SOURCES AND GENERAL RESOURCES ON LATIN AMERICA
(De Espanol y Negra, Mulato - 18th Century
Casta Painting)
ATTENTION: PLEASE NOTE NEW URL AND CHANGE YOUR BOOKMARKS
ACCORDINGLY: http://www.oberlin.edu/faculty/svolk/latinam.htm
Compiled by Steven Volk, Department of History, Oberlin College
Last updated: 12 August 2007
If you have additions or suggestions, please email to:
steven.volk@oberlin.edu
NOTED SITES OF THE MONTH: Timely News Stories on
Latin America
News from Latin America: I have reorganized the section
on "News from Latin America" and included a number of reliable blogs
delivering news and reports from and about Latin America. This is now the first
section on the site.
The
CIA's "Family Jewels": A 702-page compilation of 25 years of the
CIA's misdeeds first compiled in 1974 and released to the National Security
Archive on June 21, 2008, 15 years after the Archive filed a Freedom of Information
request. The full document is available and searchable on the NSA's website.
NACLA News: Frequent
reports from correspondents around Latin America.
Relics
& Selves: Iconographies of the National in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile,
1880-1890 (The first interactive exhibition of the Iberoamerican Museum
of Visual Culture on the web, hosted and administrated by the Postgraduate Programme
in Spanish and Latin American Visual Culture at Birkbeck College, London)
NEWS
(CURRENT) FROM AND ABOUT LATIN AMERICA
Listings of Online Newspapers and Journals
Regional Sources Reporting Latin American News
Latin Americanist Blogs
ARCHIVES and LIBRARIES
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE AIDS FOR LATIN AMERICA AND IBERIA
LATIN AMERICAN DATA BASES AND INDICES
- Advanced
Research in Latin American Studies (Prof. Aldo Lauria-Santiago's remarkably
useful site to help advanced researchers in Latin American Studies find primary
sources through online access.)
- Brazilian
Government Documents Digitization Project, Center for Research Libraries
- Central
American Political Historical Database/Base de Datos Sobre la Historia Politica
de Centroamerica (Maintained by Robert Holden, History
Department, Old Dominion University)
- Colonial
Latin America (Modern History Sourcebook), Fordham, extensive primary
sources
- Diplomatic
History Links
- Economic
History Data Desk: Economic History of Latin America, the United States, and
New World, 1500-1900 (Richard Garner's remarkable collection of data bases
including the Royal treasury accounts from more than 70 cajas in the Spanish
colonial Viceroyalties of Mexico and Peru, compiled by John TePaske, Herbert
Klein et al. plus the TePaske Page with access to gold and silver series compiled
by Tepaske)
- Electronic Cultural
Atlas Initiative, interactive electronic atlas of the world
- Global
Legal Information Network (Law Library of Congress),constitutions and
legal framework of most countries
- Handbook
of Latin American Studies Online,
- Hispanic
American Periodicals Index.
- Historical
Text Archive based at Mississippi State University
- Internet
Resources for Latin America, Molly Molloy, New Mexico State University
- LANIC,
one of the best comprehensive data bases on Latin America
- Latin
American and Caribbean Government Documents Project, Cornell University
- Latin American
Data Base
- Latin
American Development Archive, Johns Hopkins University
- Latino
and Latin American Studies, comprehensive web site created by Dr. Antonio
Rafael de la Cova
- Latin
World (search engine)
- Oxford
Latin American History Database (Statistical series for more than forty
economic and social indicators over the twentieth century, covering twenty
countries in the region.)
- NACLA
Digital Archive (40 years of NACLA's Report on the Americas in digital
and searchable format)
- Nineteenth
Century Latin America (Modern History Sourcebook), Fordham, extensive
primary sources
- Political
Data Base of the Americas, constitutions, electoral systems, civil society,
political parties, etc.
