What's New Archives: July 1999

July 30, 1999

New connections added to the Languages page:
- Mapuche Language (new section):
  - Mapudungun - Linguistic. Including "The Nhewenh Language Spelling", "Estado actual de las lenguas aborígenes de Chile", "Linguística mapuche", etc.;
  - Glosario Español - Mapudungun, from "Mapudunguyu: Curso de Lengua Mapuche", by M. Catrileo, Universidad Austral de Chile;
  - Lenguas y culturas de Chile.
- Mayan Languages:
  - Clase de lengua maya, with audio.
- Other Latin American Languages:
  - Clasificación de las lenguas indígenas de Colombia, by Jon Landaburu, Centro Colombiano de Estudios de Lenguas Aborígenes, Universidad de los Andes;
  - Lengua y Cultura Kawesqar, Chile.

Links added to the Anthropology & Archaeology page:
- Colombia:
  - Colombia Prehispánica - Regiones Arqueológicas;
  - Las Cuatro Estaciones - Mitología y estructura social entre los U'wa, Colección bibliográfica Banco de la República.
- Mexico:
  - Seri Cultural Center: The Sonoran desert and the sea, homeland of the Seri; a brief history of the near-extermination of the Seri; the Seri recipe for poison arrows; etc.
- Peru:
  - Moche Culture;
- Regional Resources:
  - The Aymara Society;
  - Caribbean Amerindian Centrelink: the Amerindian of Guyana, the Caribs of Dominica, the Garifuna of Belize and St. Vincent, the Tainos of Cuba, etc.
  - Asi eramos los Zenues;
  - Search for the Lost Cave People. "In 1997, an international group of archaeologists ventured into the Chiapas region of Mexico to search for the remains of a little-known civilization that preceded the Maya. In caves hundreds of feet above the Rio La Venta the team found astonishing archaeological treasures...";
  - Journal of Caribbean Archaeology.

New to the Government & Political Science page:
- Chile - information on the next presidential elections:
  - Gladys Marin: Candidata presidencial de la Izquierda - Partido Comunista, Partido Alternativa Socialista, Movimiento Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez e Independientes;
  - Joaquin Lavin Candidato presidencial de la Alianza por Chile - UDI y Renovación Nacional;
  - Ricardo Lagos Escobar: Candidato presidencial de la Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia - PPD, PDC, PS, PRSD;
  - Todo Chile con Lagos: Bases programáticas de la Concertación.
- Colombia:
  - Programa presidencial de lucha contra la corrupción;
  - JURISCOL - Información jurídica documental: Juridical data base;
  - FARC-EP, Comisión Internacional: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, Ejército del Pueblo;
- Regional Resources:
  - II Encontro Americano pela Vida Contra o Neoliberalismo, Belém, Brasil, 6 a 11 de dezembro de 1999. "...Um encontro inédito. Partidos de esquerda, movimentos guerrilheiros, camponeses, sem-terra, comunidades indígenas e afro-americanas, estudantes, associações, governos e o povo de Belém...".

July 28, 1999

New links added to the Antigua and Barbuda page:

Economy:
- Antigua: Government and Economy -- Island Connoisseur
- AntiguaNet: Economy
- Antigua and Barbuda: Economy -- Axion Geographic Search Engine
- Antigua and Barbuda: Economy -- E-Conflict World Encyclopedia
- Antigua and Barbuda: Investing in Paradise
- Economy in Antigua and Barbuda -- Caribbean-Connection.com
- Investing in Antigua -- KPMG
General:
- Antigua Today! (News, arts, community notices, etc.)
- Antigua and Barbuda Today
- Antigua and Barbuda's History and Culture
- Antigua -- Island Connoisseur
- Encarta Interactive World Atlas Online: Antigua and Barbuda
- Ethnologue: Antigua
- Ethnologue: Maps: Caribbean
- Historic Antigua and Barbuda
Government:
- Antigua and Barbuda: Government -- Axion Spatial Imaging
- The Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda -- Political Database of the Americas
- Government of Antigua and Barbuda -- E-Conflict World Encyclopedia
- Political Resources on the Net: Antigua and Barbuda
Network & Information Services:
- Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA)
- AntiguaNet: Technology
- AntiguaNet: Technology News and More
News & Newsgroups:
- Antigua Newsletter
- AntiguaNet: Press releases
- Caribbean News Agency (CANA)
- The CANARadio Satellite Network
- Washington Post: Antigua and Barbuda
Travel & Tourism:
- Antigua and Barbuda: Consular Information Sheet
- Antigua and Barbuda Consular Office New York: Visa and Entry Requirements
- Antigua and Barbuda Marine Guide
- Antigua and Barbuda Online Tourist Guide
- Caribbean Online: Antigua and Barbuda
- Caribbean Travel Roundup Newsletter
- Destination Eastern Caribbean
- E-Lime Entertainment on Antigua and Barbuda carnival, music, sailing events, etc.
- Health Information for Travelers to the Caribbean
- Tips for Travelers to the Caribbean Department of State
WWW Servers:
- AntiguaNet

