: 1997 El Salvador Country Report on Human Rights Practices
Homage to Father
Oscar Romero, martyred Archbishop of El Salvador
Official WWW site of the
Presidency of the Republic of El Salvador
Directory
of OnLine Resources of El Salvador
Directory of
OnLine Art of El Salvador
EL Salvador OnLine includes cultural
links, maps, pictures, and photographs in addition to many other links (spanish and
english)
El Salvador Information Center
OnLine
The
Official Visitor Guide to El Salvador
Selected Documents from the
Farabundo Martí Liberation Front
NEWSPAPERS
El Diario de Hoy (spanish)
La Prensa Gráfica
(spanish)
El Noticiero
(newspaper, video and and radio in Spanish)
E & P
Media INFOlinks: Salvadoran WWW Media Directory
 Honduras
State Department
Background Notes for Honduras
CIA's
World Factbook: Honduras
The
Washington Post's Americas Project: Honduras
Honduras: A
Country Study
Lonely
Planet: Destination Honduras
LANIC's
Honduras reference desk
U.S.
State Department: 1997 Honduras Country Report for Human Rights Practices
HonduWEB: Honduran
Art Online includes art, archeology, and architecture (english)
Virtual Museum of
Honduran Art (spanish)
Honduran National
Commission on Human Rights (spanish)
Images from
Copán and other pre-Colombian sites in Honduras
: Teatro
la Fragua
NEWSPAPERS
Diario La Prensa (spanish)
Diario Tiempo en Internet
(spanish)
Honduras This Week
(english)
La Tribuna (spanish)
E & P Media
INFOlinks: Honduran WWW Media Directory
 Nicaragua
State Department
Background Notes for Nicaragua
CIA's
World Factbook: Nicaragua
The
Washington Post's Americas Project: Nicaragua
Nicaragua: A
Country Study
Lonely
Planet: Destination Nicaragua
LANIC's
Nicaragua reference desk
U.S.
State Department: 1997 Nicaragua Country Report on Human Rights Practices
WWW page of the Sandinista
National Liberation Front
Nicaragua on line
Official WWW site of the
President of Nicaragua (spanish and english)
WWW site
devoted to Augusto César Sandino (spanish and english)
Original
Sandino documents online (spanish and english)
Nicaragua OnLine
(spanish) includes history, culture, etc.
The Miskito Nation
OnLine (spanish and english)
NEWSPAPERS
El Nuevo Diario (spanish)
La Prensa (spanish)
La Tribuna
(spanish)
Notifax (spanish)
Tiempos del Mundo (spanish)
Ciberdiario de Nicaragua
(spanish)
E & P Media
INFOlinks: Nicaraguan WWW Media Directory
 Costa Rica
State Department
Background Notes for Costa Rica
CIA's
World Factbook: Costa Rica
The
Washington Post's Americas Project: Costa Rica
Lonely
Planet: Destination Costa Rica
LANIC's Costa Rica
reference desk
U.S.
State Department: 1997 Costa Rica Country Report on Human Rights Practices
Costa Rica Center
The Costa Rica Super Site
Costa
Rican government WWW links
Costa Rican Art OnLine (spanish)
The
Archeology of Costa Rica (spanish and english)
Pre-Colombian
art from Costa Rica
NEWSPAPERS
La Nación (spanish and english)
La Prensa Libre
(spanish)
La República (spanish)
The Tico Times (english)
E & P Media
INFOlinks: Costa Rican WWW Media Directory
 Panama
Republic
of Panama's official web site
Panama Canal
Treaties and Associated Agreements (includes entire text of treaties + explanatory
narrative)
State Department
Background Notes for Panama
CIA's
World Factbook: Panama
The
Washington Post's Americas Project: Panama
Panama: A
Country Study
Lonely
Planet: Destination Panama
U.S. State
Department: 2000 Panama Country Report on Human Rights Practices
LANIC's Panama
reference desk
Home Page of the Omar
Torrijos Foundation
Dr. Alonsio Roy's Escritos
Históricos de Panamá (Spanish and English)
Official WWW site of the
President of Panama
WWW information
regarding Belisario Porras
Smithsonian
Tropical Research Institute in Panama
Universidad de Panamá
Panamanian Government
Page
Panama's Electoral
Tribunal (spanish)
Interoceanic Regional Authority
(ARI) government agency that has administered canal areas since December 31, 1999
Dino's Panama Photos--thousands of photos
from Panama, the Canal, and surrounding areas
Maps from Dino's excellent collection
Recipes from Panama
(Spanish)
Canal Zone Brats
Golden Frog web site
Interoceanic Canal Museum
of Panama
THE CANAL
Time magazine article, "Giving
Up the Ship?"