- Repository
of Primary Sources, extremely useful links to archives in Latin America,
Univ. of Idaho Library
- Time Map
Project (sophisticated mapping software; particularly good for archeological
sites in Mesoamerica; Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative, University of
Sydney)
- Twentieth
Century Latin America (Modern History Sourcebook), Fordham, extensive
primary sources
- We
the American Hispanics (U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census;
pdf format)
LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
Outstanding Historiographic
and General Resource Sites
- Latin American
Colonial Economic History, by Richard Garner
- Bibliography
of Latin American Economic History, Bradley Skopyk, Dept. of History,
York University (3,000+ references since 1983)
- Environmental
History of Latin America, Stanford University
- Historical
Text Archive, Don Mabry
- Centro
Virtual de Estudios Historicos, Brazil
- H-LATAM,
a web used by Latin American historians with useful information including
job listings, book reviews, teaching tips, and other matters
- The
Latin American Studies Program (impressive collection of links organized
by course, Antonio Rafael de la Cova)
- Modern
History Sourcebook(Fordham), sections on colonial, 19th and 20th centuries
- La
América Española Colonial (Excellent graphics in this comprehensive
site from the Universidad Catolica de Chile)
- Research
Sites on Latin American History since 1826, Richard Slatta
- Advanced
Research in Latin American Studies, Aldo Lauria Santiago
- Repository
of Primary Sources, extremely useful links to archives in Latin America,
Univ. of Idaho Library
- UNESCO
Archives Portal, access to a large number of international archives
- Asociacion
Mexicana de Historia Economica
- Early
Images of Latin America (valuable photographs from mid-19th century to
early 20th century collected by Prof. Nils Jacobsen, University of Illinois,
Champaign-Urbana)
- La
Construccion Social de America Latina: Fragmentos de un imaginaria regional,
1850-1920 (photographic collections from Latin America based on three
large themes: order, progress, and revolution; excellent collection out of
the Universidad de Buenos Aires)
- Relics
& Selves: Iconographies of the National in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile,
1880-1890 (The first interactive exhibition of the
Iberoamerican Museum of Visual Culture on the web, hosted and administrated
by the Postgraduate Programme in Spanish and Latin American Visual Culture
at Birkbeck College, London)
Academic
Journals
(Please note that many journals are now available
on "JSTOR" if you have proper
access)
Pre-Conquest
Period
General:
Andes:
"Discovery"
and Conquest:
- 1492,
An Ongoing Voyage, an exhibit of the Library of Congress
- Treaty
of Tordesillas (June 7, 1494 - Avalon Project, Yale Law School)
- Major
Links, Discovery and Exploration, an excellent set of links
- Early
Navigation Methods, Mariners' Museum
- Age
of Exploration, Curriculum Guide, Mariners' Museum, Newport News, VA
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (see "Primary Source
Material [Writings & Speeches] by Individuals" for more resources)
- Discoverers
Web Homepage, by Andre Engles
- Native
Village: European Invasion Library (Extensive set of citations; Gina Boltz
and Valerie Crow)
- Cultural
Readings: Colonization and Print in the Americas, Penn Library Exhibitions
- Conquest
and Native American Links
- The
Conquest of Mexico (Project of the American Historical Association) -
superb site with integrated primary sources, overview, and graphics from codices.
- Hernán
Cortés, Second Letter to Charles V, 1520
- Bernal
Diaz del Castillo
- Bernal
Diaz del Castillo, Chapters from Historia Verdadera de la Conquista de
la Nueva Espana
- The
Meeting of Moctezuma and Cortes (Letter of Cortes to Charles V (1521)
- Hernan
Cortes, Excerpts from Second Letter to Charles V
- La
Otra Conquista ("The Other Conquest"); Mexican film (1999)
based on the aftermath of the Spanish Conquest of Mexico. Salvador Carrasco,
dir.
- La
Muerte del Inca Atahualpa (web project by Luis Millones and Ulla Dalum
Berg)
- Pedro
de Cieza de León, Chronicles of the Incas, 1540
- The
"Inca" Gracilaso de la Vega
- Two
Documents from the Reign of Philip II
- The
Journey of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
- Pedro
Alvarez Cabral
Colonial Latin
America:
General
The
National Period: Sources by Country
GENERAL
Country
Leaders (Latin America)
La
Construccion Social de America Latina: Fragmentos de un imaginaria regional,
1850-1920 (photographic collections from Latin America based on three
large themes: order, progress, and revolution; excellent collection out of
the Universidad de Buenos Aires)
Latin
American Industrial Relations
Relics
& Selves: Iconographies of the National in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile,
1880-1890 (The first interactive exhibition of the
Iberoamerican Museum of Visual Culture on the web, hosted and administrated
by the Postgraduate Programme in Spanish and Latin American Visual Culture
at Birkbeck College, London)
PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIALS (WRITINGS & SPEECHES)
BY INDIVIDUALS
- Salvador
Allende ("Speech to the United Nations," 1972)
- Miguel
Angel Asturias ("The Latin American Novel: Testimony of an Epoch,"
1967)
- Simón Bolívar
- Christopher Columbus
- Ruben
Darío
("To Roosevelt")
- Eva
Duarte de Perón (History of Peronism, excerpts, 1951)
- Ernesto
(Che) Guevara
- Fidel
Castro Internet Archive
- Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
- Gabriel
García
Márquez ("The Solitude of Latin America," 1982)
- Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala
- C.L.R.
