What's New Archives: May 2000

May 27, 2000

Connections added to the Chile page:
- Business & Economy:
  - Foro Productivo, with reports on regional economic situation
  - Servicio Agricola y Ganadero (SAG), including statistical data and information
- Civil Society:
  - Hogar de Cristo: "Institucion de Iglesia que busca acoger dignamente y con amor a los mas pobres entre los pobres y en especial a los ancianos desamparados, a los sin un techo bajo el cual dormir, a los enfermos terminales e irrecuperables carentes de apoyo y a los niños abandonados..."
  - Fundacion COANIL: "Atencion integral a niños y jovenes discapacitados intelectuales, preferentemente de extrema pobreza"
- Environment:
  - Secretaria Ejecutiva de Produccion Limpia, contra la contaminacion industrial
- Government:
  - Agencia de Cooperacion Internacional (AGCI)
  - Fondo de Solidaridad e Inversion Social (FOSIS)
  - Intituto de Normalizacion Previsional (INP), "Trabajando por la Seguridad Social en Chile"
  - Ministerio del Trabajo y Prevision Social
  - Red Nacional de Apoyo al Estudiante (JUNAEB) - Programas de alimentacion, salud y oportunidades para continuar estudios, para niños en situacion de vulnerabilidad social
- Science & Technology:
  - Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO): Selected collection of Chilean scientific journals

May 26, 2000

New links added to the Cinema and Video page:
- In the Argentina area:
  - Haciendo Cine: Site for Independent Filmmakers
  - Otrocampo: Journal of Cinema
  - Primer Plano: Ezine of Cinema
  - Terra-Cine: News
- In the Bolivia section:
  - Cinemateca Boliviana
- In the Brazil area:
  - Cinema Brasileiro: Ciclo de Recife 1923-1931
  - Cinema of Brazil
  - Cipriano, o Primeiro Longa Metragem Produzido no Piaui
  - Guia de Cinema: Film Listings
  - Hector Babenco: Official Site: Brazilian Auteur
  - OFF On-Line - Journal of Cinema
- In the new Colombia area:
  - 36th International Cartagena Film Festival
  - Carlos Bernal and Linda Helfich: Colombian Documentaries
  - Cine Colombia
- In the Mexico area:
  - Academia Mexicana de Ciencias y Artes Cinematográficas, A.C.
  - Cinemex Internet
  - Filmoteca de la UNAM
  - Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía: Registro de Proyectos: IMCINE
  - Mexican Horror Movies
  - Muestra Internacional de Cine de la Cd. de México: 35th Edition

May 24, 2000

New links added to the Music page:
- In the Latin American Resources area:
  - Cancionero: Songs from Latin America
- In the Argentina area:
  - Classical Music for Piano from Argentina
  - Les Lutiers en la Web
  - Letras de Música Popular Argentina Aparecidas en le Red
  - Mercedes Sosa: Folkloric Singer
  - Sociedad Argentina de Música Militar
- In the Cuba area:
  - Music of Cuba and Cubans
- In the Mexico area:
  - Binaria: Escena Electro en México
  - Canción Contemporanea en México
  - Chicas Mexicanas: Female Singers
  - Escuela Autonoma de Música
  - Instituto Cultural "Raices Mexicanas": Folklore
  - MP3 Mexico
  - Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco
  - La Página Oficial del Circo Volador: Underground Music and Spaces in Mexico City
  - Puro Mariachi
- In the General Resources area:
  - Reperoire International de la Presse Musicale (RIPM)

May 19, 2000

New links added to the Mexico page:
- In the Academic Resources inside the Mexico pages, under the heading of Academic and Research Centers:
  - Centro de Estudios Fiscales, S.C.
  - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento del Maiz y Trigo: CIMMYT
  - Instituto del Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo Sustentable
  - Laboratorio de Visualización: UNAM
  - Legislación Ambiental Mexicana en Linea: Environmental Legislation in Mexico
- In the Academic Resources inside the Mexico pages, under the heading of Journals:
  - Arquitectura y Humanidades: Academic Publications
- In the Anthropology & Archaeology area:
  - Chichen-Itza, Yucatan: Archaeological Site
  - Consejo Nacional Para La Cultura Y Las Artes
  - Edzná, Campeche: Archaeological Site
  - Monte Albán, Oaxaca: Archaeological Site
  - Palenque, Chiapas: Archaeological Site
  - Palenque, Technology, Environment, and Human Adaptation
  - Teotihuacan, Estado de México: Archaeological Site
  - Teotihuacan, City of the Gods
  - Tlahuica Ruins, Morelos: Archaeological Site
  - Yaxuná, Yucatan: Archaeological Site, and Project
  - Yogul, Oaxaca: Archaeological Site
- In the Arts & Humanities section:
  - Carlos Fuentes, Writer and Essayist
- In the Magazines & Periodicals area:
  - Ciberoamerica: Regional News and Literary Commentary
- In the Government page of the Mexico section:
  - Camara Nacional del Agua
- In the Telecommunications area:
  - Axtel: Telecommunications Carrier

