What's New Archives: October 1998

October 31, 1998

New links in the Chile page:
- News: A dossier on the arrest of Pinochet in London, with legal documents, interviews, and other information.
- Government:
  - Chile Country Report on Human Right Practices, from the U.S. Department of State;
  - Ejercito de Chile, including a declaration about the arrest of Pinochet;
  - Armada de Chile;
  - Seguimiento Participativo del Plan de Descontaminacion de Santiago, Comision Nacional del Medio Ambiente (CONAMA);
  - Tesoreria General de la Republica;
  - Servicio de Impuestos Internos;
  - Municipalidad de Santiago;
  - Municipalidad de Las Condes.
- Business & Economy:
  - Banco Central;
  - Corporacion Nacional del Cobre (CODELCO);
  - Country Comercial Guide, from the U.S. Department of Commerce: It presents a comprehensive look at Chile's commercial environment, using economic, political, and market analysis.
- Travel & Tourism: Oficina de Turismo de la Municipalidad de Santiago.

October 30, 1998

The following sites have been added to our Latin American Regional Resources page:
- Centro de Formacion para la Integracion Regional - CEFIR
- Instituto para la Integracion de America Latina y el Caribe - INTAL
- MERCOSUR
- Organizacion Latinoamericana de Energia - OLADE
- Parlamento Amazonico
- Sistema de Informacion de Comercio Exterior - SICE

October 29, 1998

Our Search page has been updated with the addition of six new Latin American search sites. You can find the new sites in the categories for Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Peru Country Commercial Guide (FY 1998) and Economic Policy and Trade Practices Report (1997) by the US State Department have been added to Peru Economy Section.

October 28, 1998

The Brazil page has the following new resources:

Travel & Tourism: O Guia Turistico Oficial da Cidade de Sao Paulo
Academic Research Resources: Fundacao Gregorio de Mattos: Gerencia de Arquivos e Bibliotecas
Magazines & Periodicals: Istoe
Government:
- Ministerio da Cultura
- Ministerio da Educacao e do Desporto
- Instituto Nacional de Colonizacao e Reforma Agraria
- Ministerio da Fazenda
- Ministerio da Justica
- Ministerio do Meio Ambiente, dos Recursos Hidricos e da Amazonia Legal

October 24, 1998

The Maps page has been extensively rejuvenated and remodified, with many links added to individual countries so that searching for specific national maps is much quicker and easier.

October 23, 1998

There are several new connections in the Anthropology & Archaeology page:
- Mexico:
  - Archaeology of Teotihuacan, from the Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University: Architecture, iconography, and ornamentation from the Feathered Serpent Pyramid in the Mesoamerican metropolis of Teotihuacan.
  - Museo del Templo Mayor: The Templo Mayor Project of the National Institute of Anthropology and History extensively and intensively excavated the most important pyramid of the Aztecs. The results of the research are demonstrated through exhibition hall pages with instructional texts and abundant photos.
  - Oaxaca, Archaeology, from the Antequera Red.
  - Carlos Pellicer Anthropology and Archaeology Museum, Tabasco.
- Bolivia:
  - Tiwanaku and Andean Archaeology page: Archaeological research on the prehistoric Tiwanaku polity; recent investigations in Cochabamba; and an English-Spanish glossary of archaeological terms.
  - Functional Analysis of Flake Tools from Chiripa: A paper by Matthew S. Bandy, University of California, Berkeley.
- Guatemala:
  - Tomb of the Jade Jaguar at Tikal: An informative slide lecture on Maya art, architecture, and archaeology.
- Peru:
  - Huarochiri - A Peruvian Culture in Time.
  - The Virtual Inca Trail, showing the Inca route through the mountains.
- Other Countries:
  - Copan Village Archaeology Museum: Pre-Hispanic Maya art, artifacts, and antiquities in Honduras.
- Regional Resources section:
  - Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations by Kevin L. Callahan, University of Minnesota: Mesoamerican governments, religions, and writing systems, with information regarding the Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec, and Aztec.
  - Ancient Mesoamerican Writing, by Gbonline.
  - Maya Research Program (MRP), St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas.

October 19, 1998

New link in the Networking page.

In the Regional Resources section:
- Investment Priorities for the Information Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean.

New links in the Peru page.

In the Business & Finance section:
- Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Stock Market Reports by International Finance Corporation (IFC).
In the Economy section:
- Perú en cifras: Current demographic, social and economic indicators. By INEI.
- Long Term Trends in Social and Economic Development (1976-1997) by World Bank.
- Integration and Regional Programs Department (IADB) On-line Databases.
- Country Brief by World Bank.

Mininsterio de Salud de Colombia has been added to the Health page.

New links in the Argentina page:

In the Economy & Finance section:
- Argentinian Economic Forecast by Banco Frances/BBV.
- Consejo Federal de Inversiones.
In the General section:
- Embajada de Australia en Argentina.
- Embajada de Francia en Argentina.
- Sarmiento, by Diario Clarin.
- U.S. Embassy Buenos Aires.
In the Newspaper section:
- Buenos Aires Economico, Business News.
- Periodismo.Com, Noticias de Argentina.
In the Resources in Argentina by Type of Service section:
- Biblioteca del Congreso de la Nacion Argentina.
- Grippo.Com, Directorio de Argentina.
- Universidad Catolica de Cordoba.