James Archive
- Francisco
Madero (The Plan of San Luis Potosi, 1910)
- Carlos
Marighella (Minimanual of the Urban Guerrilla)
- Pablo
Neruda ("Towards the Splendid City," 1971)
- Octavio
Paz ("In Search of the Present," 1990)
- Juan
Domingo Perón
("The Hour of the People," 1968)
- Juan
Domingo Perón
("Justicialism," 1948-1950)
- Derek
Walcott ("The Antilles: Fragments of Epic Memory," 1992)
ARGENTINA
U.S. Releases Argentina Documentation. In response to nine separate requests for information on human rights abuses
in Argentina during the military dictatorship in that country (1976 -1983), the Department of State reviewed files from
the 1975 to 1984 period and identified 4,677 documents for release in part.
Reports on the Argentine Crisis, 2001-2002
- Raul Zibechi, "Argentina:
Un mes de ebullición," America Latina en Movimiento (Jan
19, 2002)
- Special
Report: Argentina, Guardian (London), typically thorough, updated,
good background and graphics.
- Mark Alan Healey and Ernesto Seman, "The
Costs of Orthodoxy," The American Prospect, Jan. 1-14, 2002,
and "Down Argentine
Way," The American Prospect, Jan. 28, 2002.
- Carlos Marichal, "Argentina's
Collapse," North American Congress on Latin America, Jan-Feb.
2002.
- "Argentina's
Economic Crisis," articles from the Financial Times (London).
- Various articles from Jubilee
International Movement, UK
- "Crísis
en Argentina," supplement compilation from El Pais (Spain), January
6, 2002: articles, images, chronology, statistics.
- Mark Weisbrot, "Argentina's
Crisis, IMF's Fingerprints," Washington Post, Dec. 25, 2001.
- BBC News, "The
Events that Triggered Argentina's Crisis" (Dec. 21, 2001)
- News Media from Argentina
- LANIC's
Argentina Links
- Argentine
History Source Book (by Thomas M. Edsall, particularly strong on the Peronist
period, including many primary documents)
- Historia
Argentina
- Biography
of San Martín
- Autobiografía
de Don Manuel Belgrano (1770-1810)
- La
Galeria Patagonica, Viedma (Argentine Patagonia) (Historical themes of
Patagonia, late 19th and early 20th centuries, edited by Miguel Bordini and
Isabel Garrido)
- Literatura
Argentina, Ernesto Resnik, Elena Achaval, Eduardo Tabacman
- Literatura
Argentina del Siglo XIX (featuring complete works in Spanish by dozens
of authors)
- Historia
Argentina del Siglo XIX
- Esteban
Echeverría, "El Dogma Socialista" (1837)
- El
Tango, apunte histórico (J. Alberto Marinas)
- Juan
Domingo Perón, "Justicialism"
- Juan
Perón 1973-1974: Todos sus discursos, mensajes y conferencias
- Eva
Duarte de Perón, Speech (1950), Spanish
- "Official"
Evita Peron Website (Evita Perón Historical Research Foundation),
good photo archives
- Perón
(Casa Historica site with good documentation on Juan and Eva Peron including
sound archives)
- Argentine
Presidential Messages
- Derechos
Humanos en Argentina
- Biblioteca
Nacional de la República Argentina
- Universidad
de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, Instituto de Investigaciones
Juridicas y Sociales
BOLIVIA
BRAZIL
CENTRAL AMERICA
CHILE
COLOMBIA
- LANIC's
Colombia Links
- Colombia's
Role in the International Drug Industry, Tom Berry and Martha Honey
- The
United States and Colombia (1999)
- Revolutionary
and Popular Movements in Colombia
- Colombia
Link Page (prepared by A. Daubenspeck, Oberlin College)
- Reportage on Colombia and the United States
and the Peace Process
- "Failed
'Plan' in Colombia," (Peter
Clark, The Nation, 31 July 2003)
- "The Colombia Quandry," (Patrick Leahy,
Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2002)
- Colombia's
Cheap War (Adam Isacson, Washington Post, April 2, 2002)
- El
Tiempo's report on FARC-Government truce (20 Jan. 2002)
- Human Rights Watch, World
Report 2002
- Colombia
Conflict Explained (Set of reports from The Guardian, London),
outstanding collection of articles, interactive guides, and audio reports
spanning some years.
