What's New Archives: April 1999

April 29, 1999

Connections added to the Government & Political Science page:
- Argentina:
  - Constitutional Law and Legal Documents, from the Washburn University School of Law.
- Chile:
  - Chilean Law and Legislation.
- Peru:
  - Peru Politico Electoral.
- Panama:
  - Elecciones 1999 en Panama.
- Regional Resources:
  - Red de Investigadores Latinoamericanos por la Democracia y Autonomia de los Pueblos: It includes articles on political economy, globalization, ideology, democracy and several other topics;
  - Analisis comparativo de las constituciones latinoamericanas, from Georgetown University/Organization of American States;
  - The Virtual Institute of Caribbean Studies: It is an independent, New Jersy (USA) based internet forum committed to stimulate, coordinate, and disseminate research on various topics relevant to the development of Caribbean peoples. Some research papers included: Caribean Geopolitics and Geonarcotics; The Banana Crisis; Globalization, Fragmentation and Integration: A Caribbean Perspective.

April 27, 1999

New links to Law page:
- Derecho Org - El Portal Jurídica en Internet in Argentina, Mexico, Peru, and Puerto Rico section.
- Ley Electoral de la Repúblic Dominicana and Suprema Corte de Justicia to Dominican Republic section.
Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (IBICT) has been added to Brazil section of the Science page.
Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e Recursos Naturais (IBAMA) has been added to Brazil section of the Environment page.

April 26, 1999

New links added to the Argentina page:
- Magazines:
  - Todo es Historia, revista mensual de Historia Argentina.
- Political Parties.

New link to the Agriculture page:
- In Papers and Articles:
  - Equal treatment for agriculture, an essay by Muni Figueres for the Inter-American Development Bank.

New links added to the Newspapers page:
- General Resources:
  - BBC in Portuguese, general news.
  - BBC in Spanish, general news.

New links added to the Religion and Theology page:
- In the Argentina section;
  - Catedral de La Plata.
  - Diocesis de Quilmes.
- In the Nicaragua section:
  - Cepad, Consejo de Iglesias Pro-Alianza Denominacional.
- In the Papers & Articles section :
  - Dios vela por ti en Internet, escrito por Lisa Miller y Guillermo Bleichmar para The Wall Street Journal Americas.
  - For Bishops, Net is Tool-Both Useful and Worrisome, by Matt Richtel for The New York Times.

New link added to the Uruguay page:
- Network & Information Services:
  - Uruguay Total, a Web Directoy.

New links added to the Venezuela page:
- Business & Economy:
  - Grupo Cisneros, official site with information about the Grupo's companies.
- Political Parties & Elections:
  - Movimiento V Republica.
  - Partido Laboral Venezolano.
  - Parido Social Cristiano.
  - Patria para Todos.
  - Proyecto Merida.
  - Proyecto Venezuela.

April 22, 1999

Connections added to the Literature page:
- Cuba:
  - La Casa de la Poesia Cubana, including poems of Lezama Lima, Julian del Casal and Alexis Soto;
  - Paseo por la literatura cubana, by Viviana Fernandez M.: Alejo Carpentier, Emilio Ballagas, Nicolas Guillen, and others.
- Costa Rica:
  - Poesia costarricense: Julian Marchena, Juan Diego Braun, Carlomagno Araya, and many others.
- Uruguay:
  - Arbol Veloz: A multimedia form of poetry.
- In the Journals & Magazines section:
  - Revista Literaria Espiral: Latin American art and literature, University of Miami, Coral Gables;
  - El Malpensante: Literary and cultural journal, Colombia.

New to the Chile page:
- Arts & Humanities:
  - Museos y Galerias de Chile.
- Business & Economy:
  - Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE): Socio-economic information;
  - Superintendencia de Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones;
  - Chile Business and Economy, from Latininvestor;
  - Informativo Economico, with analysis of current economic situation.
- Government:
  - Sistema Nacional de Informacion Ambiental (SINIA).
- Science & Technology
  - Chiletech: Information Technology News Center that shows what is going on in the Chilean Technological Market.

