What's New Archives: July 1996

• The Maps page contains a new link to Intelsat, the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, whose Marketing System Coverage Maps are available to the world.
• A new "Government" section has been added to the Colombia page, including links to the following: Departamento Nacional de Planeacion; Ecopetrol; the Embajada de Colombia en Canada; the Ministerio del Medio Ambiente; and Republica de Colombia, from the office of the Presidency.

• Graham and Whiteside Ltd. publish a Latin America business directory. A link to their website has been added to our Publications page.

• The School of International Service at American University has compiled a resource for those interested in Latin American civil-military relations. Follow the link to Democracy Project Latin America: Civil-Military Relations from the Military page.

• MINUGUA has been added to the Organizations section of our Guatemala page.
• "El Salvador", a new homepage by Raul Barrientos, can be accessed from the El Salvador page.

• The Internet Movie Database can be accessed from the Cinema page.
• Chile's Ministerio Secretaria del Gobierno now appears on the Chile page.
• A link to the United Nations Mission for the Verification of Human Rights in Guatemala has been placed on the Human Rights page.
• Two daily newspapers have been added to the "News" section of our Ecuador page: Expreso, and El Universo.

• A new Nicaragua section has been added to our Health page.
• En Linea, a Web news service, has been added to the Guatemala page.
• Pulsar: Impulso Informativo is a news service now reachable from the General section of our News page.
• The Tutorial de TCP/IP has been added to the Other Internet Resources section of our Internet Tools page.

• Additions to the Mexico page include:
  Corridos Mexicanos a printed list of lyrics of 40 Revolution-era songs put together by Alberto Mesta Jr.
  La Delegacion General de Quebec en Mexico a guide to educational, business, governmental, and cultural links between Quebec and Mexico
  Red de Informacion Rural a resource for agricultural producers and researchers
  Look at the Bolivia page for information on the Sustainable Development Summit to be held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia in December 1996.

• A series of institutions representing Salud, Mujer, Arte y Cultura, Sociedad Civíl, Educación, Recursos Informativos, Derechos Humanos, Desarrollo Rural, y Sociedad Política, are now linked to our Sociology page as Sociedad Civíl de LaNeta de Coyacán.
• Three new links were added to the Honduras page: Casa Alianza, Honduras: Offshore Manufacturing (Zip Internacional), and Honduras TravelWeb.
• New links on the Colombia page include NETCO, an Internet Service Provider; the Colombiana de Television TV network; and the Universidad Autonoma de Manizales.

• The Ministerio de Defensa Nacional de Colombia and Dialogo - El Foro Militar de las Americas now appear on the Military page.
• The Chile page now contains a link to ProChile, a government organization responsible for the promotion of Chile's international commerce. Look for the link in the Government section.
• Martinique has been updated with two new links: Afro-Caribbean Music, and Martinique - a page maintained by the European Islands System of Links And Exchanges.
• The University of Minnesota Human Rights Library can now be accessed from the Human Rights page.
• Find two more economic-related links on today's Mexico page:
  Mexico Commentary with economic news and stock quotes
  US-Mexico Chamber of Commerce "promoting trade and investment between the two countries"

• Three new links to educational programs are now listed on the Guatemala page: Oregon/Guatemala Sister University Project, SAB Language Center, and Academia de Espanol Guatemala.
• Find everything you wanted to know about cebiche (including dozens of recipes) at Cebicheria Virtual Don Lucho on the Food page.
• For business and economic information on Bolivia, Bolivia Business OnLine is a helpful resource.
• The Hispanic Culture Review published by George Mason University can be found on the US/Mexico page under the Hispanic/Latino section.
• Today's additions to the Mexico page include:
  Official Economic Information of Mexico provided by the Secretaria de Hacienda y Credito Publico
  Artes en Mexico with exhibitions and works for sale
  Economia Politica an economic and political e-zine
  IPL Trade Directory for Mexico, w/search engine
  Ecoturismo Yucatan under the Travel section
  Mexico Web Guide a Yahoo-style directoy sponsored by Sun Microsystems de Mexico

• The US/Mexico page has added The Center for Mexican-American Studies (CMAS) at UT-Austin to the Academic resources on the Hispanic/Latino page.

• The Mexico page says Bienvenido to these pages:
  The Writings of Carlos Fuentes
  Communicate Mexico a smart graphic tour of the country
  Baja Life Online more than a travel guide
• Bolivia's Los Tiempos a daily newspaper out of Cochabamba, Cochabamba, Cochabamba is available for the perusing.
• A link to La Red has been added to the News section of the Venezuela page.
• Cinet, a film resource in Colombia, has been linked from the Cinema page.
• A data-rich resource created by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations is called Sustainable Development Dimensions. It's now linked to our Environment page.
• A very interesting resource also relating to Sustainable Development can be found on our Maps page. The report was produced by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - a nonprofit organization dedicated to alleviating hunger and poverty and preserving natural resources in Latin American countries. Their report is entitled; Preliminary Inventory on Environmental and Sustainability Data Availability, Databases and Digital Maps for Latin America.

• Olimpiadas Atlanta 1996 has been added to the International Resources section of the Sports page.
• To the International Services page, under News and Newsgroups has been added Liszt, a searchable diretory of e-mail discussion groups.
• The Indigenous page now links to GB Online's Mesoamerica, with self-described "skeletal" studies of native american culture and history, particularly Mesoamerican.
• What's new on LANIC's Mexico page?
  El Financiero a financial daily
  Casa Allianza Covenant House Mexico
  The Frida Kahlo Home Page
  Universidad Anahuac del Sur university and server
  OnePage economic and political analysis
  

• The Haiti page has been updated with a link to the Centre Haitien de Reserches et de Documentation (CHRD).Look for the link under Other Resources.

• The "Language Teaching Committee Report" lists summer language programs in lesser taught Latin American Languages. Find a link to this resource in the General Resources section of out Languages page.

• New links to the Astronomy page include the Maya Astronomy page.
• New links to Paraguay:
  Guarani Paraguayo a significant database on the Guarani Indians and their culture in Paraguay
  Paraguay para todos listing of web pages, e-mails, servers
  Universidad Nacional de Asuncion state university and server
• New links to the Travel page:
  Funky Fish Ecuador Guide a spritely, comprehensive listing
  Honduweb Travel a good index on Honduran tourism info
• The Libraries page has been reorganized into five sections: Associations, Online Catalogs, Digital Library Projects, Newsgroups & Mailing Lists, and Software. New or updated links include: Alexandria Digital Library, ITESM (Monterrey), MicroISIS, SIABUC, Society of American Archivists, U. Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, U. de Puebla, U. de Santa Maria La Antigua (Panama), Web de IFLA, Web de SLA, Web de UNAM, and the UT Austin GSLIS WWW Resources List.

• A link to the Intelligence Oversight Board's report has been added to the Guatemala page.