50States.com - Facts and information U.S. states: state homepages, capitol tours, cams, constitutions, driving rules, election links, genealogical resources, newspapers, maps, political representatives, state symbols, tax forms, topography, tourism, veteran affairs, weather, and more.
AfroCubaWeb - Presents African cultures in Cuba: music, films, books, festivals, conferences, biotech, medicine, and organizations.
Americana-
Hungarian e-journal of American studies maintained by the Department of American Studies at the Institute of English and American Studies, University of Szeged.
Americas.org - History, culture, politics, news about the peoples of the Americas. Focuses especially on the global economy, a system in which a minority flourishes while millions of people lack adequate food, shelter and employment.
America's Program (CIP) - A leading source of information for activists, academics and citizens concerned about US foreign policy toward Latin America and movements for social justice within the hemisphere.
America's Program (CSIS) - Produces policy reports, issue briefs, political commentary, and popular education materials offering essential information and credible, forward-looking policy analysis.
Through these materials, it seek to educate policymakers, influence public debates regarding the U.S. role in global affairs, change public opinion, inform activists, and foster strategic dialogue among progressives across the globe on key issues like economic globalization, sustainable development, and peace and security.
Also see the related AmericasMexico Blog, BorderLines Blog, and TransBorder Project sites.
Behind The Numbers - Delivers timely, progressive commentary on issues that affect Canadians, including the economy, poverty, inequality, climate change, budgets, taxes, public services, employment and much more.
Bolivia Information Forum (BIF) - BIF was formed in mid-2006 by a group of people interested in the country and keen to make information about recent political and social developments in Bolivia more easily available to a UK-based audience. All of BIF's founding members have expertise in and direct experience of Bolivia or Latin America in general.
Amcham-Brasil - Biggest among the 104 American Chambers in the world, representing the interests of companies in several industry sectors, sizes and nationalities.
Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce - Dedicated to forging stronger trade and business ties between Brazil and the United States through seminars, major conferences, roundtables, publications and other member services.
Brazil Institute - Created in June 2006 as part of the Wilson Center’s Latin American Program. Strives to foster dialogue on key issues important to Brazilians and to the Brazilian-U.S. relationship.
Brazil Portal - A omprehensive news aggregator. It covers Brazilian foreign and national affairs as well as environmental, economic, social, scientific and political issues in Brazil. The Brazil Portal is a non-partisan, independent project of the Brazil Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Brazzil - Reporting on the life, politics, economy, culture of Brazil.
International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) - A collaboration between the United Nations Development Programme (Poverty Group, Bureau for Development Policy) and the Government of Brazil. Dedicated to equipping policymakers in the developing world with the skills necessary to design, implement and evaluate policies and programmes towards the attainment of high inclusive growth.
UCLA Center for Brazilian Studies - Offers an on-going forum for faculty and students from different disciplines across campus with research interests in Brazil.
Canada
Canada: A People's History - Based on the award-winning CBC TV series that tells Canada's story through the eyes of the people who lived it.
Canada's Digital Collections (CDC) - CDC was operated by Industry Canada between 1996 and 2004 to provide young Canadians with skills and experience in preparing digital Canadian content of local, regional and international interest. The various collections that were produced during this time period have now been archived by Library and Archives Canada.
Canadian Dimension - A magazine, published 6 times per year, which shows there is an alternative to the corporate agenda. It provides a forum for debate, where red meets green, feminists take on socialists, socialists take on social democrats, whites hear from aboriginals, activists report from all corners of Canada, trade unionists report from the front lines, campaigns make connections, and the latest books, films, websites, CDs, and videos are radically reviewed.
Canadian Encyclopedia, The - Represents the cooperative efforts of 3800 contributors from all parts of Canada.