April 20, 1999

New to the Brazil page:
- Prossiga - REI Bibliotecas Tematicas, and
- Secretaria de Estado da Administração e do Patrimônio (SEAP), in Academic Research Resources
- Brazil Political Database of the Americas, in Government
- Economia & Energia, in Magazines & Periodicals
- World Heritage Sites in Brazil, in Travel and Tourism
New links to Science page.
- Foro Argentino de Biotecnología in Argentina.
- Instituto Nacionial de Investigaciones Nucleares in Mexico.
- Laboratorio Nacional de Informática Avanzada, A.C. in Mexico.
- Regional Resources
  - Red de Información de CyT para América Latina y el Caribe (INFOCYT)
  - Mercado Común del Conocimiento Científico y Tecnológico, OAS (MERCOCYT)
  - Office of Science and Technology, OAS
  - Science and Technology in Latin America and the Caribbean (RedHUCyT)

April 19, 1999

We have added a new page to our extensive Subject Directory: The Y2K Problem in Latin America, which can be reached through our Internet & Computing section. The new page contains links to dozens of sites with information about preparations in Latin American countries to deal with the "Millenium Bug".

April 16, 1999

New Connection to Government in Peru page:
- Peru Politico Electoral by Asociación Transparencia, Lima, Peru. Legislación, estadísticas, partidos políticos, resultados, ensayos y publicaciones sobre el quehacer político electoral del Perú.
New connections added to the Government & Political Science page:
- Chile:
  - El Estado de Chile al servicio de la gente, from the Commitee on Modernizing Public Management, containing links to more than 200 governmental institutions, and many documents on line.
- Dominican Republic:
  - Antorcha - La primera pagina politica dominicana: Information and links on government and politics;
  - Rumbo: Journal with news and political analysis.
- Nicaragua:
  - Consejo Supremo Electoral de la Republica;
  - Ministerio de Hacienda y Credito Publico;
  - Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores.
- Regional Resources:
  - Latin American Election Statistics: A Guide to Sources, from the Social Sciences and Humanities Library, University of California, San Diego.

More links in the Economy page:
- In the Academic Research Resources:
  - Peru: Consorcio de Investigacion Economica.
  - Brazil: Rede Academica de Ciencia Economica (RACE), with many papers on line, available for downloading.
- In the Macroeconomic Information & Analysis section:
  - Venezuela: Base de datos macroeconomica - Macroeconomic and social indicators, 1984 - 1996.
  - Nicaragua: Superintendencia de bancos y otras instituciones financieras.
  - Regional Resources: Federacion Iberoamericana de Bolsas de Valores.
- In the News & Magazines section:
  - Venezuela: Venezuela Oil & Energy.

April 13, 1999

New links to the Environment page.
- Regional Resources
  - El Centro Panamericano de Ingeniería Sanitaria y Ciencias del Ambiente(CEPIS): el centro de tecnología ambiental de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS).
  - Inter-American Association on Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (AIDIS).
  - Sustainable Development Department of the Inter-American Development Bank.
- International Resources
  - Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL).
  - Center for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) of the Univerity of East Anglia, UK
  - Environment Page of the World Bank Group.
  - U.S. EPA
  - World Resources Institute (WRI).
Many new links have been added to the Magazines & Journals page:
- In the Brazil section:
  - Revista Conjuntura Economica
- In the Chile section:
  - Correo de la Innovación
  - La Revista de la CEPAL
- In the Mexico section:
  - Idea Económica
  - Nexos
  - Revista Salud Pública de México
  - Rompan Filas
  - Universidad de México
  - Vuelta
- In the Peru section:
  - Revista Andina
- In the Regional Resources section:
  - Bulletin of Latin American Research
  - Economic Development and Cultural Change
  - The Grassroots Development Journal
  - The Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy
  - Hispanic Magazine Online
  - The Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences
  - The Journal of Latin American Anthropology
  - The Journal of Latin American Lore
  - The Journal of Latin American Studies
  - The Journal of Interamerican Studies & World Affairs
  - The LASA Forum Online
  - Latin American Antiquity
  - Latin American Perspectives
  - Latin American Literary Review
  - Mester
  - Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos
  - Review: Latin American Literature & Arts
  - The TQS Review

April 9, 1999

There is a new subject page in Lanic's directory. The Religion & Theology page can be found on the Society & Culture page.

