What's New Archives: March 1999
March 31, 1999
- Several new Conference Announcements have been added to our Newsroom page, including:
- XLIV SALALM, May 1999 in Nashville, Tennessee
- XXII ALAS, October 1999 in Concepción, Chile
- CLACS Conference 1999, October 1999 in Ottawa, Canada
- XXII LASA, March 2000 in Miami, Florida
March 29, 1999
- New links have been added to the Argentina
page:
- Academic Research Resources:
- Astor Piazzolla, The Center of Astor Piazzolla on the Internet,
History, photos, and most of his work can be listened with Real Audio.
- Fundacion Jung Argentina, Institution created to spread Jung's
thought
in Sciences.
- Museo Xul Solar, Historia y fotos de algunas de sus obras.
- Teatro Colon, Informacion general de sus autoridades, programacion, etc.
- Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata.
- Universidad Nacional de Tucuman.
- Economy & Finance:
- Grupo Clarin, el mas grande Grupo de Medios de Comunicacion en la
Argentina.
- Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales (YPF), largest private company in
Argentina.
- General:
- Embajada de Brasil en Argentina, informacion general.
- Lunfardo, by Gotan.
- Lunfardo, by Michael Berglund.
- Government:
- Monumentos Historicos Nacionales Argentinos, fotos e historia de los
monumentos divididos por zonas geograficas.
- Magazines:
- Revista del Derecho de las Comunicaciones.
- Science & Technology:
- Central Atomica Atucha, informacion sobre energia nuclear, historia
de la central atomica, etc.
- Link added to the Agriculture page:
- Regional Resources:
- Instituto Interamericano de Cooperacion para la Agricultura, based in
Costa Rica, the Institute coordinates the implementation of agriculture
techniques according to the characteristics of each region in Latin America.
- Links added to the Travel page:
- Brazil:
- Hostels in Brazil, addresses and phone numbers of Youth Hostels in
Brazil.
- Virtual Trip to Brazil, photos and links to Brazilian radio & TV
stations.
- Links added to the Venezuela page:
- Academic Research Resources:
- Universidad Metropolitana (Unimet), a private university in Caracas.
- Arts & Culture
- Romulo Gallegos, Pagina sobre la vida y obra del escritor/politico
Romulo Gallegos
- Business & Economy
- Bolsa de Valores de Venezuela, Noticias, Historia e Informacion
General sobre la compra y venta de papeles bursatiles, etc.
- The Economy of Venezuela, Information and news by a Venezuelan
Economist at the World Bank
March 26, 1999
- Links added to the Sociology page:
- Regional Resources:
- Asociacion Latinoamericana de Sociologia (ALAS), containing
information about the XXII Congress that will be carried out on
October 12 - 16, 1999, in the University of Concepcion, Chile.
- Country Academic Resources:
- Brazil:
- Centro de Estudos de Cultura Contemporanea (CEDEC), Sao Paulo;
- Papers on Social Policy in Brazil, by Profs. Lawrence Graham and
Robert Wilson, Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas
at Austin.
- Argentina:
- Asociacion de Estudios de Poblacion de la Argentina
- Chile:
- Sociedad Chilena de Sociologia
- Cuba:
- Cuban Sociology, from T.R.Young's Red Feather Institute: Information
on Social Policy, Cuban scholars on Internet, and US/Canadian scholars
to contact for information on Cuban society.
- Colombia:
- Materiales de Sociologia, Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango.
- Social Analysis Publications:
- Dados, Journal of Social Sciences (Brazil);
- Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Sociais;
- Revista Eletronica de Ciencias Sociais, Universidade Federal de Goias;
- Estudos Sociedade e Agricultura: Brazilian journal of social sciences
dedicated
to the study of the rural world, containing other related links.
March 25, 1999
- A new link in Environment page
Mexico-U.S. Border section.
- U.S.-Mexico Borderlands Program of the Interhemispheric Resouce Center
- New links in Law.