Canadian Historical Review (CHR) -
The CHR was launched in 1920 as a continuation of the Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada, whose first volume appeared in 1897 and covered books published in 1896 and 1895. One of the earliest essays in the Review is a scathing reading of William Kingsford's The History of Canada, Volume VIII, documenting the fact that careless scholarship existed even in those days. Early CHR articles are equally interesting, with titles such as The Growth of Canadian National Feeling (W.S. Wallace) and A Plea for a Canadian National Library (Lawrence J. Burpee).
Canadiana - Canadian resource page maintained by Carnegie Mellon.
Conference Board of Canada, The - Foremost, independent, not-for-profit applied research organization in Canada. Experts in running conferences but also at conducting, publishing, and disseminating research; helping people network; developing individual leadership skills; and building organizational capacity.
Council of Canadians - Canadian citizens' watchdog organization comprised of over 100,000 members and 50 chapters across the country. The Council lobbies Members of Parliament, conducts research, and runs national campaigns aimed at safeguarding Canada's social programs, promoting economic justice, renewing democracy, asserting Canadian sovereignty, advancing alternatives to corporate-style free trade, and preserving the Canadian environment.
Digitized Holdings -
Records produced by the civic government
of City of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Historical Atlas of Canada - The Historical Atlas of Canada project published three volumes which explored major themes and episodes in the history of Canada using maps, text and graphics. Now, the Online Learning Project makes many of the maps and much of the research data created for the Atlas available online.
Historical Statistics of Canada - Jointly produced by the Social Science Federation of Canada and Statistics Canada in 1983. This volume contains about 1,088 statistical tables on the social, economic and institutional conditions of Canada from the start of Confederation in 1867 to the mid-1970s. The tables are arranged in sections with an introduction explaining the content of each section, the principal sources of data for each table, and general explanatory notes regarding the statistics. In most cases, there is sufficient description of the individual series to enable the reader to use them without consulting the numerous basic sources referenced in the publication.
Life on the Left - News articles, commentaries, reviews, translations on subjects of potential interest to progressive minded individuals and organizations, with a special emphasis on the Quebec national question, indigenous peoples, Latin American solidarity, and the socialist movement and its history.
Statistics Canada - Official source for Canadian social and economic statistics and products.
This Magazine - One of Canada’s longest-publishing alternative journals. Founded by a gang of school activists in 1966, and originally called This Magazine is About Schools, the modern-day This Magazine focuses on Canadian politics, pop culture and the arts, but in keeping with its radical roots never pulls punches. Subversive, edgy and smart.
X-Ray - An electronic magazine covering Canadian politics, current affairs, media, culture, arts and foreign affairs.
Caribbean Journal -
News, commentary and analysis
across the region.
Center for Democracy in the Americas - Devoted to changing U.S. policy toward the countries of the Americas by basing our relations on respect and dignity, recognizing positive models of governance in the region, and fostering dialogue particularly with those governments and movements with which U.S. policy is at odds.
Columbia Support Network - A grassroots organization created to give solidarity to the Colombian people through sister city projects, delegations and petitions to educate members of the U.S. government.
Council on Foreign Relations: Americas - Portal to the Americas issues and resources, including articles, reports, book reviews, and conferences; links to institutes and universitites, organizations, associations and foundations; country information.
Council on Hemispheric Affairs - A nonprofit, tax-exempt independent research and information organization, was established to promote the common interests of the Western hemisphere, raise the visibility of regional affairs and increase the importance of the inter-American relationship, as well as encourage the formulation of rational and constructive U.S. policies towards Latin America.
CSIS Americas Program - Research and published analysis on U.S. policy toward Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada.
Cuba Central - "End the embargo. Stop the ban on travel. Promote real reconciliation between people of the United States and Cuba."
Cuba Direct -
A non-profit research organization made up of academics, analysts, intellectuals, artists, professionals and people who are committed to collecting and making available information on Cuba.
Cuba Money Project -
A leading source of information, analysis and opinion about U.S. government-financed Cuba programs. The project’s concern is transparency and accountability in the U.S. government.
