You can find a great deal of information related to Latin American politics and society on the World Wide Web. Some useful addresses are:
- David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University: www.fas.harvard.edu/~drclas/. This site offers up-to-the-minute information about Boston area events related to Latin America (lectures, seminars, concerts, etc.). It also provides access to the Latin America Database, a comprehensive news monitoring service sponsored by the Center.
- MIT Foreign Languages and Literature homepage has various articles from regional magazines and newspapers on-line. Click on "Publications," then on "Spanish."
- United Nations Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC): www.eclac.cl
- Organization of American States: www.oas.org/
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB): www.iadb.org
- United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), The World Factbbook: www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/. Contains basic declassified information on all countries.
- Democracy Center: www.democracyctr.org. Information on democracy throughout the world.
- Freedom House: www.freedomhouse.org/. Information on political, civil, media, and economic freedom around the world.
- Latino On-Line News Network (Spanish and English): http://www.lasculturas.com/lib/libEngNews.htm
- Cultural Survival: www.cs.org
- Univisión, 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): La Plaza, a program that features documentaries on Latin America and the Latino community in the U.S. Their programs air Saturdays at 6:30 p.m., Channel 2 and on Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m., Channel 44. http://www.wgbh.org/pages/laplaza/.