New links added to the Sports page:
- In the Regional Resources, a link to the Copa America
- In the International Resources, link to the XIII Pan American Games

July 27, 1999

New links added to the Journalism page:
- In the Brazil section:
  - Baguete: Daily News
  - Instituto Gutenberg: Critical Journalism
  - Globonews
  - O Popular On Line
  - Journal Ombro a Ombro: Nationalistic Journalism
- In the Colombia section:
  - Cambio: Political Magazine
  - Dinero: Economic Journalism
  - Semana: Weekly News
- In the new Ecuador section:
  - El Comercio: Financial News
  - El Financiero
  - El Telegrafo: General Information
- In the El Salvador section:
  - La Prensa Grafica
- In the Associations section:
  - Asociacion de Empresas de Telecomunicaciones de la Comunidad Andina: ASETA
- In the General Resources section:
  - Stratfor: Political Forecasting
New links to Science page:
- Argentina
  - Astronomía en la República Argentina
  - Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales. CONAE
  - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. INTA
  - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial. INTI
  - Under Secretaria de Ciencia y Tecnología:
    - Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica
    - Comisión Nacional para el Cambio Global
    - Consejo Federal de Ciencia y Tecnología
    - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
- Regional Resources
  - Reunión Especializada de Ciencia y Tecnología del Mercosur, RECyT

July 24, 1999

Connections added to the Anthropology & Archaeology page:
- Chile:
  - Mitologia Chilota;
  - Ñuke Mapu page for Mapuche information;
  - Intijalsu (sunrise in Aymara) - Arqueoastronomia.
- Colombia:
  - Tairona Heritage Studies Center, based at the University of Wales.
- Ecuador:
  - Otavalo: The Otavalo people and culture.
- Other Countries:
  - Centro Ceremonial Indigena de Tibes, Ponce, Puerto Rico. "Tibes is the most important archaeological site in the Caribbean. It represents the continuous habitation of indigenous people more than 1.000 years befores Columbus encountered the New World";
  - Guarani Ñanduti Rogue: Informaciones y materiales sobre la cultura paraguaya de expresion guarani.
- Regional Resources:
  - Mesoweb: An exploration of Mesoamerican cultures;
  - Precolumbian Art Research Institute;
  - Mesoamerican Archive and Research Project at Princeton University - The Archive has organized an international, inter-disciplinary group of scholars and students interpreting sacred space and ritual performance in Mesoamerican religions;
  - Caribbean Archaeology, Florida Museum of Natural History, including information on field research;
  - The Precolumbian Graphic Arts Web Site;
  - Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, State University of New York, Albany - The IMS is a research institute dedicated to the study and dissemination of knowledge concerning the peoples and cultures of Mesoamerica;
  - Stock Photos: Anthropological, archaeological and art digital images with commentaries (on Aztec, Maya, Inca, Nazca, and other cultures);
  - International Association for Caribbean Archaeology;
  - Taino Expedition, Discovery Channel On Line;
  - III Reunion de Antropologia del MERCOSUR, 23 - 26 de noviembre 1999, Posadas, Misiones, Argentina: Nuevos escenarios regionales e internacionales.

New links in the History page:
- Brazil:
  - O Rio de Janeiro a traves dos jornais (1888 - 1969), by Joao Marcos Weguelin: Os acontecimientos pesquisados sao apresentados sob a otica de 62 diferentes jornais cariocas, muitos dos quais ja fecharam suas portas ha muitas decadas.
- Guatemala:
  - Guatemalan Death Squad Dossier Uncovered. The Guatemalan military kept detailed records of its death squad operations. The army log, published in this web site, reveals the fate of scores of Guatemalan citizens who were "disappeared" by security forces during the mid-1980s.
- Peru:
  - Tupac Amaru: The Life, Times and Execution of the Last Inca;
  - Museo de la Inquisicion y del Congreso del Peru.
- Uruguay:
  - Introduccion a la prehistoria del Uruguay;
  - Prehistoria del Uruguay, by Lic. Mario Consens.
- Latin American Resources:
  - Prehistory of the Andean Peoples, by James Q. Jacobs.