Cuba Solidarity/Project InfoMed - Allows direct access by physicians, medical students, researchers and remote family doctors to major medical databases in Cuba and around the world.
Cuba Study Group - A non-profit, non-partisan organization, comprised of Cuban business and community leaders who share a common interest and vision of a free and democratic Cuba. The Group's goal is to formulate effective, multilateral policy recommendations through thoughtful discussion and critical analysis of ideas that promote and facilitate a peaceful regime change in Cuba and lead to democracy, a free and open society, a market-based economic system, respect for human rights and the rule of law and the reunification of the Cuban nation.
Cubadebate -
News and analysis on Cuba and the Americas.
Cubaweb - National website for the Republic of Cuba.
Havana Journal - Cuba business, culture, politics, and travel information.
News Direct From Cuba - Links to Granma International On Line Edition, Radio Havana Cuba's Web Site, Prensa Latina/Latin American News Agency, Trabajadores Newspaper, Juventud Rebelde (Weekly) (Spanish), Radio Reloj (Daily) (Spanish), Radio Rebelde (Daily), Noticiero de CUBAVISION, Cuba's National Web Site, Cuba On Line, Prensa Latina's Tourism Magazine, Healthcare News From Cuba, and more.
Expats - A site for English-speaking expatriates in Brazil, offering news and information on entertainment, culture, schools, shopping, legal matters and other relevant topics.
Coalition for Democracy in Haiti -
News, analysis and information for those who walk in solidarity with the the people of Haiti, the Caribbean and the Americas.
Haiti Action Commitee (HaitiAction.net) - A San Francisco Bay Area-based network of activists in the USA who have supported the Haitian struggle for democracy since 1991.
Haiti Community Support - Works to to assist the community of Au Centre/Beaumont in Haiti and its surrounding region through programs that improve education, health and quality of life of its people.
Haiti Democracy Project - The Haiti Democracy Project, an independent organization, is a continuation of the Center for International Policy's ten-year Haiti project, which originally worked to restore President Aristide to power but in more recent years joined with the major human-rights organizations in deploring the unfolding political violence and destruction of democratic institutions.
Haiti Interface - An ongoing platform for the exchange of information related to human rights, cultural, environmental and social issues in Haiti.
Haiti Learning and Accountabity Portal - A collective response by the humanitarian sector, dedicated to improving humanitarian performance through increased learning and accountability.
Haiti Reborn - A project of the Quixote Center, works in the United States on behalf of the Haitian people to build an active grassroots solidarity movement and to advocate for a more just U.S. foreign policy.
Haiti Regeneration Initiative - Ams to bring about lasting positive change to Haiti’s environment and the livelihood of its population over the next 20 years and beyond. It provides a platform for a national movement that will empower the Haitian people to better tackle the chronic environmental and socio-economic issues affecting their country. The HRI vision is to reduce poverty and increase resiliency to natural hazards through the restoration of ecosystems and livelihoods. The focus will therefore be on sustainable natural resource management.
Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network -
A Haitian-led capacity building organization that brings together a network of lawyers, artists, students, Haitian activists, cultural experts, workers and human rights organizations, advocates, government officials and progressive radio, press and media outlets to support and work cooperatively with Haitian freedom fighters and grassroots organizations promoting the civil, human and cultural rights of Haitians living at home and abroad.
Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) - IJDH is working with the people of Haiti in their non-violent struggle for the return and consolidation of constitutional democracy, justice and human rights, by distributing objective and accurate information on human rights conditions in Haiti and cooperating with human rights and solidarity groups in Haiti and abroad.
Let Haiti Live - Links a growing network of Haitian groups to an international advocacy movement and acts as both microphone and speaker, amplifying the voices of Haitians within and outside of Haiti and making information accessible to traditionally marginalized sectors of Haitian society.
