What's New Archives: March 2002

March 29, 2002

The Environment page is currently undergoing renovation. Most recently El Salvador, Jamaica and Nicaragua were added as new country categories. These and other new links include:

Regional Resources
- Action for Community and Ecology in the Regions of Central America
- Caribbean: Planning for Adaptation to Global Climate Change CPACC
- Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza CATIE
- Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo
- Megasitio Centroamericano en Población y Ambiente
- Natural Resources Management Unit Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
- Maya Forest Anuran Monitoring Project Mayamon

Belize
- Belize Biodiversity Information System
- Belize Foundation for Research and Environmental Education
- Lamanai Field Research Center
- Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
- The Tropical Education Center

Bolivia
- Foro Boliviano sobre Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
- Liga de Defensa del Medio Ambiente - LIDEMA
- Red de Desarollo Sostenible y Medio Ambiente

Colombia
- Asociación de Campesinos y Pescadores para el Desarrollo Comunitario de la Cienaga Grande de Lorica y Sus Humedales
- Instituto Colombiano para el Desarrollo de la Ciencia y Tecnología "Francisco José de Caldas"

Costa Rica
- Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza CATIE
- Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología CIMAR
- Instituto Centroamericano de Investigación para la Biología y la Conservación
- Ministerio del Ambiente y Energía

El Salvador
- Banco de Información Ecológica UCA
- Departmento de Ciencias Naturales de la UCA
- Fondo Iniciativa para Las Américas El Salvador FIAES
- Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
- Proyecto UCA-FIAES Investigación aplicada sobre el impacto ambiental de la Contaminación del agua en las cuencas del Rio Sucio, Acelhuate y Cuaya
- SalvaNatura

Guyana
- Guyana and the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change
- Guyana Geology and Mines Commission
- Guyana Marine Turtle Conservation Society
- Sustainable Development Networking Programme SNDP Guyana
- University of Guyana Natural Sciences
- Environmental Studies Unit

Jamaica
- Centre for Marine Sciences University of the West Indies
- Department of Geography and Geology University of the West Indies
- Unit for Disaster Studies
- Jamaica Sustainable Development Networking Programme
- National Environment and Planning Agency NEPA
- Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management OPEDM
- Water Resources Authority

Mexico
- Centro de Investigaciones Económicas y Políticas de Acción Comunitaria
- Foro por la Diversidad Biológica y Cultural

Nicaragua
- El Centro Humboldt
- Metainformación sobre biodiversidad
- Ministerio del Ambiente y los Recursos Naturales MARENA
- Red de Desarollo Sostenible de Nicaragua

Panama
- Comisión Nacional de Estadísticas del Medio Ambiente
- Fundación Natura de Panama
- Fundación Tierra Nueva
- Escuela Agricola Panamericana Zamorano
- Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales Renovables

Other
- Institute for Tropical Marine Ecology - Dominica
- La page web du Ministère de l'Environnement Haiti

International
- Acción Internacional por los Recursos Genéticos GRAIN
- Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration
- Centre International de Recherche Scientifique
- Tropenhos International
Take a look at LANIC's Museums page for these additions:
- A new category, Paraguay, has been added to this page.
- Regional Resources:
  - Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Latin American Art
  - Museum of Latin American Art
- Chile: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
Also don't miss the Paraguay page:
- Arts & Culture:
  - Artesanía del Paraguay
  - Museo del Barro
  - Ricardo Migliorisi
- Indigenous Peoples: Museo Andrés Barbero
The Television page has the following new links:
- Programming & Distributors: Fundavisual Latina
- Regional Resources: TEPAL, Organización de Asociaciones y Empresas de Televisión pagada de Iberoamérica
- Brazil:
  - Globosat
  - Net
  - Sky
  - Televisão, Você Sabia?
  - TVA
- Colombia: TV Cable
- Ecuador: TV Cable
- Mexico: CANITEC, Cámara Nacional de la Industria de Televisión por Cable
- Panama: Cable Onda

