What's New Archives: January 2000

January 27, 2000

New links added to the Chile page:
- Arts & Humanities:
  - Inti Illimani;
  - Museo Virtual del artista Gonzalo Mezza, with several art instalations;
  - Sociedad Chilena del Derecho de Autor, including network of Chilean musicians.
- Education & Academic Research:
  - Sitio oficial de la Prueba de Aptitud Academica (PAA), with results of the selection process;
  - DUOC - formacion tecnico-profesional;
  - Colegio de Profesores de Chile: Educational legislation, remunerations, educational topics, etc.
- Business & Economy:
  - Camara de Comercio de Santiago, including economic projections;
  - Instituto de Desarrollo Agropecuario (INDAP);
  - Servicio Nacional de Capacitacion y Empleo (SENCE).

January 26, 2000

New links added to the Mexico page:
- In the new Anthropology & Archaeology area:
  - Actualidades Antropológicas
  - Aerial Archaeology in Mexico
  - Arqueologia de Alta Montaña
  - Espeleoarqueología
  - Excavaciones Arqueológicas en las Cuevas del Cerro de la Estrella
  - A Mesoamerican Archaeology WWW Page
  - Tajín, "Ciudad Mágica"
  - Tloque-Nahuaque: Anthropology and Ethnohistory
- In the Arts & Humanities area:
  - Arquitectura de Monterrey
  - Arquitectura en Mexico
  - Arquitectura Mexicana
  - Art History in Mexico: XIX Century
  - Historia del Arte
- In the History area:
  - Datos Históricos Sobre México
  - Historical Text Archive
  - The Mexican-American War Memorial Page
  - The Mexican Revolution
  - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Full Text in English

January 20, 2000

New links added to the Mexico page:
- In the Magazines & Periodicals area:
- In the Nafta area, under the heading of Other Resources, you will find:
  - SECOFI-NAFTA: Mexican Trade Office
- In the Politics area:
  - Partido de Centro Democrático
- In the Popular Culture area:
  - Coincidir, cancionero de Alberto Escobar

January 19, 2000

New connections added to the Literature page:
- Regional Resources:
  - Poesia Latinoamericana, including many authors: Dario Agudelo, Miguel Arteche, Mario Benedetti, Ernesto Cardenal, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Oliverio Girondo, Nicolas Guillen, Juana de Ibarbourou, Vicente Huidobro, Gonzalo Rojas, Alfonsina Storni, and others.
  - Hispanet: Guide to resources on Hispanic literature on the web, including anthology of Latin American literature with essays and literary comments.
- Argentina:
  - Borges 100 años, Centro Virtual Cervantes;
  - Bibliografias de Borges, Center for Studies & Documentation, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
- Bolivia:
  - Jesus Lara, escritor y poeta.
- Chile:
  - Escritores de Magallanes, Punta Arenas.
- El Salvador:
  - Jacinta Escudos: Bibliografia y cuentos;
  - Literatura Salvadoreña.
- Uruguay:
  - Hector Rosales.
- Venezuela:
  - Rosa Virginia Martinez: Vida y obra poetica.
- Journals & Magazines:
  - Koinos: Revista de creacion literaria y difusion de autores venezolanos, Maracay, Venezuela.

January 17, 2000

Voters in Chile awarded the leftist Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia a third consecutive term in yesterday's run-off election. The LANIC Electoral Observatory keeps you up to date on electoral democracy in Latin America.

January 13, 2000

The Cinema and Video page has been updated to include:
- New sites from Brazil:
  - O Cineasta da Selva, A film about Silvino Santos, a pioneer of Brazilian film
  - Cine Natasha, national and international film distributors
  - Skylight Cinema and Photo
- The Americanos Project: Latino Life in the U.S., edited by Edward James Olmos
- Duke University's Annual Latin American Film and Video Festival: Indigenous Cultural Preservation and Political Action Through Film
- Hollywood Film Festival
- Hollywood Film Foundation
- "Cine Cubano", an important new web-site for Cuban Cinema, from ICAIC, the Cuban film institute. Includes links to Cuban film personalities and Institutions

Several new links have been added to the Hispanic/Latino Page
- Benson Latin American Collection's Conjunto Index
- Center for Latino Studies in the Americas
- Latino Lingo, a venue for Chicano/Latino Literature
- National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations
- NASD: National Agriculture Safety Database
- Women in Mariachi Music from Mariachi Publishing Company, a resource for professionals, teachers and students

January 12, 2000

The British Home Office has declared Augusto Pinochet "Unfit to stand trial," paving the way for his possible return to Chile. Read the full text of the Home Office statement, as well as reactions from around the word, in the Pinochet Extradition section of the LANIC Newsroom.

January 11, 2000

New links added to the Music page:
- In the Argentina area:
  - Alma Flamenca: Flamenco Music
  - Festivales Musicales: Concerts, Festivals, and Courses on Classical Music
  - Folklore Cordobéz
  - Letras de Grupos y Solistas Argentinos
  - Lírica: Opera in Argentina
  - Miguel Angel Morelli: Folklore
- In the Chile area:
  - Aspects of South American Musical Culture: Academic Study on Chilean Music
  - Chile Instrumentos FUNDEF: Musical Instruments
  - Guia de Conciertos en Chile: RadioZero
  - Página Experimental de Jazz en Chile
  - Panorama.cl Musica: Music News
  - Sociedad Chilena de Acustica
  - Sociedad Chilena de Derechos de Autor: Chilean Intellectual Property
  - Tunas: Estudiantinas en Chile
New links added to the Government & Political Science page:
- Argentina:
  - Comision Nacional de Comunicaciones (CNC);
  - Poder Judicial de la Nacion;
  - Consejo Nacional del Menor y la Familia.
- Barbados:
  - Barbados Port Authority.
- Brazil:
  - Superior Tribunal de Justicia.
- Colombia:
  - Diario Oficial.
- Chile:
  - Servicio Nacional de Aduanas.
- Dominican Republic:
  - Suprema Corte de Justicia;
  - Administracion General de Bienes Nacionales.
- Puerto Rico:
  - Tribunal General de Justicia.

January 10, 2000

New links added to the Art page:
- In the Argentina area:
  - arqa.com: Art and Arquitecture eZine
  - Arquitectura Digital: Arquitecture eZine
  - Arte Digital
- In the Mexico area:
  - Arte Colonial en Mexico
- In the International Resources area:
  - Arquitectura: Space for Arquitecture
  - Arquitectors Pintores
  - Art Historian's Guide to the Movies
  - Art on Screen: Examines the Convergence of Art and Film
  - ArtServe: Australian National University Image Database
  - Historia de la Arquitectura
  - Imaginary Worlds: Architecture in Motion Pictures
  - Tomás García Asensio: Celebrated Constructivist Spanish Architect

January 7, 2000

New links added to the Mexico page:

January 5, 2000

New links added to the Sports page:
- In the Ecuador area:
  - Bicicross en Cuenca-Ecuador
  - DeporNET: Sport News
  - Ecuador Taurino
  - Liga Deportiva Universitaria: Futbol
  - Nicolas Lapentti: Tennis Star
  - La Pagina Blanca: Futbol
  In the Honduras area:
  - Deportes 2000: Sport News
  - Futbol de Honduras
  - Liga Nacional de Futbol de Honduras
  In the Paraguay area:
  - Asociacion Paraguaya de Golf
  - Circuito Suramericano de Voleybol de Playa
  - Sport Net: News
  - Teledeportes Paraguay
  In the Peru area:
  - Automovilismo en el Peru
  - Cyberfutbol

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