July 23, 1999

New links to the Military page:
- Brazil:
  - Escola Superior de Guerra
  - Ministério da Defesa
- General Section in Regional Resources:
  - Demilitarization Program: Center for International Policy
  - Organismo para la Proscripción de Armas Nucleares en la América Latina y el Caribe, OPANAL
  - Security in Latin America: A Web Bibliography by the Center for International Policy
  - Strategic Studies Institute. Publications List: Latin America
- International Resources section has been added with the following links:
  - Brookings Insitutions: Foreign Policy Studies
  - Center for Defense and International Security Studies. CDISS
  - Federation of American Scientists
  - Jane's Information Group

July 16, 1999

New to the Government & Political Science page:
- Bahamas:
  - Bahamas Government;
  - Election Data, Georgetown University;
  - Constitution.
- Brazil:
  - Escola Nacional de Administracao Publica (ENAP): Public foundation promoting, designing, and carrying out human resources training programs for the Federal Public Administration;
  - Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial (INPI);
  - Poder Judiciario;
  - Fundacao Nacional do Indio (FUNAI), including " Politica e legislacao indigenista do Brazil";
  - Exercito Brasileiro;
  - Comando da Aeronautica;
  - Ministerio da Educacao;
  - Ministerio dos Transportes;
  - Sudene: Agencia de Desenvolvimento do Nordeste;
  - Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial (INMETRO).
- Colombia:
  - Colombia Thema, revista trimestral de informacion y analisis politico. Last number includes: "Colombia: el proceso de paz", "La guerra se intensificara", "Los desplazados: un problema social y politico";
  - Instituto de Estudios Politicos y Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
- Costa Rica:
  - Costa Rica Legal Net, with information about the Costa Rican legal system;
  - Ministerio de Educacion Publica;
  - Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia;
  - Procuradoria General de la Republica, with juridical information;
  - La Gaceta Electronica: Informacion sobre leyes y decretos publicados diariamente en el Diario Oficial;
  - Instituto Nacional de Fomento Cooperativo.
- Honduras:
  - Comision Nacional de Bancos y Seguros de Honduras: Informacion legal y financiera.
- Panama:
  - Contraloria General de la Republica.
- Peru:
- Venezuela:
  - Ministerio de Defensa.

Additions to the Sociology page:
- Social Analysis Publications:
  - Revista Problemas Brasileiros.
- Regional Resources:
  - XXII Congreso de la Asociacion Latinoamericana de Sociologia (ALAS), Universidad de Concepcion, Chile, 12 al 16 de octubre de 1999.

July 15, 1999

New links added to Argentina page:
- Academic Research Resources:
  - (Bernardo) Houssay, Nobel Physiology or Medicine Prize winner in 1947.
  - Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani, Instituto de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de Buenos Aires.
  - Instituto Nacional del Teatro.
  - (Luis) Leloir, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry in 1970.
  - (Cesar) Milstein, Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine in 1984.
  - (Adolfo) Perez Esquivel, Nobel Peace prize winner in 1980.
  - (Carlos) Saavedra Lamas, Nobel Peace prize winner in 1936.
- Economy & Finance:
  - Banco Hipotecario, Informacion financiera del banco, sobre prestamos hipotecarios y creditos personales.
- Government:
  - Ejercito Argentino.
- Human Rights:
  - Botin de Guerra. Informacion sobre el documental sobre las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo y los nietos desaparecidos y recuperados. Sintesis del film y comentarios de los realizadores.
- Magazines:
  - Chacra. Revista sobre temas agropecuarios.
  - La Aventura del Hombre. Publicacion mensual sobre lugares y poblacion de la Argentina y America Latina.
  - Gente. Revista de actualidades.
- Music:
  - Anibal Troilo.
  - (Luis Alberto) Spinetta. Biografia, discografia y fotos.
- Other Sources of Information:
  - TELEFE. Canal de Television de Buenos Aires.
- Radio Stations:
  - LS4 Radio Continental.
- Science & Technology:
  - Fundacion Argentina de Investigaciones Biomoleculares.
  - Instituto de Calculo. Instituto de la universidad de Buenos Aires.
  - Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquimicas. Instituto de la universidad de Buenos Aires.
  - Instituto de Quimica-Fisica de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energia (INQUIMAE). Instituto de la universidad de Buenos Aires.
  - Instituto de Quimica y Fisicoquimica Biologicas (IQUIFIB).