New links added to the Argentina page:
- In the Academic Research Resources section:
  - Himno Nacional Argentino.
  - Teatro General San Martin.
- In the Economy & Finance section:
  - Calvo, Guillermo; collection of economic papers by Argentinian economist at The University of Maryland.
- In the General section:
  - Argentina, by Millenium Project. The site contains economic and political information about Argentina.
- In the Government section:
  - Boletin Oficial de la Republica Argentina.
  - Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
  - Gobierno de la Provincia de Salta.
- A new section Radio Stations was created in the Argentina page.
- In the Travel section:
  - Aerolineas Argentinas, informacion sobre precios y horarios de sus vuelos.

April 8, 1999

Links added to the Economy page:
- In the Academic Research Resources section:
  - Brazil: Sociedade Brasileira de Econometria.
- In the Macroeconomic Information & Analysis section:
  - Argentina:
    - Bolsa de Valores de Buenos Aires.
  - Brazil:
    - Federacao Brasileira das Associacoes de Bancos (FEBRAPRAN);
    - Bolsa de Valores do Parana;
    - Bolsa de Mercadorias e Futuros;
    - Secretaria de Estado do Fazenda do Rio de Janeiro
  - Chile:
    - Bolsa Electronica de Chile.
  - Jamaica:
    - Jamaica Stock Exchange Financial Network.
  - Mexico:
    - Bolsa Mexicana de Valores.
  - Uruguay:
    - Bolsa Electronica de Valores del Uruguay.
  - Venezuela:
    - Bolsa de Valores de Caracas.
  - Other Countries:
    - Banco de Reserva de la Republica Dominicana.
  - Regional Resources:
    - Guia del Mercosur, with information on Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay;
    - Mercosur - South America's Common Market.
- In the News & Magazines section:
  - Chile: Busines News Americas, with daily business news from Latin America covering banking, telecommunications, mining, electric power, infrastructure, and privatization.

April 7, 1999

New links to Health page:
- OPS-Bolivia in Bolivia.
- Corporación de Lucha Contra el SIDA in Colombia.
- Infomed and Instituciones de Salud in Cuba.
- OPS-Honduras in Honduras.
- Ministry of Health in Jamaica.
- Centro Nacional de Información y Documentación sobre Salud in Mexico.
- Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición in Mexico.
- Mi Pediatra in Mexico.
- Secretaría de Salud in Mexico.
- Secretaria de Salud-Gobierno del Estado de Sonora in Mexico.
- Ministerio de Salud in Nicaragua.
- Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social in Paraguay.
- Gestión Médica in Peru.
New links to Environment page:
- Maya People of the Toledo District of Belize in Belize.
- Amazon Watch in Regional Resources.
- Rainforest Alliance in International Resources.

April 2, 1999

Connections added to the Labor page:
- Honduras:
  - Maquilas in Honduras
- Mexico:
  - Labor in Mexico: A guide to compensation and labor law;
  - Maquila - Mexico Manufacturing, with information about the maquiladora industry;
  - Maquiladora Health and Safety Support Network: A volunteer network of professionals to provide information, technical assistance and instruction regarding workplace hazards in the over 3800 maquiladora plants along the U.S.-Mexico border.
- Regional Resources:
  - La industria de la maquila en Centroamerica: Full text of the report for the Seminario Subregional de Empleadores de Centroamerica y Republica Dominicana, International Labor Organization (ILO);
  - Maquila Solidarity Network.
- International Resources:
  - Corporate Watch: Site monitoring the activities of transnational corporations.

New to the Chile page:
- Education:
  - Universidad Alberto Hurtado.
- Government:
  - Fundacion para la Innovacion Agraria (FIA):
  - Instituto Forestal de Chile (INFOR);
  - Innovacion en Chile: Programa de Innovacion Tecnologica, Ministerio de Economia.
- Other Resources:
  - Comite Nacional Pro Defensa de la Flora y Fauna (CODEFF) -non-governmental environment organization, with 30 years of experience.

April 1, 1999

The Trade page has several new links:
- Under Brazil, the Brazil-U.S. Business Council
- Under Trade Pacts, the Corporación Andina de Fomento, the Association of Caribbean States, the Secretaría Administrativa del Mercosur, the NAFTA Secretariat.
- Under Western Hemispheric Resources, the Parlamento Centroamericano.

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