The Panama
Canal Treaties and Associate Agreements (includes entire text of treaties +
explanatory narrative)
Virtual
look at a Canal construction site
Panama Canal
Museum
History of the
Canal--as presented online by the Canal Museum in Panama City
Panama Canal Society
Images from the
Panama Canal
Canal Zone Images
Panama Canal Commission Official
Site
Panama Canal Commission
general site
Web Cam:
Live Pictures from the Canal's Miraflores Locks
Zonian Web Site--great site by
those that have worked there
Canal Zone Brats
includes history, recipes, and many other links
Discovery's
Panama Canal Web Site--includes narrative, timeline, and pictures
U.S. Embassy in Panama
(spanish)
The Panama Canal web site
Click here to view a cruise liner
transiting the Panama Canal
NEWSPAPERS
El Panamá América
(spanish)
El Siglo (spanish)
La Prensa
(spanish)
Panama Sun (english)
E & P Media
INFOlinks: Panamanian WWW Media Guide
South America
 Argentina
CIA's World
Factbook: Argentina
State Department
Background Notes for Argentina
The
Washington Post's Americas Project: Argentina
LANIC's Argentina
reference desk
The Vanished Gallery
information relating to victims of Argentina's Dirty War
Argentine
military junta members, top officers, and ministers perpetrators of the Dirty War
WWW site of
the Association of the Mothers of the 5th of May Plaza (victims of the Dirty War)
(spanish and english) go to Spanish section to see pictures and documents
A virtual tour
of Buenos Aires (spanish)
Lonely
Planet: Destination Argentina
U.S.
State Department: 1997 Argentina Country Report on Human Rights Practices
Argentine Literature
a broad list of authors with bibliographies and excerpts from their works
The
National Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires
MERCOSUR industries
(spanish)
The Argentine Falklands
WWW San Martín
site
WWW Sarmiento
site
Another
WWW Sarmineto site
Argentine military forces
Argentine
presidential messages (spanish)
WWW site of the President
of Argentina (spanish and english)
NEWSPAPERS
La Nación (spanish)
Diario El
Día (spanish)
Calrín Digital (spanish)
La Gaceta/GacetNet from
Tucumán (spanish)
Buenos Aires Herald
Weekly OnLine (english)
Diario Los Andes from
Mendoza--click on Web Server USA (spanish)
El Tribuno from Salta
(spanish)
E & P Media
INFOlinks: Argentine WWW Media Guide
 Bolivia
CIA's World Factbook:
Bolivia
State Department
Background Notes for Bolivia
The
Washington Post's Americas Project: Bolivia
Bolivia: A
Country Study
LANIC's Bolivia
reference desk
U.S.
State Department: Bolivia 1997 Country Report on Human Rights Practices
Virtual
library devoted to the study of Simón Bolívar Spanish and some english
Lonely
Planet: Destination Bolivia
A Proud
History: Bolivia's rich past--site includes documents, pictures, explanation
Official WWW site of Bolivia's
Congress
A general guide
to the Andean republics and their history: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and
Chile
The
Kechuaymara Foundation represents 39 Kechua and Aymara communities in Bolivia
Bolivian
literature OnLine includes bibliographies of writers and samples of selected works
BoliviaWeb includes
pictures, recipes, and many links
NEWSPAPERS
El Diario (spanish)
Los Tiempos from Cochabamba
(spanish)
La Razón (spanish)
El Café Boliviano includes
culture, history, music, news (english and spanish)
Bolivian Times
(english)
links to Bolivian
and international media
E & P Media
INFOlinks: Bolivian WWW Media Guide
Click on this image to see a
larger map of colonial Spanish and Portuguese America. Map located on Professor Michael Cole's Colonial Latin American
History WWW site.