New link added to Bolivia page:
- Business & Economy:
  - Camara Nacional de Industrias de Bolivia Sitio con enlaces a datos economicos, de negocios, etc.

New link added to Guyana page:
- Academic Research Resources:
  - GuyanaShop.com.

New links added to Paraguay page:
- Arts & Culture:
  - ANCLA, Revista de Literatura Paraguaya.
- Economy & Finance:
  - Banco Central del Paraguay.
  - Comision Nacional de Valores.
- General Information:
  - Embajada de Brasil en Paraguay.
  - Embajada de Estados Unidos en Paraguay.
- Government:
  - Centro de Informacion, Documentacion y Educacion Electoral.
  - Congreso Nacional Acceso a las paginas de las Camaras de Diputados y Senadores.

New link added to Uruguay page:
- Arts & Culture:
  - Orquesta Filarmonica de Montevideo Presentacion, integrantes, programa 1999, autoridades, etc.

New links were added to Venezuela page:
- Academic Research Resources:
  - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnologicas (CONICIT).
  - Consejo Nacional de Universidades Estadisticas nacionales y enlaces a las universidades del pais.
  - Fundacion para el Desarrollo de la Ciencia y la Tecnologia en la Region Guayana.
  - Instituto Nacional de Cooperacion Educativa.
- Business & Economy:
  - Camara de Industriales de Caracas.
  - Cámara Venezolano-Americana de Comercio e Industria English/Spanish Web site.
  - Comision Antidumping y Sobre Subsidios.
  - Fondo de Garantia de Depositos y Proteccion Bancaria.
- General Information:
  - Caveguias Guia telefonica de Venezuela.
- Government:
  - Armada Venezolana.
  - Constitución de la República de Venezuela.
  - Ejercito Venezolano.
  - Fuerza Aerea Venezolana.
  - Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores.
- Newspapers:
  - Economia Hoy Periodico de Caracas.
- Political Parties & Elections:
  - Consejo Nacional Electoral.
- Travel & Tourism:
  - A-Venezuela Informacion turistica sobre ciudades y estados del pais, postales, etc.

July 14, 1999

New links to Ecuador page:
- Government:
  - Comisión Asesora Ambiental, CAAM
  - Consejo Nacional de Modernización del Estado, CONAM
  - Programa de Manejo de Recursos Costeros, PMRC
- Other Resources:
  - CARE Ecuador
New links to Environment page:
- Ecuador:
  - Programa de Manejo de Recursos Costeros, PMRC
New links to Law & Justice page:
- Costa Rica:
  - Derecho Org Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic:
  - Dirección General de Impuestos Internos, DGII
  - Comisionado de Apoyo a la Reforma y Modernización de la Justicia
- Ecuador:
  - Procuraduría General del Estado
- Mexico:
  - Cámara de Diputados
- Paraguay:
  - Ministerio Público de la República del Paraguay
- Regional Resources:
  - Derechos Humanos, UN
New links to Peru page:
- Economy:
  - Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo, GRADE
- Radio & TV:
  - América Televisión

July 9, 1999

Links added to the Economy page:
- Academic Research Resources:
  - Argentina:
    - Instituto de Economia y Finanzas, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba.
  - Brazil:
    - Economistas On Line;
    - Congresso de Economia 1999: The Federal Council of Economists and the Regional Council of Economists of Rio de Janeiro will hold the 13th Brazilian Congress of Economists and the 7th Congress of the Association of Economists from Latin America and the Caribbean, in Rio de Janeiro from September 13 to 17, 1999.
  - Mexico:
    - Centro de Investigacion Economica y de Prospectiva Politica de Mexico (CIEPP);
    - Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economica (CIDE);
    - Pagina de Alcides Jose Lasa, Profesor de Economia en la Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana - Iztapalapa, con materiales de apoyo docente a estudiantes de economia.
  - Other Countries & Resources:
    - Enlaces Latinoamericanos para Economistas (ELPE): Temas y trabajos de investigacion economica.
- Macroeconomic Information and Analysis:
  - Argentina:
    - Anales de la Asociacion Argentina de Economia Politica: Full text of research papers.
  - Ecuador:
    - Bolsa de Valores de Guayaquil;
    - Bolsa de Valores de Quito.
  - Peru:
    - Departamento de Economia de la Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, including research papers: "Sistema bancario y fluctuaciones economicas, Peru 1950-1997", "El cobro de tarifas y la equidad en la distribucion del subsidio publico", "Los dos canales de transmision de la politica monetaria en una economia dolarizada", and many more articles.
  - Regional Macro Economic Resources:
    - Revista de la CEPAL, difusion a texto completo.
- News & Magazines:
  - Argentina:
    - Alzas & Bajas, revista de analisis bursatil;
    - Chacra On Line: informacion economica sobre el mundo agropecuario.
  - Venezuela:
    - Ciberentorno: informacion economica y gerencial.