Margueritelaurent.com / Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network (HLLN) - Ezili Dantò (colonially named "Marguerite Laurent") is an award winning playwright, a performance poet, political and social commentator, author and human rights attorney. HLLN is a Haitian-led capacity building organization that brings together a network of lawyers, artists, students, Haitian activists, cultural experts, workers and human rights organizations, advocates, government officials and progressive radio, press and media outlets to support and work cooperatively with Haitian freedom fighters and grassroots organizations promoting the civil, human and cultural rights of Haitians living at home and abroad.
National Coalition for Haitian Rights (NCHR) - Internationally recognized for its in-depth knowledge of the human rights situation in Haiti and has been a primary source of information and testimony for inquiries of the United Nations Commission for Human Rights, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States, the U.S. Congress and other influential bodies.
Republic of Haiti - Official site. Information about Haiti, its government, business opportunities, visas and tourism.
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) - A United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti that has been in operation since 2004. The mission's military component is led by the Brazilian Army and the force commander is Brazilian. MINUSTAH's mandate was most recently extended by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1944 past its October 15, 2010 deadline amid fears of instability. The mission's current mandate runs through October 15th, 2011 with the intention of further renewal. The force is composed of 8,940 military personnel and 3,711 police, supported by an international civilian personnel, a local civilian staff and United Nations volunteers. Critics of MINUSTAH's goal of providing security say that the provision of increased police presence is coming with the unfortunate consequence of neglecting the vast socioeconomic problems in the area, the lack of effort in addressing infrastructure improvement, the joblessness and the pervasive poverty. See Wikipedia.
UNICEF: Haiti at a Glance - UNICEF and its partners are conducting intensive relief operations in Haiti, in the aftermath of the 12 January 2010 earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince and other densely populated areas. For the latest information, please see the Haiti newsline.
WikiHaiti - The WikiLeaks organization has made U.S. diplomatic cables on Haiti available to weeklies Haiti Liberté and The Nation. The two publications are collaborating here to present extensive stories on what the cables reveal about the policies and practices of the U.S. government and its allies in Haiti.
Handbook of Latin America Studies (HLAS) Online - The Handbook is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Each year, more than 130 academics from around the world choose over 5,000 works for inclusion in the Handbook. Continuously published since 1936, the Handbook offers Latin Americanists an essential guide to available resources.
Hidden From History -
"The time has come to end our complicity in mass murder. Our exposure of the Canadian genocide has simultaneously indicted the social order that gave rise to it. Euro-Canadian Christian society as a whole stands condemned in the dock alongside those persons who ran the Indian residential schools, sterilized and murdered children, spread smallpox, and dug mass graves. Despite their best efforts to ignore this fact and contain the whole matter with pseudo “apologies”, the Canadian government and its partner Catholic, Anglican and United churches now face the same kind of historical reckoning that Nazi Germany did after its defeat in 1945: an awakening to their own criminal nature."
Honduras Resists! -
Dedicated to the popular resistance in Honduras.
IFCO/Pastors for Peace - A special ministry of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization, created to pioneer the delivery of humanitarian aid to Latin America and the Carribean.
Inter-American Dialogue - A leading U.S. center for policy analysis, exchange, and communication on issues in Western Hemisphere affairs.
The Dialogue's select membership of 100 distinguished citizens from throughout the Americas includes political, business, academic, media, and other nongovernmental leaders. Twelve Dialogue members served as presidents of their countries and more than two dozen have served at the cabinet level. Members are united by their commitment to democratic principles, social equity, regional economic cooperation, and free and vigorous discussion. Dialogue activities are directed to generating new policy ideas and practical proposals for action, and getting these ideas and proposals to government and private decision makers.
Just the Facts - A civilian's guide to U.S. defense and security assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean.
Latin America and the Caribbean - Country information provided by World Bank: news and events, trade and investment, culutre, education, aid and development.
Latin America Data Base (LADB) - Internet-based news service in English about Latin America, publishing in-depth coverage of Latin American affairs since 1986.
