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:
  - Gramna International
- 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:
  - Ejército Nacional.
- 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.
- Perú On Line by Promperu
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:
  - Mexico for Kids
- 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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