New to the Management page:
- Academic & Research Centers:
  - Chile:
    - Magister en Gestion de Recursos Humanos (MAGRHUM), Universidad Gabriela Mistral.
  - Peru:
    - Instituto para la Calidad, Universidad Catolica del Peru e INDECOPI.
- Journals & Other Publications:
  - Argentina:
    - Banqueros y Empresarios, revista de negocios para ejecutivos.
  - Chile:
    - Santiago Times: Political, economic and business news.
  - Mexico:
    - Intermundo Ejecutivo;
    - Byte de Actualizacion Fiscal: informacion fiscal, contable y administrativa.
  - Peru:
    - Empresa Privada, revista de economia y negocios;
    - Actualidad Laboral, revista de relaciones laborales.
  - Other Countries & Sources:
    - Broad Street Journal: The Caribbean Business News Site;
    - CANABusiness, from the Caribbean News Agency (CANA);
    - The Wall Street Americas.
- International Resources:
  - Human Resource Management Resources on the Internet, the Ray's List of HRM connections.

July 2, 1999

Links added to the Literature page:
- Brazil:
  - Academia Brasileira de Letras, including: "Apresentação de Machado de Assis" and "Machado de Assis, cronista do Rio de Janeiro";
  - Vinicius de Moraes;
  - Analises Literarias - Literatura brasileira e portuguesa, Professora Alice Amaro;
  - Revista Brasil de Literatura, including: "A figura do negro em Monteiro Lobato"; "O romance historico contemporaneo na America Latina"; "Figuras errantes na epoca vitoriana: a preceptora, a prostituta e a louca"; "Identidades problematicas: configuraçãoes do homoerotismo masculino em narrativas portuguesas e brasileiras (1881-1959)"; and many other articles;
  - Mulheres Rosianas: Analise das figuras femeninas na obra de João Guimarães Rosa;
  - Agenda de concursos literarios nacionais e internacionais.
- Mexico:
  - Libreria Jovellanos: "La libreria virtual mas grande de Mexico".
- Peru:
  - Ciberayllu - Literatura, with many short stories, poems, essays, interviews. Some of the texts published on June 1999: Entrevista a Frances Aparicio sobre los estudios culturales "latinos" en USA; "Rethinking Peruvian Studies: De-Essentializing the Andean"; "La ruana magica"; "Versos marcianos"; "Todas las sangres".
- Venezuela:
  - Jose Antonio Ramos Sucre, poeta venezolano.
- Other Latin American & Caribbean:
  - The Caribbean Writer On-Line, published by the University of the Virgin Islands, with a Caribbean focus, containing poetry, short fiction, personal essays, one-act plays, book reviews, etc.

Additions to the Chile page:
- History:
  - Selected Documents from the Pinochet Era in Chile, released by the Department of State on June 30, 1999. Documents about deaths and arrests during the September coup, the Assassination of General Carlos Prats; etc.;
  - Chile and the United States: Declassified Documents relating to the Military Coup, 1970-1976. These documents include: CIA memoranda and reports on covert operations to promote a military coup and undermine Allende's government; National Security Council strategy papers which record efforts to destabilize Chile economically, and isolate Allende's government diplomatically; documents recording US collaboration with Chile's security forces; etc.
- Education & Academic Research:
  - Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano;
  - Universidad Gabriela Mistral;
  - Universidad de la Republica;
  - Universidad del Desarrollo, Concepcion;
  - Universidad de Talca;
  - UNIACC, Universidad de Artes, Ciencias y Comunicacion.
- Government:
  - Descentralizacion, Democracia y Desarrollo Regional;
  - Juventudes Comunistas de Chile;
  - Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria, MIR;
  - Izquierda Cristiana de Chile.

July 1, 1999

New links to the Argentina page:
- Internet & Connectivity:
  - CICOMRA, Camara de Informatica y Comunicaciones de la Republica Argentina.
  - USUARIA, Asociacion Argentina de Usuarios de la Informatica y las Comunicaciones.
  - Ole! Argentina, directorio argentino.
- New section Museums:
- Music:
  - Atahualpa Yupanki, sitio sobre su biografia, enlaces, etc.
- Political Parties:
  - Terragno '97, pagina oficial de Rodolfo Terragno.

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