- Colombia
Project (Center for International Policy) - comprehensive source of
information and analysis
- Colombia
Report (Information Network of the Americas)
- Colombia:
War Without End (CNN)
- Day
of the Dead Memorial Alter
- Is
the US Recreating El Salvador? (William Leogrande and Kenneth Sharpe,
Los Angeles Times, Jan 19, 2000)
- Doubts
over US-Colombia Policy (New York Times, Feb. 16, 2000)
- House
Passes Bill to Help Colombian Drug Trade (Eric Schmitt, New York
Times, March 31, 2000)
- Colombia
in Crisis (Carlos Salinas, Foreign Policy in Focus, March 2000)
- The
Colombia Plan: April 2000 (Noam Chomsky, ZNET, April 2000)
- Into
the Quagmire: Colombia and the War on Drugs (Coletta Youngers, WOLA,
May 2, 2000)
- Colombia
Death Squads Support US-backed Offensive (Reuters, May 16, 2000)
- Colombians
Tell of Massacre as Army Stood By (Larry Rohter, New York Times,
July 14, 2000)
- WOLA's
Position Against Certifying Colombia to Receive US Assistance (July
27, 2000)
- Colombia
Certification: Joint Document by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty, and WOLA
(August 2000)
- An
Aimless War in Colombia Creates a Nation of Victims (Clifford Krauss,
Sept. 10, 2000)
- Testimony
from Hearing on Plan Colombia: The U.S. Role
- Ambitious
Antidrug Plan for Colombia is Faltering (Christopher Marquis, New
York Times, October 15, 2000)
- Colombian
Summit Sponsors Decry U.S. Military Aid Plan (Glenn Garvin and Catalina
Calderon, Miami Herald, 17 October 2000)
COSTA RICA
CUBA
- LANIC's
Cuba Links
- Cuban
Heritage Digital Collection (Univ. of Miami, Florida - Excellent collection
dating from 19th and 20th c.)
- Cuban
Cigar Labels (that's right: some of the finest turn-of-the-century art
work)
- Spanish-American-Cuban War
- Cuban
History (Assorted Links)
- The
Cuban Experience (Think Quest)
- Novels
Written in English about Cuba/Cubans/Cuban Americans (1851-2000) (Annotated
Bibliography, Simon Frasier University)
- Cuba
Links
- Castro
Speech Database (LANIC)
- Fidel
Castro History Archive
- Che
Guevara Internet Archive
- Cuba:
National Institutions, Political Parties, etc.