October 16, 1998

New connections in the Sociology page:

In the Research & Study Centers section:
- Guatemala: Centro de Estudios de Guatemala (CEG).
- Brazil:
  - Centro de Estudos de Opinao Publica (CESOP), Universidade Estadual de Campinas;
  - Centro Brasileiro de Estudos Latinoamericanos;
  - Centro de Documentacao e Formacao Social e Politica (CEDOC).
- Regional Resources:
  - Caribbean Online Public Access Catalogue (COPAC): This free service allows to find out socioeconomic materials held in the Caribbean region.
  - Latin America Development Archive (Ladark): It contains data sets and other information useful to social scientists who are doing research on Latin American development. Ladark is a project of the Program in Comparative International Development in the Department of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University.
In the Social Analysis Publications section:
- Sincronia, journal of cultural studies, Universidad de Guadalajara (Mexico);
- Latin American Perspectives: the journal offers a multidisciplinary approach for "a comprehensive and scholarly examination of the current state of Latin America";
- Revista Veneno - Pasiones y Razones de America Latina (Mexico);
- Comunicacion & Politica, journal of the Brazilian Center of Latin American Studies (CEBELA);
- Plural, journal of the postgraduate program in Sociology, Universidade de Sao Paulo (it includes only abstracts);
In the Subject Areas section:
- State and Development: Debate - Estado, Administracion Publica y Sociedad, published by the Centro Latinoamericano de Administracion Publica para el Desarrollo (Venezuela).
- Religion: The Vodou Page, with basics of the religion, and Vodou and Haitian politics.

October 15, 1998

The following articles have been added to the Network & Information Services page:

Can technonogy close the education gap?
Haiti and Internet Governance

Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE) has been added to the Argentina page.

October 14, 1998

The following links have been added to the Journals and Magazine page:

El Amante is a cinema magazine from Argentina.
Apertura is a monthly business magazine from Argentina.
Mercado is a trade and business magazine from Argentina.
Negocios covers the business world of Argentina.
PC Magazine Argentina is the Argentinian-based version of this American Computer magazine.
El Publicitario is an Argentinian marketing magazine.
Tres Puntos is an Argentinian magazine of national current events.

October 13, 1998

Argentina

Economy & Finance

WWW Servers

October 12, 1998

The Languages Page featuring sites in Spanish, Portuguese, Quechua, Mam, Nahuatl and other languages of Latin America, has been updated to include many new links. Highlights include:
- Learn Spanish, a free online tutorial
- Center for Multilingual Multicultural Research, USC
- I*Earn Latina, a forum for educators and young people to develop collaborative projects for the health and welfare of the planet and its peoples using Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, or other Latin-based languages.
- Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents from the California State University, San Marcos
- Mar Del Plata, Argentine Language and Culture program at the University of Fasta
- Todos Santos Cuchumatan, Spanish and Mam language programs in a Guatemalan village
- Proyecto Cultural Escuela La Habana Internacional, a Swiss-Cuban cultural project
- Interlang - Sao Paulo
- The Oaxacan Collection, study units for Spanish teachers and students on the people, culture, and language of Oaxaca.
- Nahuatl Summer Language Institute at Yale University

October 9, 1998

There are several new links in the Economy page:
- In the Academic Research Resources section: Centro de Investigaciones Economicas - CIEN (Guatemala).
- In the Macroeconomic Information and Analysis section:
  - Chile:
    - Superintendencia de Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (SAFP), with information about the Chilean Private Pensions System based on individual capitalization;
    - Chile Business and Economy, by Latinvestor.
  - Cuba: Economic Eye on Cuba, published by members of the U.S. - Cuba Trade and Economic Council, "the largest nonpartisan business organization within the United States focusing upon the Republic of Cuba".
  - El Salvador: Bolsa de Valores.
  - Uruguay:
    - Instituto Nacional de Estadistica;
    - Direccion General Impositiva;
    - Banco de Prevision Social.
  - Regional Macro Economic Data Resources:
    - Estadisticas de la Comunidad Andina: datos economicos y sociales;
    - Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America (AACCLA). AACCLA "is the most active and influential voice for American business operating in Latin America today. It is the umbrella group for 23 American Chambers of Commerce in 21 Latin American / Caribbean nations".
- In the News and Magazines section:
  - Chile: Revista Economia Chilena, published by the Banco Central.
  - Other Countries and Sources: Focus - The UN in the Caribbean. It is a publication of the Economic Commision for Latin America and Caribbean (ECLAC) and the United Nations Information Centre for the Caribbean (UNIC).

October 6, 1998

Connections added to the Labor page:
- Colombia: Escuela Nacional Sindical (ENS). The ENS is a Non Govermental Organization specialized in the reflection and action on the problems of work and trade unions.
- Costa Rica: Ministerio del Trabajo y Seguridad Social.
- Argentina:
  - Asociacion de Empleados de Farmacia (ADEF);
  - Federacion Nacional de Trabajadores Camioneros (FEDCAM);
  - Superintendencia de Riesgos del Trabajo.
- Puerto Rico: Bandera Roja, publishing articles about trade union organization and activities.
- Peru: Coordinadora Rural de Organizaciones e Instituciones Agrarias.
- Nicaragua: Nicaraguan Labor Relations, with information provided by the United States Embassy, Managua.
- Venezuela: Ley de Reforma Parcial de la Ley Organica del Trabajo.
- Latin American Resources section:
  - Mercosur Laboral (MERCOLAB/OIT): It contains labor statistics, employment data, information on labor markets, labor legislation and other information;
  - Confederacion Internacional de Organizaciones Sindicales Libres (CIOSL) and Organizacion Regional Interamericana de Trabajadores (ORIT).

October 2, 1998

New to the Trade page, several new links for Nicaragua:
- American Chamber of Commerce of Nicaragua
- Centro de Exportaciones e Inversiones
- Centro de Tramites para Exportaciones
- Comisión Nacional de Promoción de Exportaciones
- Direción General de Aduanas
- Nicaragua Exports

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