Related Resources

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.

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).

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.

U.S.-Russia Business Council
Trade and business information on Russia.

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.

Economist Intelligence Unit: Country Intelligence
Country Reports, Country Profiles, and Country Commerce.

If you have access to Cable, you can watch Univision, the Spanish-language television station from Miami. Their half-hour news program is broadcast daily at 6:30 p.m. and then again at 10:30 p.m.

Local public television station WGBH offers La Plaza, a program that features documentaries on Latin America and the Latino community in the United States. Their programs air Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. on Channel 2 and on Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. on Channel 44. For schedules, call (617) 492-2777 (ext. 2289), or contact www.wgbh.org/laplaza.