This is a collection of Internet resources which hopefully will prove useful for this course.
Internet Resources on Latin America
- UT-LANIC, University of Texas -- Latin American Network Information Center
- Latin American Studies on DMOZ's Open Directory Project
- HLAS Online (Handbook of Latin American Studies)
- HAPI Online (Hispanic American Periodicals Index)
- H-LatAm, an international forum for the scholarly discussion of Latin American History on H-Net, Humanities and Social Sciences OnLine
- Abya Yala Net, Indigenous issues in Latin America on NativeWeb
- Internet Resources for Latin America
- Latin American Traveler
- For good descriptions to these and other resources on Latin America, see the guide to E-Resources for Latin American Studies
Andes
- Andes Expedition: Searching for Inca Secrets, from National Geographic.
- Ciberayllu, an electronic journal in Spanish on Andean culture.
- Electoral Data Sets for the Andean countries, 1980s and 1990s.
- Tawantinsuyu Culture and Folklore groups of the andean countries.
- Guaman Poma - El primer Nueva corónica y buen gobierno, a 1200-page letter from a native of the Andes to King Philip III of Spain.
Argentina
- The Vanished Gallery, about desaparecidos (disappeared people) from Argentina's dirty war.
Bolivia
- Andean Information Network
- The Andean Information Network monitors US policies and their consequences in the Andean region with special emphasis on Bolivia, and disseminates this information to concerned individuals and groups around the world.
Central America
- The Sandino Rebellion (A documentary history of Nicaragua, 1927-1934)
- America's secret war (relating the CIA's support of the Nicaraguan contras to the crack sales in the US)
Chile
- Peter Kornbluh, Chile and the United States: Declassified Documents Relating to the Military Coup, September 11, 1973, National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 8.
- This is an excellent source of primary source materials documenting the role of the United States in Chilean affairs.
- Chile Archive Special
- Archive articles showing how the Guardian reported the coup in Chile in 1973.
- Amnesty International Pinochet Page
- AI's site documenting Pinochet's human rights abuses.
- Memoria Viva
- Archivo electronico de las violaciones de los Derechos Humanos durante la Dictadura en Chile.
- Special report: The Pinochet file
- BBC News Online records the twists and turns of the Pinochet case and unlocks the dark secrets of the general's past.
- Bring Pinochet to Justice!
- A campaign by the Institute for Policy Studies in cooperation with the Transnational Institute which in particular contains the Pinochet Watch newsletter and the Dossier Orlando Letelier
- Fundación Presidente Augusto Pinochet Ugarte
- "Defending the true history" (in Spanish).
- Chile on UT-Lanic
- An exhaustive listing of links on Chile.
- History of Chile
- Part of the World History Archives.
- Ariel Dorfman
- Chilean novelist, playwright, essayist, journalist and human rights activist who was forced into exile following the Chilean military coup of 1973.
- History of Chile under
Salvador Allende and the Popular Unity
- Frente Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez
Colombia
- National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Books
- National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Books provide online access to critical declassified records on issues including U.S. national security, foreign policy, diplomatic and military history, intelligence policy, and more. Search for "Colombia" to find several excellent documents on Colombia.
- Colombia Journal
- The mission of Colombia Journal is to promote political, social and economic justice in Colombia by creating a greater awareness and understanding of U.S. foreign policy.
- Center for International Policy's Colombia Project
- A comprehensive source of information and analysis about peaceful efforts to end Colombia's conflict and the United States' increasing military involvement.
- Terrorism in Colombia: Different, but Real (Oct 10, 20010
- Victoria Garcia and Rachel Stohl, Center for Defense Information, critique Plan Colombia
- Colombia Support Network - Human Rights for Colombia
- The Colombia Support Network is a non-governmental organization striving to improve the human rights situation in Colombia and build solidarity between the peoples of North America and Colombia.
- Human Rights in the Country of Colombia
- Amnesty International USA country reports on Colombia.
- Colombia Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1998
- U.S. Department of State report released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, February 26, 1999.
- Colombian National Army
- Web page for Colombian Army
- Policía Nacional de Colombia
- Web page for Colombian police (in Spanish)
- Pagina Principal de las FARC-EP
- Web page of the Fuerzas Armadas de Colombia (FARC), the main guerrilla group in Colombia (in Spanish).
- Bienvenidos a Voces de Colombia (ELN)
- Web page of the Ejercito de Liberación Nacional (ELN), the secondary guerrilla group (in Spanish).
- Colombia Libre
- Web page of Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC), the main paramilitary group (in Spanish).
- “You’ll Learn Not To Cry”: Child Combatants in Colombia
- Human Rights Watch 2003 report on children in the FARC, ELN, and AUC.
- Constitución Política de Colombia, 1991
- Colombia's constitution (in Spanish).
- Colombia: War without end
- CNN reports on drug war in Colombia.
- Colombia on UT-Lanic
- An exhaustive listing of links on Colombia.
- US/LEAP: Colombia: Murder and Impunity
- USLEAP campaigns to end the killings of trade unionists and end impunity and to oppose current U.S. trade and aid policy toward Colombia.
- Killer Coke
- Campaign to stop a cycle of murders, kidnappings, and torture of union leaders and organizers at Coca-Cola bottling plants in Colombia.
Cuba
- The National Web Site for the Republic of Cuba - CubaWeb
- Cuba - UT-LANIC
- Cuba Internet Resources
- Cubanarama
- Castro Speech Database
- The Fidel for President Home Page
- CubaSolidarity.com, Opposing the U.S. embargo and travel ban, Supporting normalized relations, Recognizing Cuba’s accomplishments
- Cubanet, organización no partidista, dedicada a promover la prensa libre en Cuba, ayudar a su sector independiente a desarrollar una sociedad civil e informar al mundo la realidad de Cuba
- Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Ecuador
Haiti
- J. R. Beard, Toussaint L'Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography (Electronic Edition).
Mexico
- UT-LANIC -- Mexico
- Mexico Historical Text Archive
- Mexico on Abya Yala Net
- Background Notes: Mexico (US State Department)
- Mexico in the CIA World Factbook 1996
- Teaching and Learning: The Conquest of Mexico
Zapatistas
- Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional
- Zapatistas in Cyberspace: A Guide to Analysis and Information
- Zapatistas
- National Commission for Democracy in Mexico
- Schools for Chiapas
- FadeFoward, a series of photographs and text from different Zapatistas events and actions during the last 3 years
Chicanos
Peru
- Peru on UT-LANIC
- José Carlos Mariátegui
- Shining Path
- MRTA Solidarity Page
- Lori Berenson needs your help!
Venezuela
- Venezuelanalysis.com is an editorially independent website produced by individuals who are dedicated to disseminating news and analysis about Venezuela.
- VenezuelaFOIA.info/, a website devoted to investigating US meddling in Venezuela.
- VenPress, Agencia Oficial de Noticias de Venezuela.
- VHeadline.com, Venezuela's electronic news.
- ZNet's Venezuela Watch
- Casa Venezuela, Analysis, News and Information
- Equipo Aporrea, a project of the Asamblea Popular Revolucionaria created in the aftermath of the April 2002 coup to provide information on popular movements in Caracas.
- Clase Media en Positivo, a middle-class group that supports the Chavez government.
- The Revolution Will Not Be Televised is an excellent documentary on the failed April 2002 coup against the Chavez government.
- Bolivarian Circles Network
- analitica.com, an anti-Chavista website (in Spanish).
- 11abril.com celebrates the illegal military coup against Venezuela's democratically elected government.
Please send any suggestions, comments, corrections, additions, etc. to Marc Becker at marc@yachana.org.