What's New Archives: March 1996

March 29, 1996

Non-governmental organizations (Organizacoes Nao-Governmentais) such as Zumbi, Revista Democracia, Acao da Cidadania, Comite para a Democratizacao da Informatica and Bahia ONG's now enliven our Brazil page.
New connectivity information can now be found on the Aruba and Cayman Islands pages. Look for the links to the Network Startup Information Center.
Links to the Cayman Web World and to Cable and Wireless Ltd. have also been added to the Cayman Islands page.

March 26, 1996

A multimedia service, BRAZZIL, is now located on the Brazil page.
Learn about Brazilian films and movie stars at Cinema Brazil on our Brazil or Cinema pages.
Chile page updated with the following links:
Government: Congreso Nacional de la Republica; Ministerio de Agricultura; Ministerio de Hacienda; Ministerio de Obras Publicas; Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores; Ministerio de Salud; Political Parties from the Latin American Political Database; and the Servidor de la Presidencia de Chile.
Network & Information Services: Chilenet - The Internet Service Provider; Net-Up - Servicios de Internet; and the Network Startup Resource Center.
News & Periodicals: Infoweek.
Science & Technology: Sistema Chileno de Ciencia y Tecnologia, CONICYT; Sociedad Chilena de Ciencia de la Computacion.
WWW Servers: Universidad Adolfo Ibanez; Universidad Austral de Chile; Universidad Catolica del Valparaiso; Universidad Central; Universidad de Atacama; Universidad de la Serena; Universidad de los Lagos; and Universidad Diego Portales.

March 25, 1996

The Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL), with publications regarding but not limited to Canadian-Latin American/Carribean relations can now be found in our International Services Subject Directory

March 22, 1996

Recent additions to the Puerto Rico page include:
General: Caribbean National Forest; Estimates of the Resident Population of Puerto Rico Municipios - U.S. Bureau of the Census; Puerto Rico, USA - data presented by the Economic Development Administration; and U.S. Geological Survey - Programs in Puerto Rico.
Government: Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Governor Pedro Rosello Home Page; Office of the Governor of Puerto Rico; Puerto Rico Congressmembers.
Network and Information Services: BoricuaNet; and Peru Internet Newsletter.
News & Periodicals: El Cuarto del Quenepon
WWW Servers: Centro de Recursos Educativos - Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras; Inter American University, Bayamon Campus; Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico;
If you are interested in Suriname, then an important place to start would be the "Home page for Suriname", found under the General section of the country page. It is comprehensive and current in its information and links.
Bolivia Web, a home page with maps and communication information can now be found on the Bolivia page.
A link to the Huelga de Dolores site has been added to our Guatemala page.
Intertel is a new Web server in Honduras.

March 21, 1996

De Paula Publishing's page for Brazilian Exporters now appears on our Brazil page under the Trade & Travel heading.

March 20, 1996

Human Rights and Women's Perspectives headings now appear on our Brazil page. New sources include Anistia Internacional, Human Rights Watch/Americas, NetEstado and Salao da Mulher.
Another excellent resource for Latin Americanists can be found on our Brazil and Environmentpages. Both pages link to the upcoming Tom Slick World Peace Conference at UT-Austin (March 27-29). The conference will address the question of Sustainable Development and its Implications for World Peace.
Chip News, an English language daily news summary from Chile, has been added to the Chile page.

March 19, 1996

The following sites have been added to our Colombia page:
Revista Semana
Colombia Web
Corporacion Universitaria Ibague
Hemeroteca Nacional
Ministerio del Medio Ambiente
Universidad del Rosario
The Bolsa de Valores de Lima and the Bolsa Electronica de Chile can now be accesed from the Business & Finance page or from the respective country pages on the UT-LANIC homepage.

March 18, 1996

Our Travel page has linked to Teotihuacan-Ciudad de los Dioses. Look under the Mexico listing.
The University of Maryland, College Park has put together the Guyanese News and Information page, chock full of links. Explore the Guyana page.
Mexican Online News, a comprehensive list of Mexican newspaper on the internet has been added to our Mexico page.
Bolivia's Ministerio de Comunicacion Homepage has been recently added to its country homepage under Government resources. Excellent information and daily news.
Fundacion Manuel Buendia and its affiliated "Revista Mexicana de Comunicacion" has been added to our Mexico page.

March 8, 1996

A new Trinidad & Tobago page has been added to the Country Directory.
A link to Listas Hispanoamericanas de Bibliotecología has been added to our Libraries page.

March 7

March 6

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation can now be found on UT-LANIC's Environment page.
CEPAL/ECLAC, the U.N.'s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, has been added to our Interdisciplinary Information page. CEPAL can also be reached via the Economics page.
The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, AMARC, can nowbe reached from our Radio & TV page.
Recent additions to the Jamaica page:
Economy: Basic Socio-Economic Data from the Inter American Development Bank and the Jamaica Stock Exchange
General: Ethnologue Database and Introduction to Jamaica, a good directory assembled by Arlene Laing
Network & Information Services:InfoChannel; Jamaica Online; and Network Startup Resource Center
ARCAS is dedicated to the conservation of wildlife in northern Guatemala.

March 5

March 4

March 1

The Peru page has been updated with a direct link to the server of the Congreso de la Republica. Look toward the bottom of the page under "Resources in Peru by Type of Service."