- Convenção das Nações Unidas sobre os Contratos de Compra e Venda
Internacional de Mercadorias in Brazil section.
- United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) in
General Resources .
- New links in Ecuador.
- Museo Nahim Isaías B. in Arts & Culture section.
- Finanzas On line in Economy section.
- CRE Satelital Ecuador in News & Newsgroups.
- El Diario Digital in News & Newsgroups.
March 23, 1999
- Read about the Assassination of Paraguay's Vice President Luis
María Argaña by
following the links in the LANIC Newsroom.
March 22, 1999
- New links have been added to the
Newspapers Page:
- Bolivia:
- El Cafe Boliviano, a site with links to Bolivian Newspapers and
Radio Stations
- El Deber, Newspaper from Santa Cruz de la Sierra
- El Mundo, Newspaper from Santa Cruz de la Sierra
- Los Tiempos, Newspaper from Cochabamba
- La Prensa, Newspaper from La Paz
- Cuba:
- Ecuador:
- El Diario, Newspaper from Portoviejo
- General Resources:
- CNN in Portuguese, General News in Portuguese
- CNN in Spanish, General News in Spanish
- Fox Sports Latin America, Sports News in English and Spanish
March 12, 1999
- Read about the Economic Crisis in Ecuador by following the
links in the LANIC Newsroom.
- Connections added to the Government
& Political Science page:
- Mexico:
- Documents on Mexican Politics: "Normalidad democrática y
estado de excepción en México"; "Self-Censorship
and the Mexican Press"; "Por una izquierda
democrática"; "Reinventando a la izquierda
mexicana"; and many other articles;
- Mexican Law, from Washburn University School of Law Library.
- Guatemala:
- Acción Ciudadana: Citezen Action is a private nonprofit
organization that has undertaken the task of supporting the capacity
of groups in Guatemalan society for the construction of a
representative and participatory democracy;
- Documentos Socio-políticos: "Guatemala: Memoria del
Silencio. Informe de la Comisión para el Esclarecimiento
Histórico" (February, 1999), and many other texts.
- Chile:
- Embajada de Chile en Perú, with information on the
relationship between Chile and Peru.
- Panama:
- Elecciones 1999 en Panamá: political and electoral information;
- Presidencia de la Republica;
- Ministerio de Educacion;
- Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores;
- Ministerio de Trabajo;
- Ministerio de Obras Publicas.
- Colombia:
- Regional Resources:
- RespondaNet - Proyecto Anti-corrupcion en las Americas: The
Americas' Accountability / Anti-Corruption project funded through the
United States Agency for International Development aims to support
anti-corruption initiatives and to strengthen public sector financial
management.
March 11, 1999
- A new link in Peru page.
- New links in Ecuador page.
- Ecuadorian-American Chamber of Commerce in Economy section.
- La Comisión de Estudios para el Desarrollo de la Cuenca del Río
Guayas (CEDEGE) in Government section.
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC) in
Government
section.
- Minsterio de Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda(MIDUVI) in
Government
section.
- Ministerio de Salud Pública in Government section.
- Ministerio de Turismo in Government section.
March 5, 1999
- We have added a variety of new links to the Primary & Secondary Education page:
- In the country resources for Brazil:
- Cyber School do Brasil
- A Escola do Futuro
- Instituto de Tecnologia em Informática - ITECI
- Livros de Informatica para Jovens e Criancas
- A Rede Kidlink
- A Rede Latinoamericana de Comunicação de Dados da Educação
Tecnológica - RedeLET
- In the country resources for Mexico:
- In the country resources for Peru:
- Red Científica Peruana - Internet Perú
- In the International Resources:
- The Alphabet Superhighway
- How Stuff Works
- Lesson Plans for Teachers and Educators
- Kidlink
- Kid's Web
- The Online Innovation Institute - OII
- Tech Know!
- Web Sites and Resources for Teachers
March 4, 1999
- New connections added to the
Anthropology & Archaeology page:
- Bolivia:
- Cuzco, La Vallée Sacrée des Incas, with some photos
and information on Machu Picchu.