- Cuba's
Mission to the United Nations
- Government
and Politics of Cuba
- "History
Will Absolve Me" (1953 speech)
- The
Cuban Revolution (1952-58), abundant links, Antonio Rafael de la Cova
- Bay
of Pigs Invasion (maps, photographs, links), Antonio Rafael de la Cova
- Fidel
Castro, Second Declaration of Havana (1962)
- Fidel
Castro, On the Export of Revolution
- Cuban
Poster Art
- Web
Links to Cuba
- Cubaweb
- World
History Archive, By and About Fidel Castro
- Forum
for the Study of Cuba, University of Wolverhampton (UK) (NOTE: Includes
on-line bibliographic index of 1400 titles)
- Memory,
Truth and Justice: Comparative Perspectives on National Reconciliation: The
Case of Cuba (Marifeli Perez-Stable, Jorge Dominguez, Pedro A. Freyre)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ECUADOR
EL SALVADOR
GUATEMALA
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
JAMAICA
MEXICO
NICARAGUA
PANAMA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PUERTO RICO
SURINAME
URUGUAY
VENEZUELA
Reports on the Venezuela Crisis (December
2002)
- "Middle
Class Revolt: Venezuelan ElitesGo On Strike," Steve Ellner, In These
Times (Dec. 20, 2002)
- "Venezuela
on the Brink," Steve Ellner, The Nation (Dec. 23, 2002)
- Various
reports from ZNet
- Various
articles from ALAI America (America Latina en Movimiento)
- Various
articles by Steve Ellner (long-time commentator and Venezuela specialist)
- Reports on
the Venezuela Crisis (April 2002)
- El
Nacional (Caracas)
- El
Universal (Caracas)
- Ultimas
Noticias (Caracas)
- Venezuela
Analitica (Caracas)
- Venezuela
On-Line News
- Libertario
(Los anarquistas frente al chavismo)
- "The
Coup," Duncan Campbell (Guardian, April 22, 2002)
- "Venezuela:
He's In, He's Out, He's In," Sandra Hernandez (Los Angeles Times
, April 21, 2002)
- "Venezuela
Coup Linked to Bush Team," Observer (London) (April 21, 2002)
- "If
You Want A Free Vote, Ask Nicely," (Observer, April 21, 2002)
- "Don't
Believe Everything You Read In The Papers About Venezuela," Greg Palast
(Guardian, April 19, 2002)
- "Media
Advisory: US Papers Hail Venezuelan Coup as Pro-Democracy Move," FAIR
(April 18, 2002)
- "Bush's
Response to Coup Criticized," Hugh Dellios (Chicago Tribune, April
17, 2002)
- Chavez
Neighbors Take Comeback Well (Guardian, April 15, 2002)
- Venezuela's
Chavez Wins Presidency (Guardian, April 14, 2002)
- Triumphant
Chavez Returns to Power (Guardian, April 14, 2002)
- Venezuela
News from the Washington Post
- The
Americas.Org Venezuela Page
- Statement
by the Press Secretary (to President Bush), April 14, 2002
- News
reporting from La Jornada (Mexico), April 14, 2002
- Jim
Cason and David Brooks reporting on U.S. press coverage of Chavez' fall
(La Jornada, April 14, 2002)
- Hugo
Chavez, A Career Chronology (CNN, April 14, 2002)
- Variety
of articles from Znet (progressive outlook)
- Venezuela:
Not a Banana-Oil Republic After All, Gregory Wilpert, ZNet
(April 15, 2002)
- Chronology
of the Crisis: A Critical Week in Venezuela, Indiamedia, Argentina
(April 15, 2002)
- Venezuelan
Democracy Survives, Despite the United States, Marc Weisbrot (April
15, 2002)
- The
CIA and the Venezuelan Coup, William Blum (April 14, 2002)
- Imperial
Coup in Venezuela, Heinz Deiterich Steffan (April 13, 2002)
- Venezuela:
The Coup, Editorial from La Jornada (April 13, 2002)
- Coup
in Venezuela: An Eyewitness Account, Gregory Wilpert (April 12, 2002)
- An
Imminent Coup in Venezuela?, Gregory Wilpert (April 10. 2002)
- Latin
Leaders Denounce Chavez Ouster (CNN, April 12, 2002)
- Chavez
to Return: Interim Venezuelan Leader Quits Amidst Protests (Juan Tamayo,
Miami Herald, April 14, 2002)
- US
Urges Restoration of "Essential Elements" of Democracy after Venezuelan President
Returns to Office (Miami Herald, April 14, 2002)
The National Period:
The Church - Liberation Theology and Radical Pedagogy
- A
Concise History of Liberation Theology by Leonardo and Clodovis Boff
(from Introducing Liberation Theology published by Orbis Books)
- Conflict
and Competition: The Latin American Church in a Changing Environment
(Eds. Edward L. Cleary and Hannah Stewart-Gambino) - Online book published
by Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. , 1992.
- Crisis
and Change: The Church in Latin America Today by Edward L. Cleary
- Online book published by Orbis Books, 1985.
