What's New Archives: March 2000

• New links added to the Government & Political Science page:
  • Argentina:
    • Camara Nacional Electoral.
  • Mexico:
    • Servicios al Contribuyente, Servicio de Administracion Tributaria;
    • Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion;
    • Red de Informacion Municipal, Centro de Servicios Municipales Heriberto Jara, A.C.;
  • Peru:
    • Oficina Nacional de Procesos Electorales;
    • Superintendencia Nacional de Administracion Tributaria (SUNAT);
    • Instituto Nacional Penitenciario - Manejo de establecimientos penitenciarios a nivel nacional;
    • Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia;
    • Superintendencia de Bienes Nacionales;
    • Superintendencia de Banca y Seguros.

The Lanic Electoral Observatory keeps you informed on upcoming presidential and legislative elections in Peru.

The Lanic Electoral Observatory reports the final tally for El Salvador's legislative elections.

• New connections added to the Chile page:
  • Arts & Humanities:
    • Centro Cultural Mapocho;
    • Fundacion Valparaiso;
    • Centro Cultural Salvador Allende.
  • Education & Academic Research:
    • Centro de Extension, Pontificia Universidad Catolica;
    • Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioetica, Universidad de Chile;
    • Fundacion Instituto de la Mujer - Familia y derechos de la mujer en Chile.
  • News:
    • Megavision - TV news;
    • Metropolis Intercom - TV cable.
  • Science & Technology:
    • Agujero de Ozono sobre Sudamerica, Departamento de Fisica, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso;
    • Fundacion para la Transferencia Tecnologica (FUNTEC).

March 9, 2000

• New links on the Colombia page, including a new section on Popular Culture and Colombia's contribution to the "vallenato" and "death metal" musical genres:
  • Arts & Humanities
    • Andrés Caicedo Estela
    • ColArte
    • Festival Internacional de Poesía en Medellín
    • Festival Latinoamericano de Teatro
    • Gabriel García Márquez
    • Gonzalo Arango
    • León de Greiff
    • Macondo (Gabriel García Márquez)
    • Poetas
    • La Rana Dorada
  • Pop Culture
    • Angel Negro (death metal)
    • Aterciopelados
    • Col-Rock
    • Diomedes Díaz (vallenato)
    • Máximo Jiménez y los Chicos del Vallenato
    • Música Vallenata
    • Neurosis, Inc. (death metal)
    • Mundo Negro (metal)
    • Romanceros (vallenato)
  • Radio & Television
    • Canal Capital
    • Colombiana de Televisión
    • R@dionet
    • RCN Radio
    • Sunset Radio
    • Todelar Cadena Nacional
    • Univalle Estereo

• Connections added to the Government & Political Science page:
  • Colombia:
    • Mandato Ciudadano por la Paz, la Vida y la Libertad;
    • Comando General de las Fuerzas Militares.
  • Costa Rica:
    • Comision Nacional para el Mejoramiento de la Administracion de Justicia (CONAMAJ);
    • Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones;
    • Instituto Nacional de Seguros;
    • Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Transportes.
  • Peru:
    • Elecciones Peru: Information on the 2000 General Elections;
    • Oposicion a Fujimori;
    • Defensoria del Pueblo;
    • Sistema de Identificacion Peruano;
    • Marina de Guerra del Peru.

March 7, 2000

• The LANIC Electoral Observatory reports that legislative and local elections have again been postponed in Haiti .

• The Haiti page now has the following categories to provide better resources and information concerning the upcoming elections: Election Coverage; Electoral Resources; and Political Parties & Candidates.

A new subject page has been added to the LANIC website! The Distance Education page is a brand new resource to LANIC, and it is located in the category of Education. This page contains links to resource information about both new developments in computer- and web-based distance education and also current trends in more traditional forms of distance education. The following subject areas have been chosen to facilitate research and investigation into the various types of distance education in Latin America and the rest of the world: Institutions and Working Groups; Online Courses, Seminars, and Training Programs; International Resources; and Journals and Writings.

• Links added to the Literature page:
  • Regional Resources:
    • Cuatrogatos, literatura infantil.
  • Argentina:
    • 26ª. Feria del Libro de Buenos Aires, April 18 - May 8, 2000.
  • Mexico:
    • Tomas Urtusastegui: Mexican playwright; biography and bibliography;
    • Sociedad de Escritores de Mexico.
  • Puerto Rico:
    • Elidio La Torre: Poetry, stories and essays;
    • Luis Lopez Nieves: Writings, biography and comments on his works.
  • Venezuela:
    • La Casa del Poeta;
    • Monteavila Editores.
  • Journals & Magazines:
    • El Invencionero (Venezuela): It includes: "Homenaje a Denzil Romero"; "Homenaje a Ana Enriqueta Teran"; "Los cuadernos reversibles (La narrativa venezolana)"; "De la exaltacion a la desilusion: perfiles de la poesia venezolana"; "Reinventar el pasado: la ficcion como historia alternativa de Hispanoamerica"; etc.;
    • Dramateatro: Electronic journal (Venezuela).