- Colombia:
- Museo del Oro del Banco de la Republica: a great collection of
Pre-Columbian gold works;
- Sitios Arqueologicos en Colombia;
- Revista Colombiana de Antropología: "De la cumbia a la
corraleja: el culto a los santos en el bajo Sinú",
"Prácticas funerarias como expresiones políticas",
"El motorista: estudio de caso urbano sobre las construcciones de
barrios en Bogotá", and other articles.
- Mexico:
- Cultura Mexica, "Aztec" culture.
- Other Countries :
- Arqueología en El Salvador;
- Arqueología en Panamá;
- Welcome to Otavalo, Ecuador: Information about people and culture.
- Regional Resources:
- Association pour la Recherche Archéologique dans les Pays
Andins, from the University of Geneve;
- Investigación del Imperio Incaico en Saraguro, Ecuador:
research on the processes of imperial expansion and maintenance, by
Dennis E. Ogburn, University of California, Santa Barbara;
- Lenguaje y cultura de los aymaras;
- Annotated Amazonia: An online bibliography from an anthropological
perspective, covering the entire Amazon basin;
- L'Amérique Latine, from Le Philoscope, including a Museum on
Pre-Columbian Cultures Online.
March 3, 1999
- We've added some significant public affairs links to our Latino/Hispanic page, including:
- CARACEN, Central American Resource Center of Los Angeles
- National Association of Hispanic Journalists
- National Hispanic Council on Aging
- National Latino Children's Institute
- National Association of Latino Elected Officials
- MALDEF, Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund
- We've also added the following muy chingón cultural links, !Orale!
- BrownPride Online! Latin Webazine
- BorderQuest Virtual Festival
- Chico Comics
- Casa de Arte y Cultura of Chicago
- Cinemaluna, a Chicano Media site
- Contacto Magazine
- Heathen Graffiti Art Gallery
- LA CUCARACHA:Editorial Cartoons by Lalo Alcaraz
- "Lil' Rudy G. and the Chizmosos," a shockwaved musical site
- LowRider Clubs Directory
- MACLA, San Jose Center for Latino Arts
- The Mexican Museum of San Francisco
- www.RAZA.org
- Razateca magazine
- Sleepy Lagoon Index, art and history of a Los Angeles barrio
- Soy Hechicero, Stories of Santería in a subdivision near
Atlantic City
- Zootsuits by suavecito.com
March 2, 1999
- A new section titled Argentina can be found in the Art page:
- Aldo Sessa: Photography
- Alicia Puy: Portraits in oils
- ICI: Centro Cultural de Espana, Buenos Aires
- Andres Serrano en la Fundacion Proa: Photography
- Beatriz Ruderman: Installations and Objects
- Carlos Zaccari fotografia argentina
- Diego Alexandre Pinturas
- Diana Arbiser Arte Argentino: Photography
- Esteban Alvarez: Painting
- Estela Bartoli: Pinturas - Tango
- Fabian Restivo: Photography
- Fabiana Barreda: Photography
- La Fotografia Atistica de Jorge Horacio Pousa
- Gaby Herbstein - Fashion Photo
- Gerardo van Waalwyk van Doorn: Photography
- Guillermo Alio Tango y Pintura
- Jorge Frasca: Painting
- Juan Carlos Franco: Photography
- Juan Chapar- Arte Digital
- Kafka por Luis Scafati: Drawing "Metamorphosis"
- Liliana Poj: Etching
- Moira Antonello: Photography
- Raul Carrizo: Photography
- Rosalia Maguid: Installations
- Silvana Blasbalg: Etching
- Stella Sidi: Painting, Mixed Media
- Susana Rolandelli: Mixed Media
- Victor Wolf: Fashion Photographer
- A New section titled Energy can be found in the Mexico page:
- Comision Federal de Electricidad
- Comision Reguladora de Energia
- Mexico Energy Intelligence Home Page
- Petroleos Mexicanos
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