March 28, 2002

There are number of additions to LANIC's Communication page:
- Two new categories, Other Countries and Portals, Directories & Search Sites, have been added to this site. Under Other Countries you can find links to resources from the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.
- Links to a number of government agencies have been added to this page.
- Regional Resources:
  - Chicanos/Latinos in Film and Television
  - CITEL
  - Comisión Técnica Regional de Telecomunicaciones
  - The Movies, Race, and Ethnicity
  - REGULATEL
- Chile: Ekhos
- Mexico: Raúl Trejo Delarbre
- General International Resources:
  - Critical Approaches to Culture, Communications + Hypermedia
  - CULTSTUD-L
  - PopCultures
  - TotalTelecom
- Journals, Papers, & Articles:
  - En Red
  - Índice de Revistas de Educación Superior e Investigación Educativa

March 27, 2002

New links added to the Argentina page:
- Academic Research Resources
  - Universidad CAECE
- Government
  - Particip.ar

New links added to the Libraries page:
- Bolivia
  - Centro de Documentación e Información Bolivia
- Peru
  - Bibliotecas del Perú en el WWW
- New category: Regional Libraries:
  - Biblioteca CEPAL. Comisión Económica para el Desarrollo de América Latina
  - Biblioteca Regional de Ciencias Sociales. CLACSO
  - Centro Latino Americano e do Caribe de Informações em Ciências da Saúde. BIREME
- New category: Bibliographic Databases
- Digital Libraries & Library online publications
  - Biblios. Revista electrónica
  - BUBL Journals
  - Tiflolibros. Libros digitalizados para ciegos
- New category: Directories
- Portals, Network Resources and Reports
  - UNESCO Archives Portal
  - UNESCO Libraries Portal

New links added to the Reference page:
- Calculators & Converters
  - Calculators On-Line Center
- Translation Resources
  - FreeTranslation

New links added to the Uruguay page:
- Business & Economy
  - Red de Investigaciones Económicas del Mercosur
- Science & Technology
  - Dirección Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación
  - Instituto Uruguayo de Normas Técnicas

March 26, 2002

Updates to Lanic's History page focus on Belize, Bolivia, and Brazil. A new Nicaragua category is in development.
- Belize
  - Belize - A Country Study Library of Congress
  - Belize Archives Department
  - The Garifuna of Belize Caribbean Amerindian Centrelink
  - The Garifuna Library of Barranco, Toledo District, Belize Tuani Garifuna Tuba Liburu Barangu
  - A History of Belize - Nation in the Making
  - The history of Belize World History Archives
  - Society for the Promotion of Education and Research, Belize SPEAR
  - University College of Belize Library
- Bolivia
  - Asociación de Estudios Bolivianos
  - Biblioteca Virtual de la Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz de la Sierra
  - Lista de Institutos y Centros de Investigación por Sistema Universitario Boliviano
- Brazil
  - 100 anos de Indústria
  - Arquivo Edgard Leuenroth Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação Social
  - Associação Nacional de História ANPUH
  - Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais ANPOC
  - ClioNet Rede Eletrônica da História do Brasil
  - Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil CPDOC
  - Centro Virtual de Estudos Historicos CeVEH
  - D.João VI e o seu tempo
  - Grupo Interdisciplinar em Filosofia e História das Ciências ILEA-UFRGS
  - Guia da Internet no Brasil para Cientistas Sociais, Historiadores e Arquivistas
  - História por Voltaire Schilling
  - História do Brasil
  - Histórianet
  - História do Rio Grande do Norte n@ web
  - Holandeses no Brasil
  - Instituto Nacional Afro-Brasileiro INABRA
  - Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional IPHAN
  - Literatura, Cultura e História Afro-Brasileiras - Uma Bibliografia Resumida por Charles H. Rowell
  - Museo Histórico Nacional
  - Net História
  - Revista Brasileira de História
  - Revista de História Regional da Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa
  - Rio - passado e presente
  - Terra à Vista Caricaturas históricas