- Liberation
Theology: A Chronology (very useful, with many links)
- Pacem
in Terris (Pope John XXIII, 1963)
- Populorum
Progressio (Pope Paul VI, March 26, 1967)
- Octogesima
Adveniens: A Call to Action (Pope Paul VI, 1971)
- Gustavo
Gutierrez, A Theology of Liberation (1971)
- Ignacio
Ellacuria
- Critical
Views of Paulo Freire's Work (compiled by John Ohlinger, 1995)
- "Freire
Inspired Programs in the United States and Puerto Rico: A Critical Evaluation,"
by Blanca Facundo
- Liberation
Theology (collection of newspaper clippings)
- Liberation
Theology: General Information, some bibliography
- "The
Future of Liberation Theology," Daniel H. Levine (Univ. of Michigan)
- "The
Changing Face of Liberation Theology," Ron Rhodes (critical review)
- Liberation
Theology - Bibliography (Edward Cleary - excellent resource)
- Liberation
Theology - Bibliography
- "Liberation
Theology" - Course syllabus by Hugh Lacey at Hampshire College (1995)
- "Liberation
Theology and Land Reform" - Course offered at Henry George Institute
The National Period: Human
Rights and Democracy Issues (Southern Cone)
Human Rights Resources: General
- Amnesty
International
- Derechos/Human
Rights
- Derechos
Humanos - Georgetown
- Derechos
Humanos en America Latina, Eqiupo Nizkor
- First
Page (Argentina)
- Human Rights
Internet
- Human
Rights Library
- Human Rights
Watch
- Human Rights
Web
- Human
Rights in Latin America, LANIC
- Instituto
Interamericano de Derechos Humanos
- Lawyers
Committee for Human Rights
Dictatorships in the Southern Cone
- Golpe
de 1964 (Portuguese)
- Overview
of Military Governments since 1964 (Portuguese)
- Basic
Chronology of Events, Chile (1973-2000)
- The
Popular Unity Program in Chile, 1970
- Salvador
Allende Speech to the United Nations General Assembly, 1972
- National
Security Archives, Chile Electronic Briefing Book
- Argentina:
Electronic Reading Room (Department of State)
- Chile: Electronic
Reading Room (Department of State)
- "Hinchey
Report:" CIA Activities in Chile (September 18, 2000) (Department of State)
- Argentine
Military Junta Members, Top Officers and Ministers
- Information
on Human Rights in Argentina
- 20
Exemplary Cases (20 cases of human rights abuse in Brazil)
- The
Early Military Edicts (Spanish), Chile
- The
Early Military Edicts (English), Chile
- The
Decree-Laws of the Military Dictatorship (Spanish), Chile
- The
Decree-Laws of the Military Dictatorship (English), Chile
- DINA
and CNI (Chile)
- The
Truth about Pinochet (Mark Lakota) - extensive links
- Report
by Manuel Contreras on crimes committed by Chilean military regime (May
13, 2005)
-
Cultures of Fear (Southern Cone)
- Repressive
Organizations, Chile (Spanish)
- Creation
of the DINA, Chile
- Detention
Centers, Chile
Resistance
- Abuelas
de la Plaza de Mayo, Argentina
- H.I.J.O.S.,
Argentina
- The
MIR (Chile), Spanish
- Resistance
in Brazil, Portuguese
"Redemocratization," Truth Commissions, Trials,
Memory
- Informe
"Rettig" (National Commission on Truth and Reconciliation), Chile (Spanish)
- "Rettig"
Report, Chile (English)
- "Valech"
Report (National Commission on Political Imprisonment and Torture), Chile
(Spanish)
- The
Crimes of Augusto Pinochet
- Articles
on Human Rights in Uruguay (Spanish)
- Servicio
Paz y Justicia (SERPAJ), Uruguay
- Argentine
Human Rights Information
- The
National Commission on the Disappeared, Argentina
- List
of Disappeared and Killed in Brazil (Portuguese)
- History
and Memory, Brazil (Portuguese)
- Chile,
Obstinate Memory
- Ariel
Dorfman on Memory and Truth
- Supreme
Court Decision (Chile) on Pinochet (8 August 2000)
- Caso Pinochet
(La Tercera, Chile)
- Pinochet
on Trial (Guardian, London)
- Chile:
When Tyrants Tremble: The Pinochet Case (October 1999; Human Rights Watch)
- Legacies
of Authoritarianism: Cultural Production, Collective Trauma, and Global Justice;
particularly good graphics on memory sites in Chile, graphic novels from Argentina,
editorial cartoons, and other cultural productions.
News Articles of Interest on Aftermath of Torture
- "Out of the Ashes"
(Anne-Marie O'Connor, Los Angeles Times, 22 October 2000)
The
National Period: Basic Electronic Resources for the Study U.S. Policy in Latin
America
I. Government Sources
State
Department
- Electronic
Reading Room: FOIA Documents released by the State Department of a variety
of issues (e.g. Chile, Argentina, El Salvador Church Women, El Salvdor,
Guatemala).