 Brazil
Portuguese Discoveries, 1487-1497 site
provided by the Brazilian consulate in San Francisco
First Portuguese
Settlements in Brazil, 1530-1549 provided by Brazilian consulate in San Francisco
Portuguese Territorial
Expansion in Brazil, 1600s provided by Brazilian consulate in San Francisco
The Dutch in Brazil,
1700s provided by Brazilian consulate in San Francisco
Discovery of Gold and
Coffee in Brazil provided by Brazilian consulate in San Francisco
Another piece
on gold in colonial Brazil
The Transfer of the
Portuguese Monarchy to Brazil during the Napoleonic crisis provided by Brazilian
consulate in San Francisco.
Brazilian Independence
provided by Brazilian consulate in San Francisco
CIA's
World Factbook: Brazil
State Department
Background Notes for Brazil
The
Washington Post's Americas Project: Brazil
LANIC's Brazil
reference desk
Lonely
Planet: Destination Brazil
U.S. State
Department: 1997 Brazil Country Report on Human Rights Practices
Museum of
Natural History
Virtual trip to Brazil
BrazilFacts:
information on Brazil
Social and
political policies in 1990s Brazil
Official WWW site of
the government of Brazil (portuguese)
Rainforest
Action Network
World
Heritage Sites in Brazil
Carolina Maria de
Jesus Project by Robert Levine at the University of Miami. A superb site that
nicely compliments my World Civilizations students' reading of the poignant Child of
the Dark
NEWSPAPERS
Diário Online (portuguese)
Folha de São Paulo
(portuguese)
O Dia OnLine (portuguese)
O Globo (portuguese)
O Povo (portuguese and
english--click on the American flag for english)
Jornal do Brasil (portuguese)
Agência Estado
(portuguese and english--click Brazil Financial Wirefor English)
E & P Media
INFOlinks: Brazilian WWW Media Guide
 Chile
:
Kissinger's
role in the 1974 murder of Allende--from New York Times
CIA's World
Factbook: Chile
State Department
Background Notes for Chile
The
Washington Post's Americas Project: Chile
LANIC's Chile reference
desk
Lonely
Planet: Destination Chile
The Mapuche page
U.S. State
Department: 1997 Chile Country Report on Human Rights Practices
WWW documents
relating to Chile's 1973 coup
Chile and the
U.S.: declassified documents relating to the 1973 coup
Chile: A
Country Study
Salvador Allende's
last radio broadcast September 11, 1973
Pinochet's
declassified, sanitized biography
Documents
relating to Pinochet's capture and arrest in London
Chilean
Museum of Pre-Colombian Art (spanish)
Chile's
national museums
Human Rights in
Chile (spanish)
Chile's army
Chilean air force
Chilean navy
Chilean government links
The War of
the Pacific a WWW historical account
Historical
synopsis of Chile's military includes war-by-war accounts of the nation's military
engagements--including the War of the Pacific
Pictures
from Chile (spanish)
NEWSPAPERS
El Diario (spanish)
El Mercurio (spanish)
La Época (spanish)
Punto Final (spanish)
E & P Media
INFOlinks: Chilean WWW Media Guide
Colombia
CIA's World
Factbook: Colombia
State Department
Background Notes for Colombia
The
Washington Post's Americas Project: Colombia
Colombia: A
Country Study
Lonely
Planet: Destination Colombia
LANIC's Colombia
reference desk
U.S.