Latin America Working Group - A coalition of over sixty religious, human rights, policy, grassroots and development organizations striving for U.S. policies that promote peace, justice and sustainable development in the region.
Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) - Comprehensive site facilitates access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America. LANIC includes vast holdings of easily accessible digital resources for Latin American research, including more than 100,000 full-text content pages and 500,000 database records. The LANIC research guides include 42 country and 84 subject pages with links to more than 10,000 external sites, all individually selected, evaluated, and catalogued by LANIC staff. LANIC users have a choice of an English, Spanish, or Portuguese interface to these directory services.
LatinFocus - Information on Latin American economies, providing the latest available data from government sources, economic forecasts, market analysis covering economic performance, political risk assessments and financial market developments.
Living in Peru - Peru's official news portal, directory and classifieds for foreigners or expats living in Peru, business travelers and local individuals.
Machetera - Provides excellent translations from Spanish language news sites.
Mexico Freedom of Information Program (The National Security Archive) - Supports the freedom of information movement in Mexico, promotes government transparency and accountability and helps publicize the country's national freedom of information law that went into effect in 2002. The Archive works closely with scholars, lawyers, and openness advocates to influence the public debate about the right to know; we bring international transparency activists to train Mexican NGOs on the effective use of FOI laws in advocacy work; and we encourage the news media to monitor government transparency programs and to use FOI laws in pursuit of breaking news stories.
Mexico Solidarity Network - A coalition of 88 organizations struggling for democracy, economic justice and human rights on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
NicaNet (Nicaragua Network) - A leading organization in the United States committed to social and economic justice for the people of Nicaragua.
North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) - NACLA provides policy makers, analysts, academics, organizers, journalists and religious and community groups with information on major trends in Latin America and its relations with the U.S.
Organization of American States (OAS) - On April 30, 1948, 21 countries of the hemisphere met in Bogotá, Colombia, to adopt the Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS), which affirmed their commitment to common goals and respect for each nation's sovereignty. Since then, the OAS has expanded to include the nations of the Caribbean, as well as Canada.
Our War - A political photoblog from Chile, created to show to the universe stories about repression, resistance and struggle of people in this little part of the world and the paths they take to find social justice.
Peruvian Times -
For almost a hundred years, Andean Air Mail & Peruvian Times, one of the oldest English-language publishing houses in South America, has reported and made sense of events in Peru.
Resource Center of the Americas - Provides information and develops programs that demonstrate the connections between the people of Latin America, the Caribbean, and the U.S.. Promotes justice, democracy, and human rights in the Americas.
Sipaz in Chiapas - A coalition of North American, Latin American and European organizations formed in 1995 to support the peace process in Chiapas, Mexico. SIPAZ combines violence reduction and peacebuilding strategies in Chiapas with efforts to inform and mobilize the international community.
Task Force on Latin America and the Caribbean -
The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR), a national, interfaith, pacifist organization, founded TFLAC in 1983. TFLAC's goals are: (1) to strengthen communication and collaboration between North and Latin American nonviolent movements; (2) to help FOR members become actively engaged in Latin American and Caribbean issues; (3) to promote demilitarization and justice in U.S. policy toward the region through public education, collaboration with other North American groups, and advocacy. Also see:
UCB Library Collections in Latin American Studies - Particularly strong for the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth centuries, the collection consists of some 450,000 volumes and 800 current serials subscriptions.
Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) -
An intergovernmental union integrating two existing customs unions: Mercosur and the Andean Community, as part of a continuing process of South American integration. It is modelled on the European Union.
Caracas Connect - Working to provoke discussion and provide up-to-date information and analysis on US-Venezuelan relations, politics, policies, and culture.
Hands Off Venezuela - The basic principles of the Campaign are: solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution, opposition to imperialist intervention in Venezuela, and building direct links with the revolutionary and trade union movement in Venezuela.
Correo del Orinoco - Provides English language international edition of Venezuelann news.
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