Connections added to the History page:
- Latin American Resources:
  - La Conquista de America - Die Eroberung Amerikas: Antologia de textos (Hernan Cortes, Fray Bartolome de las Casas, Garcilaso de la Vega, Bernal Diaz del Castillo, etc.)
- El Salvador:
  - El Proceso de Paz (1981 - 1992), Biblioteca Digital del Centro de Paz
  - Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen
- Mexico:
  - Arte e Historia: Jose Guadalupe Posadas
  - Programa de Doctorado en Historia Colonial, Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas
- Peru:
  - Historia de la coca: "La Coca 500 años"; "Coca y mundo andino"; etc.
  - Historia de la musica peruana desde el Barroco a la actualidad
  - Inca Empire

May 18, 2000

An important category has been added to the Brazil page, so please make use of the following new section and its respective links:
- Environment

May 16, 2000

Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy

Tenth Annual Conference

May 12, 2000

New links added to the Government & Political Science page:
- Ecuador:
  - La lucha de los pueblos de Ecuador, CLAJADEP, with political news
- Guatemala:
  - Ministerio Publico
  - Fondo Nacional para la Paz (FONAPAZ)
  - Secretaria de Planificacion y Programacion (SEGEPLAN)
  - Superintendencia de Administracion Tributaria (SAT)
- Mexico:
  - Plan Nacional de Desarrollo
  - Comision Nacional de los Derechos Humanos
  - Comision Federal de Competencia
  - Consejo Nacional de Poblacion
- Regional Resources:
  - Seminario Internacional: "Impunidad y sus efectos en los procesos democraticos", including documents on the situation in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, and other Latin American countries

May 11, 2000

The LANIC Electoral Observatory takes you to the Dominican Republic for tomorrow's presidential elections.

May 10, 2000

The Radio and Television page has been divided into two different pages. One named Radio concentrates on radio broadcasting and radio regulation from and in Latin America. The second page named Television now specializes in Web Television Broadcasting, regulation, and traditional television broadcasting from and in Latin America. In this new format, these two pages count with very important additions. So, check them out and give us some feedback.

May 9, 2000

A new category has been added to the Brazil page, so, if you have the time, please take the opportunity to review the links in the State & Municipal Governments section, a useful resource for those interested in learning more about local and state governments in Brazil.
- State & Municipal Governments

May 6, 2000

Links added to the Literature page:
- Argentina:
  - Voces Textuales - Poesia, narrativa, ensayo, teatro
  - Website de Julio Cortazar
  - Zapatos Rojos - Poesia
- Ecuador:
  - Literatura Ecuatoriana, with an overview of the Ecuatorian literature in the XX century; Escuela de Ciencias del Lenguaje y Literatura, Universidad Central del Ecuador
  - La poesia hace el milagro - Antologia de poetas y pintores ecuatorianos
- Mexico:
  - Carlos Fuentes: Narrative works
  - Fondo de Cultura Economica - Libros para Iberoamerica
  - El Solar del Colibri: Poems and other literary texts
- Peru:
  - Mario Vargas Llosa polemicamente eponimo: Biography, bibliography, press articles, interviews, etc.; by Augusto Wong Campos
- Regional Resources:
  - Editorial Solaris: Authors from Central America; San Francisco, California
- Journals & Magazines:
  - Asterion, Revista de arte, literatura y cine (Venezuela)
  - Revista Los Amigos de lo Ajeno - Poesia joven de Latinoamerica
  - Textual Extramuros - Literatura peruana y latinoamericana

May 5, 2000

The Saint Lucia page has been thoroughly rejuvenated! Please take advantage of the available resources to find out more about this Caribbean island.
- Academic Research Resources
  - Charterhouse High School
  - Sir Arthur Lewis Community College
  - ISIS World
  - Soufriere Marine Management Area
- Arts & Culture
  - St. Lucia Arts Network
  - St. Lucia Carnival 2000
  - Saint Lucia, Creole World
- Economy
  - The National Commerical Bank of St. Lucia
  - Pinnacle Saint Lucia
  - St. Lucia Chamber of Commerce, Industry, & Agriculture
  - St. Lucia National Development Corporation
  - St. Lucia's Online Business Guide
- Elections & Political Parties
  - St. Lucia Labour Party
  - United Workers Party
- Government
  - Permanent Mission of St. Lucia to the United Nations
- Magazines & Periodicals
  - Hi-Time Magazine
- News & Newsgroups
  - Helen Television System
  - One Caribbean Newspaper
  - The Star
  - St. Lucia Online - News & Media
- Portals, Directories, & Search Sites
  - St. Lucia One Stop
  - St. Lucia Online
- Travel & Tourism
  - Hotel & Tourism Association of St. Lucia
  - Maps & Guide 2000 from Caribbean-On-Line
  - Official Guide to St. Lucia
  - St. Lucia Tourist Board

May 4, 2000

Check out our Paraguay page:
- Academic Research Resources:
  - Universidad del Cono Sur de las Américas
  - Universidad Americana
  - Universidad Autónoma de Asunción
  - Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Sede Regional Itapúa
- Arts & Culture:
  - Centro Cultural Paraguayo Americano. Promoción de obras plásticas y libros
- Education:
  - Paraguay Schools
  - Centro Nacional de Computación
  - Laboratorio de Electrónica Digital
  - Escuela de Administración de Negocios de Educación Superior
- News:
  - Noticias Online
  - Diario Ultima Hora
  - Diario ABC Color Digital

May 2, 2000

Our Health & Medical Sciences page has been completely revamped. New additions on the page include:
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Paraguay
- Uruguay
- Regional Resources
- International Resources

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