What's New Archives: June 1998

• There are many new links in the Women & Gender Studies page:
  • Mexico: Centro de Investigacion y Capacitacion de la Mujer, Research and Learning Center for Women (CICAM); and La Ventana, journal of gender studies (Universidad de Guadalajara).
  • Costa Rica (new section): Centro Nacional para el Desarrollo de la Mujer y la Familia.
  • Chile: Centro de Estudios de la Mujer (CEM).
  • Bolivia (new section): Reproductive Health Care Program, developed by Marie Stopes International; and Proyecto de Estudios de la Mujer, Family Health International.
  • Brazil: Reflections on Gender and Fertility, several papers in which it is examined the impact of family planning on women's empowerment.
  • Chicana & Latina Issues (United States): Chicana Studies Web Page.
  • International Resources: Feminism and Women's Resources.

• More additions in the Government page:
  • Colombia: Elecciones Presidenciales 1998, with details of the last results.
  • Costa Rica: Comision Nacional para la Concertacion, containing its Final Report.
  • Bolivia: Ministerio de Capitalizacion and Viceministerio de Participacion Popular y Fortalecimiento Municipal.
  • Chile: Comite Interministerial de Modernizacion de la Gestion Publica, Municipalidad de Santiago, and Municipalidad de Las Condes.
  • Puerto Rico: Critica, journal of Puerto Rican Policy and Politics.
  • Regional Resources: III International Congress of CLAD (Centro Latinoamericano para la Administracion del Desarrollo) on State and Public Administration Reform that will be carried out in Madrid, Spain, on October 14-17, 1998.

• Several additions have been made to the Trade page:
  • Under Trade Agreements, the Mercosur Economic Summit;
  • Under Publications, the Automated Trade Library Service and the National Bureau of Economic Research;
  • Under Hemispheric Resources, a Glossary of International Trade Terms and the Internet Patent Search System.

• New Additions in the Environment page:
  • In the Argentina section: Fundacion Senda is researching the environment.
  • In the Peru section: Instituto Peruano de Energia Nuclear.
  • In the Dominican Republic section: A report on the role of the Samanes women in the management of natural resources.
  • In the Regional Resources area:
    • CSI: UNESCO project looking at the Environment and Development of Costal Areas and Small Islands in South America and the Caribbean.
    • La Guia: Guide for environmental organizations in Latin America.

• There are new connections in the Mexico page:
  • In the Academic/Other Resources, you will find Studies on Mexican Law sponsored by USD School of Law.
  • Theatre schedules for Mexico City in the Art and Culture area.

• New link in the Journals and Magazines page:
  • The Journal Aztlan for Chicano Studies is now referenced in the Other Country Resources section.

• Visit the new link in the Publishers and Bookdealers page:
  • In General Resources: The Latin American Bureau provides online books on diverse topics like development, economics, politics and culture.

• There is one new connection in the Sports page:
  • In Brazil: Brazil Soccer Net.

• There are new connections in the Government page:
  • In the Costa Rica section: Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnologia; Ministerio del Ambiente y Energia; and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnologicas.
  • In the Argentina section: El Defensor del Pueblo, a national ombudsman page.

• New additions in the Labor page:
  • In a new Panama section: Codigo del Trabajo, and Ministerio del Trabajo y Bienestar Social.
  • In the Uruguay section: Union Internacional de los Trabajadores de la Alimentacion (UITA).
  • In the Argentina section: Postgrado en Ciencias Sociales del Trabajo, from the University of Buenos Aires.
  • In a new Dominican Republic section: Codigo del Trabajo and Secretaria de Estado del Trabajo.

• New to the Higher Education page:
  • Venezuela: Universidad de los Andes, San Cristobal, Tachira.
  • Mexico: Confluencia, bulletin of the National Association of Universities; and Educacion Superior en Mexico, with information for university students.

• The Literature page has included many new links:
  • In the Regional Resources section: La Conquista de America, an anthology with texts of Garcilaso de la Vega ("el inca"), Fray Bartolome de las Casas, Cristobal Colon, and others.
  • In a new Bolivia section: Poesia Boliviana, including works of Juan Vallparrimachi, Maria Josefa Mujia, Ricardo Jose Bustamante, Natalia Palacios, and other authors; and El Batan de Lupe Andrade, with newspaper articles.
  • In the Nicaragua page, connections to the poetry of Pablo Antonio Cuadra and Gioconda Belli.
  • In the Chile section: the works of Enrique Lihn.
  • In the Mexico section: Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz and her work "Los empeños de una casa", prepared by Vern Williamsen (University of Arizona).
  • In the Other Countries section: Cuscatlan, a page with poetry an prose from El Salvador, including biographical references and texts of Roque Dalton, Mercedes Durand, Alfredo Espino, Pedro Geoffroy, Claudia Lars, and many others.
  • In the Journals and Magazines section: Universal del Libro, journal of art and literature, with works from different Latin American countries.

• Some additions in the Economy page:
  • In the Macroeconomic Information and Analysis section: Banco Central del Uruguay, and Economic Statistics for Jamaica, from the Jamaica Promotions Corporation.
  • In the News and Magazines section:
    • Peru: Sintesis, Journal of Economy and Business.
    • Other Countries and Resources section: Tercer Mundo Economico.

• Significant new additions to our Nicaragua page include:
  • Arts & Humanties: ArteFacto - "revista de arte y kool-tura" and Obra Literaria de Sergio Ramirez;
  • Travel & Tourism: Selva Negra;
  • WWW Home Pages: CENADE, COSEP, IEN, IMSCO, and La Nacion Moskitia en Internet;
  • WWW Servers: GüeGü and Radio Corporacion.

• Many new links have been added in the Chile page:
  • In the Government section: Ministerio de Planificacion y Cooperacion; Ministerio Secretaria General de Gobierno; and a directory with a lot of connections to government organizations and political parties.
  • In the Business and Economy section: Chile - Finanzas y Economia; and a Chilean Economic Report, from the Economic Development Agency of this country.
  • In the Science and Technology section: Sismologia (Universidad de Chile), with reports and analysis on earthquakes.
  • In the Arts and Humanities section: homepages on Gabriela Mistral, Nicanor Parra and Patricio Manns.

• Additions in the Management page:
  • In the Peru section: Centro de Promocion de la Pequeña Empresa (PROPYME).
  • In the Colombia section: Departamento de Gestion y Organizaciones, Facultad de Ciencias Economicas y Administrativas (Universidad Javeriana).
  • In the Other Countries section: Comite Nacional de Calidad (Uruguay).
  • In the International Resources section: a new directory with Human Resources links, from Argus Clearinghouse.

• New connections in the Peru page:
  • In the Arts and Culture section: Project Ai Apaec, created to diffuse the Peruvian archeological knowledge.
  • In the News and Periodicals section: Peru al Dia.

• Cuba in Transition: Volume 7: Papers & Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy has been added to this Conference Procedings Archive. Volume 7 contains the full text, in PDF Format, of over 40 papers delivered at the conference. The complete Cuba in Transition archive can be reached from our Joint Projects or our Cuba pages.