State Department: 1997 Colombia Country Report on Human Rights Practices
Art in Colombia
(english and spanish)
Art collection of the
bank of the republic online
Colombia's
Museum of Gold (spanish)
The
National Museum of Colombia
Directory
of Colombian art museums online
FARC: the army of the
people
NEWSPAPERS
El Espectador from Bogotá (spanish)
El
Heraldo from Baranquilla (spanish)
El Mundo from Medellín
(spanish)
El País from
Cali (spanish)
El Tiempo from Bogotá
(spanish)
Colombia Post (english)
E & P Media
INFOlinks: Colombian WWW Media Guide
 Ecuador
Street vendors play a
significant role in Ecuador's economy. Click on the image above to see a
larger version of this picture, which appeared in Ecuador's Diario Expreso January 6,
1999
CIA's World Factbook:
Ecuador
State Department
Background Notes for Ecuador
The
Washington Post's Americas Project: Ecuador
Ecuador: A
Country Study
Lonely
Planet: Destination Ecuador
LANIC's Ecuador
reference desk
U.S.
State Department: 1997 Ecuador Country Report on Human Rights Practices
The Charles
Darwin Research Station on Galápagos
Indigenous peoples in
Ecuador
Indigenous artists of
Ecuador
Official
WWW site of the Galapagos islands
Terraquest virtual
Galápagos
NEWSPAPERS
El Comercio from Quito (spanish)
El Universo from Guayaquil
(spanish)
Expreso (spanish)
Diario Hoy (spanish)
El Telégrafo (spanish)
E & P Media
INFOlinks: Ecuadorian WWW Media Guide
 Paraguay
CIA's World
Factbook: Paraguay
State Department
Background Notes for Paraguay
The
Washington Post's Americas Project: Paraguay
Paraguay: A
Country Study
Lonely
Planet: Destination Paraguay
LANIC's Paraguay
reference desk
U.S.
State Department: 1997 Paraguay Country Report on Human Rights Practices
Guaraní
home page discusses culture, language, food, etc.
Official WWW site of the
President of Paraguay
Mercosur and the Treaty of
Asunción
NEWSPAPERS
ABC Color (spanish)
Noticias OnLine
Última Hora
E & P Media
INFOlinks: Paraguayan WWW Media Links
 Peru
Andean History: A brief discussion
of the evolution of the Inca empire
Pre-Colombian cultures
and peoples (includes Maya and other groups, also)
Archeology
of Peru (spanish)
Inca
government and society (english)
The
Inca Trail and Machu Picchu
Another
Machu Picchu site
Ancient
civilizations of the Andes includes excellent photos
Ice Mummies of Peru
ancient burial sites discovered in the Andes
Colonial
Lima from Jorge Juan and Antonio de Ulloa, A Voyage to South America
(1748)
CIA's
World Factbook: Peru
State Department
Background Notes for Peru
The
Washington Post's Americas Project: Peru
Peru: A
Country Study
Lonely
Planet: Destination Peru
LANIC's Peru reference
desk
U.S. State
Department: 1997 Peru Country Report on Human Rights Practices
The Aymara Society
(english)
Cultures of the Andes
includes music, literature, and dozens of related sites
NEWSPAPERS
La República (spanish)
El Tiempo from Piura
(spanish)
El Sol from Lima
(spanish)
La Industria de
Trujillo (spanish)
E & P Media
INFOlinks: Peruvian WWW Media Links
 Uruguay
CIA's World Factbook:
Uruguay
State Department
Background Notes for Peru
The
Washington Post's Americas Project: Uruguay
Uruguay: A
Country Study
Lonely
Planet: Destination Uruguay
LANIC's Uruguay
reference desk
U.S.
State Department: 1997 Uruguay Country Report on Human Rights Practices
Eduardo
Galeano's page includes several of his weekly articles
Another,
more extensive Galeano site
A virtual tour of
Uruguay's Museum of the Arts amazing site (spanish and english)
Museum of the
Gaucho (spanish)
MERCOSUR: Uruguayan
perspectives
Uruguay on the Web
includes brief discussions of history, government, etc.