- Western
Hemisphere Affairs:
- For example, look there for an examination
of official US policy on Colombia and drugs: US
Support for Plan Colombia; or for Press Statements, Remarks, Country
Information, etc. on various countries, including US
Relations with Mexico
- Foreign
Relations of the United States: (a basic source of official documentation
on foreign relations). At the present, some of the volumes are Online
- North
America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Library of Congress:
- Thomas:
Excellent for locating any Congressional legislation, committee reports,
etc. It has a search capacity, via which one can find congressional information
on a variety of sources.
- American
Memory: An extremely rich collection of photographs, sounds, and other
archival materials concerning the United States.
Congressional
Internet Services (CIS): Major gateway into congressional information
sources.
Central Intelligence
Agency. Among the CIA's more useful sources are the:
National
Archives and Records Administration. Information on Executive and Legislative
branch.
Presidential Branch Records
II. Non-Governmental Sources and Specific Issues
Other Helpful Foreign Policy Sites:
LIBRARIES WITH
SPECIAL LATIN AMERICAN COLLECTIONS
- Latin
American Studies, Southeast Region
- John
Carter Brown Library, Brown University
- The
Bancroft (University of California, Berkeley) collection on Mexico and Central
America
- Center
for Research Libraries
- Duke
University, Latin America, Spain and Portugal
- Florida International
University, Latin American & Caribbean Information Center
- Hispanic
Reading Room, Library of Congress
- Hans
P. Kraus Collection, Library of Congress
- Cuban
Heritage Collection, University of Miami
- The
Newberry Library, Chicago
- University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Latin American Studies Collection
- University
of Notre Dame, Kellogg Information Center
- Latin
American, Latino, Spanish and Portuguese Collections at Ohio State University
Libraries
- Carlos
Franqui Collection (Princeton), Cuban Revolutionary materials
- Doing
Research at Princeton, Latin America, Spain, Portugal
- Universidad
de Puerto Rico, On-Line Catalogs
- Latin
American and Iberian Resources, Stanford University
- Nettie
Lee Benson Collection, University of Texas, Austin
- Tulane
University Latin American Library.
- Vanderbilt
University, Resources for Latin American Studies
- Jorge
Luis Borges Collection, University of Virginia
- Latin
American Collection, Yale University
MAPS
Mapping Techniques
Contemporary Political/Relief Maps:
Historical Map Collections:
CINEMA, VIDEO, MAGAZINES, AND OTHER
MEDIA FROM AND ABOUT LATIN AMERICA
GENERAL SITES:
Cinema, Video and Television:
Specific Films
- Aguirre,
the Wrath of God (Werner Hertzog, 1973)
- La
Boca del Lobo (The Lion's Den) (Francisco Lombardi, 1989)
- The
Burning Season (John Frankenheimer, 1994)
- Camila
(Maria Luisa Bemberg, 1985)
- La
Ciudad y los Perros (The City and the Dogs), (Francisco Lombardi, 1985)
- Como
Agua para Chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate) (Alfonso Arau, 1992)
- The
Conquest of Paradise (Ridley Scott, 1992)
- Danzon
(Maria Novaro, 1990)
- Frida,
Naturaleza Viva (Paul Leduc, 1984)
- La
Historia Oficial (The Official Story) (Luis Puenzo, 1985)
- Maria
Candelaria (Emilio Fernandez, 1944)
- The
Mission (Roland Joffe, 1986)
- El
Otro Francisco (The Other Francisco) (Sergio Giral, 1975)
- Salvador
(Oliver Stone, 1986)
- La
Ultima Cena (The Last Supper), (Tomás Gutiérrez
Alea, 1976)
- Veronico
Cruz, la deuda interno (Miguel Pereira, 1987)
- Yo,
Peor de Todas (I, Worst of All) (Maria Luisa Bemberg, 1990)
General Cultural Sites and Publishers:
ORGANIZATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
OF INTEREST TO ACTIVISTS WORKING ON LATIN AMERICA
ORGANIZATIONS SPECIALIZING
IN LATIN AMERICA
(Jose Guadalupe Posada, "Gran
fandango y francachela de todas las calaveras" - 1913)
