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What's New Archives: August 1998

August 29, 1998

More connections in the Economy page, in the Macroeconomic Information and Analysis section:
- Bolivia:
  - Bolivia Country Profile: Economic Situation, from the Ministerio de Capitalizacion;
  - Business and Economy, Bolivia Web;
  - Bolsa de Valores.
- Ecuador:
  - Economy and Trade, from the Embassy of Ecuador, Washington DC;
  - Superintendencia de Bancos.
- Dominican Republic: Oficina Nacional de Estadistica.
- Colombia:
  - Indicadores Economicos y Sociales, from the Departamento Admnistrativo Nacional de Estadistica (DANE);
  - Instituto Colombiano de Comercio Exterior.
- Venezuela: Comision Antidumping y Sobre Subsidios (CASS).

In the Academic Research Resources section of the Economy page: Consejo Profesional de Ciencias Economicas de Buenos Aires (Argentina).

Several additions in the Labor page:
- Bolivia: Ley General del Trabajo.
- Mexico: Sistema de Informacion Juridica Laboral, from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma (UNAM) and Secretaria del Trabajo.
- International Resources:
  - Labor Beat, Chicago based organization which develops and distributes progressive television, radio, videos, and computer communications on labor and social issues;
  - Employment, Labor and Pension Law, from the US House of Representatives Internet Law Library;
  - L.A. Labor News;
  - Bas de l'Echele: Groupe populaire pour la defense des droits des travailleuses et des travailleurs non syndiqués (Canada);
  - Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro.

August 28,1998

Links added to the Publishers & Bookdealers page:
- In the General Resources section:
  - Books Without Borders - Spanish Shop: children's books, videos and audiocassettes in Spanish.
  - Latin Trade Resources: newsletters, maps and other publications.
  - Thela Thesis: includes a Latin America Series.

August 25, 1998

Many links added to the Music page:
- In the Chile section:
  - Feria del Disco: popular music from Chile.
- In the Mexico section:
  - Corrido-related links by Jaime Nicolopulus.
- In the Argentina section:
  - Eduardo Alonso-Crespo, Argentine composer and conductor.
  - Tango: dozens of sites dedicated to tango and Argentinian arts.
- In the International Resources area:
  - Cantoamerica: music band rooted on afrocostarican sounds.
  - On-line Salsa magazine: features current events and reports on the salsa scene.
- In the Other Countries section:
  - Evangelina Colon Canta Danzas de Puerto Rico.
  - Red Uruguaya de Musica: comprehensive site about Uruguayan popular music.

August 21, 1998

Connections added in the Government & Political Science page:
- Brazil: Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional, published by the Instituto Brasileiro de Relaçoes Internacionais.
- Bolivia:
  - Viceministerio de Mineria y Metalurgia;
  - Servicio Nacional de Impuestos Internos.
- Ecuador:
  - Ministerio de Energia y Minas;
  - Ministerio de Turismo;
  - Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censos.
- Venezuela:
  - Ministerio de Industria y Comercio;
  - Ministerio de Agricultura y Cria.
- Regional Resources:
  - Parlamento Centroamericano;
  - Comunidad Andina;
  - Virtual Parliamentary Forum of the Americas.

New to the Economy page, in the Macroeconomic Information and Analysis section:
- Bolivia: Principales Indicadores de la Actividad socioeconomica, data from the Camara Nacional de Industrias.
- Chile: Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC).
- Colombia:
  - Superintendencia Bancaria;
  - Superintendencia de Valores.
- Venezuela:
  - Archivo de Bancos, from the journal Venezuela Analitica;
  - Indicadores Economicos y Financieros, Banco Central;
  - Superintendencia de Bancos y Otras Instituciones Financieras.

August 20, 1998

Mexico

In the Economy, Finance & Trade section:
- Latinvestor - Mexico: Financial directory for Mexico.
In the Popular Culture section:
- Grupo Radio Centro: Mexico City Radio Network, with RealAudio live feeds from their various stations/styles of broadcast.
In the WWW Subject Indexes section:
- Mexico Global: The electronic pages of Mexico.
In the Academic Research Resources page, under the heading of Academic Centers:
- University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS): research pertaining to Mexico, U.S.-Mexico relations, and Mexicans and people of Mexican descent in U.S.

New links added to the Indigenous page:
- In the Inca section:
  - El Quichua de Santiago del Estero; Quechua grammar of Santiago del Estero.
- In the Ecuador area:
  - An anthropological description of the indigenous people of the Saraguro region of Loja Province, Ecuador.
- In the Other Countries section:
  - Information on the Tribes of the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest.
- In the Latin American Resources section:
  - Cultural Pre-Colombinas.
  - Center for Amazonian Literature & Culture.
- In the International Resources section:
  - Indigenous Knowledge Homepage by CIRAN.
  - Kai's Native American LinkCollection.
  - Rainforest Action Network.

New links in the K-12 section:
- In the International Resources area:
  - El Salvador/Relaciones Internacionales: page oriented towards the discipline of International Relations.
- In the Latin American & Bilingual Resources area:
  - Education Reform in Latin America by the Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.

August 14, 1998

There are many new links in the Anthropology & Archaeology page:
- Peru:
  - Inca Mummies of the Inca: a virtual expedition provided by Nova/PBS Online Adventures;
  - Andes Web Ring Page, with information and photos on Andean Cosmology, Machu Picchu, Saxsayuaman and Tiwanaku;
  - Archaeology Research in Peru, by Bruce Owen, containing papers, references and graphics from archaeological research, plus a picture gallery of archaeological ceramics;
  - The Chilca Valley, by Eric White: information on Paloma, Tres Ventanas, Kiqche and Chilca;
  - Museo de Arqueologia, Antropologia e Historia, from the Universidad de Trujillo.
- Colombia (new section):
  - Sociedad Colombiana de Arqueologia;
  - Enlaces - Boletin Virtual.
- Chile:
  - Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino;
  - Museo Arqueologico San Miguel de Azapa.
- Other countries:
  - Ancient Raised Field Agriculture: Applied Archaeology in the Bolivian Amazon;
  - The Santa Rosa Archaeological Project: the first comprehensive regional study in the coast of Santa Rosa (Guatemala), started in 1995, on the newly discovered prehistoric settlements.
- Regional Resources:
  - The El Cayo Archaeological Project, University of Calgary (Canada) - El Cayo is a Late Classic Maya site (ca. AD 600 to 800), which was part of the Piedras Negras political sphere;
  - Base de datos ANT-ARQ: extensive data base of Spanish and Portuguese speaking anthropologists and archaeologists;
  - Latin American Antiquity: one of the principal journals of the Society for American Archaeology.

August 10, 1998

PROEIB Andes on the Bolivia page;
Intensa, a Spanish language school on the Costa Rica page;
CyberLink on the Suriname page;
Patuca River Campaign and Honduras for Newcomers on the Honduras page.

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