March 25, 2002

Take a look at the Art page for these additions:
- Five new categories, Barbados, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, and Paraguay, have been added to this page.
- Latin American Resources:
  - Latin Art
  - Museum of Latin American Art
- Argentina:
  - Argentine Artists
  - Fundación Arte BA
  - Fundación Konex
  - Fundación Pettoruti
- Bolivia: Bolivian Artists
- Chile:
  - Chilean Artists
  - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
- Colombia: Fernando Botero
- Costa Rica: Francisco Zúñiga
- Cuba: Cuban Artists
- Ecuador: Wabash Center for Ecuadorian Studies
- Guatemala: Guatemalan Artists
- Mexico:
  - Mexican Art On Line
  - Mexican Artists
  - Sebastián
- Peru: Peruvian Artists
- Puerto Rico: Arnaldo Roche-Rabell
- Uruguay:
  - Museo del Gaucho y de la Moneda
  - Uruguayan Artists
- Venezuela:
  - Fundación Bigott
  - Museo de Bellas Artes
  - Venezuelan Artists
- Other Countries: Jamaican Artists
- Journals & Publications: Revista Latin Art
- International Resources:
  - Art in Context
  - Artcyclopedia
The Brazil page has the following new resources under History:
- BH, 100 Anos de Indústria
- Centro Virtual de Estudos Históricos
- História
- História do Brasil
- História do Rio Grande do Norte
- Histórianet
- Holandeses no Brasil
- Latin American Microform Project
- NetHistória
- Rio de Jameiro, Passado e Presente
- Terra à Vista
- Webhistória
Some new links on the Communication page are:
- Brazil: DOXA, Laboratório de Pesquisas em Comunicação Política e Opinião Pública
- Mexico: Encuentro, Catálogo de Comunicación
- International Resources: UNESCO Communication and Information Sector

March 19, 2002

Need information on the Oscar-nominated film "El Hijo de la Novia"? Want to find out the filmography of the director of "Y tu mamá también"? Didn't know about the successful Ecuadorian movie "Ratas, ratones y rateros"? Wish to present your short at Latin American festivals? Please visit our completely renovated Cinema & Video page.
Please review and take note of the latest conferences and events that have been added in our Newsroom. This section includes the countries where they take place, the dates and links to the official sites. Do not miss another call for papers!
New additions to LANIC's History page include:
- Argentina
  - Academia Nacional de la Historia de la República Argentina
  - Archivo General de la Nación
  - Archivo, Publicaciones y Museo - La memoria legislativa argentina
  - Argirópolis
  - Biblioteca Histórico-Científica
  - Boletín del Instituto de Historia Argentina y Americana
  - Centro de Estudios Históricos Arquitectónico y Urbano CEHAU
  - Desmemoria - Re-Vista de Historia
  - educ.ar Biblioteca Pública Digital - Historia
  - Etnohistoria
  - History Argentina - World Wide Web Virtual Library
  - Los 70' -Historias de vida del movimiento obrero en Argentina: una política de la memoria
  - Iberoamérica y el mundo Portal de Historia, Relaciones Internacionales y Derechos Humanos
  - Instituto de Historia Militar Argentina
  - Instituto de Investigaciones de Historia Económica y Social
  - Instituto Nacional Juan Domingo Perón de Estudios e Investigaciones Históricas, Sociales y Políticas
- Mexico
  - El Archivo General de la Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro
  - Biblioteca Lerdo de Tejada
  - Biblioteca Nacional de Antropologia e Historia
  - Centro de Estudios Históricos - El Colegio de México
  - Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora
  - Proyecto H-México
  - Sociedad Chihuahuense de Estudios Históricos A.C.
  - Sociedad Sonorense de Historia, A.C.

