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Latin American Issues Research Sites
GENERAL LATIN AMERICAN SITES
Latin American Studies
Extremely Comprehensive-- all topics are included here!
Latin American Geographia
These pages introduce expanded coverage of Central and South America.
Each country is examined individually.
The Economy in Latin America
Highlighted links include business, economy, finance, management statistics and trade.
LANIC
Lanic is the online Latin America Network Information Center. This is one of the most comprehensive resources for online info. about Latin America.
Independence in Latin America
A good portion of the lengthy article focuses on the fight for independence in South American countries. The site is well documented and has good graphics.
"OAS Should Support both Social and Political Rights Says Venezuela's Foreign Minister"
In an article dated 2005, Foreign Minister Ali Rodriquez addressed the general assembly and requested an authentic effort to guarantee political, social and economic rights to the 240 million in Latin America living in poverty. |
IMMIGRATION ISSUES
Center for Immigration Studies
This website provides information on the responsibilities and mission of the Center for Immigration Studies, an independent, non-profit research organization devoted exclusively to research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and other impacts of immigration.
The City
This site discusses the film La Ciudad, depicting Latin American immigration ot America. The purpose of this site is to force the public to look at current immigration and how simiar in struggle it is to European immigration from long ago.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Council on Foreign Relations
A center for study and practice of international affairs and US foreign policy. The site addresses issues in a varietyof areas such as: international law, globalization, energy, science and social issues.
The United States International Trade Commission
Find out about what the agency is, its purpose and what it does, infomation about the commissioners and staff, and the services provided.
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DRUG TRADE
Drug Policy Around the World
Link to Latin America site
Columbia's Civil War
This segment focuses on the role of key players from the United States and Colombia in Colombia's 38-year-old Civil War. Visitors will also learn about how the drug trade has taken a profound toll on the integrity of Colombia's judicial system.
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POVERTY
PovertyNet
Designed to provide resources and support for people working to understand and alleviate poverty.
Through topic categories of information, strategies and articles about poverty in the world, visitors will learn
how poverty is defined and measured, what the trends of poverty have been over time, and how we can work together to preduce poverty for the 21st century.
Center for Global Development
An independent, non-profit think tank dedicated to reducing global poverty and inequality through policy oriented research and active engagement on development issues with the policy community and the public.
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OTHER GOOD LATIN AMERICA RESOURCES
South America Daily-- Access to newspapers and other reference sources |
Teach Global Ed. -- A solid, general resource for information on all countries. This is the link to Latin America |
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