NEWSPAPERS
La República
(spanish)
El
País (spanish)
El Observador (spanish)
El Telégrafo (spanish)
Mercosur New
(english)
E & P Media
INFOlinks: Uruguayan WWW Media Links
 Venezuela
CIA's World Factbook:
Venezuela
State
Department Background Notes for Venezuela
The
Washington Post's Americas Project: Venezuela
Venezuela: A
Country Study
Lonely
Planet: Destination Venezuela
LANIC's Venezuela
reference desk
Human Rights in Venezuela
(spanish)
Venezuelan
national congress online
NEWSPAPERS
El Nacional from Caracas (spanish)
El Universal from Caracas
(spanish)
El Metropolitano from
Caracas (spanish)
El Meridiano (spanish)
VENews
Venezuela's Electronic News (english)
E & P Media
INFOlinks: Venezuelan WWW Media Links
The Caribbean
Islands of the
Commonwealth Caribbean
LANIC's links
to the smaller Caribbean countries
General
links relating to the Caribbean islands from the Rey L. Pratt Center. Includes
Antilles, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Virgin Islands (U.S.), West Indies, etc.
 Cuba
Pearcy's
own Missile Crisis Page
The Ramiro Fernandez Collection of
photographs
a wonderful photographic essay from the University of Miami
Research on Cuba helpful
links and images from the University of Miami
Murals of Francisco
Castro Pacheco a well known Cuban artist
CIA
World Factbook: Cuba
State
Department's U.S.-Cuba Policy page includes latest on the trade embargo
USIA's "The United States and Cuba' page includes Helms
Burton and most other key legislation
State Department
background notes for Cuba
The
Washington Post's Americas Project: Cuba
Lonely
Planet: Destination Cuba
U.S. State
Department: 1997 Cuba Country Report on Human Rights Practices
State
Department chronology of Cuban affairs, 1958-1998
LANIC's Cuba
reference desk
José Martí on
the WWW hero of the modern Cuban nation
The
Spanish-American War page
The Library of
Congress' Spanish-American War page
Documents
relating to the Cuban Missile Crisis
Documents
relating to the missile crisis from the National Security Archives
Kruschev-Kennedy
exchanges, 1961-1961 from the U.S. State Department (FRUS)
Cuban Missile Crisis
and its Aftermath from the U.S. State department (FRUS)
National Security
Agency and the Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban music
page
A tour of the
architecture of Havana
An index of
all of Fidel Castro's speeches
Ernesto Che
Guevara's page on the WWW (spanish)
Declassified
documents relating to the death of Che Guevara (english)
LANIC's
Castro speech index
Cuban WWW
historical archives at Mississippi State
The Cuban Experience
covers most aspects of life in modern Cuba
The Cuban
Megalinks Center 'The most comprehensive Cuban links site in the WWW'
CNN profile of Fidel
Castro
The Papal visit to
Cuba
Amnesty
International 1996 report on Cuba
Cuba's Dissident Movement WWW site
NEWSPAPER
Granma official newspaper of the
Cuban communist government (spanish only right now)
Granma
official newspaper (English)
 The Dominican Republic
CIA World
Factbook: Dominican Republic
State
Department background notes for the Dominican Republic
The
Washington Post's Americas Project: The Dominican Republic
U.S.
State Department: 1997 Dominican Republic Country Report on Human Rights Practices
LANIC's Dominican
Republic reference desk
Human Rights in the
Dominican Republic (spanish)
Official WWW site of
the President of the Dominican Republic (english and spanish)
Dominican
political resources on the WWW
Juan
Luis Guerra y 440: Letras
The Dominican
Republic: A Country Study
NEWSPAPERS
Listin Diario en línea
Última Hora (spanish)
Dominican Republic
One: News and Information on the WWW (english)
En Marcha (spanish)
 Puerto Rico
CIA World
Factbook: Puerto Rico
The
Washington Post's Americas Project: Puerto Rico
LANIC's Puerto
Rico reference desk
Library of
Congress' Spanish-American War page
The Tibes
archeological site (spanish and english)
The Arts in Puerto Rico
includes biographies of artists along with samples of their work (spanish)
The Taíno Indian
Culture Museum (spanish and english)
The United
Confederation Of Taino People (spanish and english)
The Caribbean
National Forest (spanish and english)
Bibiloteca
Virtual de Puerto Rico includes dozens of helpful links regarding many facets of life
in PR. Excellent resource.
Fundación Luís Muñóz Marín
foundation in honor of Puerto Rico's first elected governor
NEWSPAPERS
Puerto Rico's online news magazine
(english)
El Nuevo Día online (spanish)
FastCounter by bCentral
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