March 18, 2002

LANIC's Guyana page has some additions:
- Academic Research Resources:
  - Information Network for Science and Technology
  - Research Links
- Government, Politics, & Law:
  - Guyana's Poverty Reduction Strategy
  - The Truth of the Matter
- This page has a new category, Network & Information Services.
- Organizations: Volunteer Youth Corps
- Religion: United Muslim Association of Guyana
- Sports: Windies-Online
- Sustainable Development & Environment: Agri-Net Guyana

March 11, 2002

The Brazil page has new links:
- Arts & Culture:
  - Cinema & Video: Anima Mundi Web
- General: Brazil
- Human Rights, Citizenship, & Social Justice:
  - Country Report on Human Rights Practices
  - For the Record
  - Human Rights Watch
- Travel & Tourism: Travel Report
Take a look at LANIC's Guyana page for the following:
- Arts & Culture:
  - Poet's Corner
  - Quak-Wah-Tania and Her Sisters
  - Wilson Harris
- Business & Economy: The Economy and Investment in Guyana
- General: British Guiana
- Government, Politics, & Law: Cheddi Jagan
- History:
  - Indo-Guyanese
  - Jonestown
  - Saxakali's Indo-Caribbean Hut
- Immigration:
  - Directory of Guyanese on the Internet
  - Guyanese Associations of North America
  - Remigrants Information Manual
- News: Guyana Journal
- A new category, Religion, has been added to this page.
- Travel & Tourism: Travel Report
Don't miss Paraguay:
- General: Paraguay
- A new category, Human Rights has been added to this page.
- Travel & Tourism: Travel Report
Also check out the Suriname page:
- General: Suriname
- History: Sojourners to Settlers
- A new category, Human Rights, has been added to this page.
- Travel & Tourism: Travel Report

March 8, 2002

LANIC's Guyana page has a number of additions:
- Academic Research Resources: National Library
- Arts & Culture: Festivals
- Business & Economy: Economy
- Education: Education
- Government, Politics, & Law:
  - Governance
  - Guyana Consulate
- History:
  - The Discovery of Guiana, 1595
  - Hill Coolies
  - Indentured Indian Women in Colonial Guyana
- Two new categories, Human Rights and Immigration, have been added to this page.
- News: Government Information Agency
- Sustainable Development & Environment:
  - Amazonia
  - Animal Species in Guyana
  - Biological Diversity of the Guianas
  - Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas
  - Guyana Zoo
  - Sustainable Development and Exploratory Forestry Leases in Guyana
Take a look at our Religion & Theology page, which also has new links:
- Brazil: Sociedade da Terra Redonda
- Missionary & Volunteer Groups: Tierra Nueva & The People's Seminary
- International Educational Exchange: Worldstudy.gov
And don't miss the Scholarships, Grants & Loans page, with the following new resources:
- Colombia: ICETEX
- International Resources:
  - Funding Netlinks for Undergraduates & Graduate Students
  - Student Gateway to the U.S. Government
  - Wired Scholar

March 1, 2002

Please review and take note of the latest conferences and events that have been added in our Newsroom. This section includes the countries where they take place, the dates and links to the official sites. Do not miss another call for papers!
The Art page has some new resources:
- Latin American Resources: Arts Americas
- Cuba: Consejo Nacional de las Artes Plásticas
- International Resources: Artchive
Also take a look at LANIC's Guyana page:
- Academic Research Resources:
  - Multiracial Identities in Trinidad and Guyana
  - Structural Adjustment and Agriculture in Guyana
- Arts & Culture: The Hadfield Foundation
- Business & Economy: Bank of Guyana
- General: Guyana, from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada
- History: Guyana from Africana.com
- Indigenous Peoples: Languages of Guyana
- Sustainable Development:
  - Ethnobiology and Conservation in Guyana
  - Profits Without Plunder
The Brazil section of the Museums page has three new links:
- Fundação Maria Luisa e Oscar Americano
- Museu do Trabalho
- Museu Virtual SAGRE
LANIC's Paraguay page has the following new resources:
- Business & Economy: Cámara y Bolsa de Comercio
- History: Testimonios Arqueológicos
- Organizations: Project for the People of Paraguay

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