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Links on Latin America and Mexico
Mexico
Mexico Reference Desk
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/mexico/
Resources on Mexico including
politics, social movements, economy, sports, etc. Many of the web
sites are in Spanish.
Country Information-Mexico Yahoo
http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/Mexico/
Links to history, economics,
social groups, health, and other information web sites concerning Mexico.
CIA World Factbook-Mexico
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mx.html
Maps, population statistics,
economic data, government information, and much more.
Mexico Consular Information
http://www.travel.state.gov/mexico.html
Travel informtion, statistics,
and travel advisories.
Tips for Travelers to Mexico
http://www.travel.state.gov/tips_mexico.html
Mexico Travel Guide
http://www.go2mexico.com/
A map with links to various destinations within Mexico.
Central America and Mexico
http://gomexico.about.com/culture/gomexico/mbody.htm
Articles and information on Mexico and Central America from About.com.
Latin America
CNN Americas Web Sites
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/sites.html
Links to news agencies, newspapers,
governments, and official web sites for the countries of all of the Americas.
Internet Resourses for Latin America
http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/laguia/
This web site is incomplete, but there are numerous links
to web sites with information on politics, culture, geography, the economy,
and news in Latin America.
Latin World
http://www.latinworld.com/
Most of the information is in Spanish, but a fair amount is in English.
A search engine of Latin American and Carribean topics and web information.
Orientation Latin America and Caribbean
http://la.orientation.com/en/home.html
News, weather, travel, entertainment, culture, social issues, resources
and politics.
Washington Office on Latin America
http://www.wola.org/
An organization promoting human rights and democracy in Latin America.
LABD
http://www.ladb.unm.edu/
An English language data base on Latin America.
Virtual Library of Latin American Studies
http://lanic.utexas.edu/las.html
This great site lists information by the name of the Latin American
country and then by subject.
You can choose the subject index and then search under business, food,
human rights, labor,
food, music, agriculture, immigration, maps, etc. for specific information.
Resources for Teaching about Latin America
http://ladb.unm.edu/retanet/
Yahoo Regional Search of Countries
http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/
All countries maintain information on doing business in their country
under government web sites.
You can also e-mail them for information and sometimes to answer questions
that you cannot find
the answer to after extensive research (don’t ask FAQ’s).
CIA 2000 World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Infonation
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm
Find geographic and demographic information for each country. This
is a fantastic site for any data or comparison charts.
CityNet
http://www.city.net/
This comprehensive reference on geography and cultures is updated daily
and provides easy and
timely access to information on regional travel, entertainment, local
business, government, and
community services.
Online Intelligence Project
http://www.icg.org/intelweb/index.html
This site links to international news, commerce, and reference resources
on the WWW.
Various sections also link to familiar US/UN resources such as the
State/Defense
Departments, World Bank, and so forth.
Lonely Planet Travel Guides Web Site
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/dest.htm
Click on the map until you get the precise country and then you can
click on individual cities to find information about travel destinations.
Xerox Parc
http://pubweb.parc.xerox.com/map
Make an outline map by clicking on a map at the Xerox Parc web site.
Just click on the site until
you get the exact area that you want. Click blue links below the map
and put in borders and
geographical details. Print out and add any other information.
Excite Travel Web Site-South America
http://www.city.net/regions/south_america/
Choose the country that you want by clicking on the map. Get information
on travel, weather, currency exchange, cities, tourist attractions, etc.
Business News Latin America
http://www.bnamericas.com/
An online business newspaper that deals with oportunities, laws, investments,
and other information.
LatinTrade.Com
http://www.latintrade.com/newsite/index.cfm
Latin American Links from the University of Nebraska
http://www.libfind.unl.edu/LatAmHis/LatAmLinks.html
Latin American Map Selections
http://www.uwec.edu/Academic/Geography/Ivogeler/w111/centam.htm
BYU Latin American Page
http://humanities.byu.edu/spanish/mundo/mundo.html
Click on the Country you are interested in on the map and you will
find information on the money, cities, tourist information, etc.
Latin American Report
http://www.converge.org.nz/lac/countries.htm
Latin American Data Base
http://ladb.unm.edu/