LATIN AMERICAN, CARIBBEAN & LATINO
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Electronic Publications and E-Zines |
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National Hispanic/Latino Organizations and Associations |
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ACADEMIC RESOURCES
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Research Centers and National Resources |
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National and International Professional Associations |
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International Resources |
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LATIN AMERICAN, CARIBBEAN & LATINO RESOURCES
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Society and Culture
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| Chicano/LatinoNet |
| http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu |
| This is the first Web site developed to deal with Chicano/a
Latino/a issues. Although it has not been updated recently, it offers
a great variety of resources related to the Chicano experiences. |
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| El Museo del Barrio |
| http://www.elmuseo.org |
| The mission of El Museo del Barrio is to establish
a forum that will preserve and project the cultural heritage of Puerto
Ricans and all Latin Americans in the United States. |
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| Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular
de Puerto Rico |
| http://www.prpop.org |
| El propósito de la Fundación es adelantar
el desarrollo de la cultura popular puertorriqueña a través
delestudio, la promoción y el auspicio de eventos de interés
cultural y de los artistas que los exponen. |
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| Fundación Melassa |
| http://www.melassa.org |
| A non-profit organization dedicated to the transnational
organization of Latin@s in the Americas and those interested in promoting
cultural exchange among the Americas. Melassa is dedicated to the development
of collaboration projects between academic institutions and popular
culture, transcending borders, not only national, but also borders
defined by class, gender, and race. |
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| Jibaros.com |
| http://www.jibaros.com |
| This California based web site offers a lot of resources
on Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans. |
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| La Ventana |
| http://casamerica.islagrande.cu |
| Portal informativo de la Casa de las Américas.
Casa de las Américas es una institución que por más
de cuatro décadas ha hecho sentir su presencia en el panorama
cultural de la América Latina y el Caribe. |
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| Mundo Afrolatino |
| http://www.mundoafrolatino.com |
| A website dedicated to Afro-Latinos, Hispanics of African
descent. The website contains information on the history and culture
of Afro-Latinos in both English and Spanish. |
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| PReb: Puerto Rico en breve |
| http://www.preb.com |
| El boletín electrónico PReb.con ofrece
información la trayectoria histórica y cultural de Puerto
Rico. |
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| Puerto Rico and the American Dream |
| http://www.prdream.com |
Award-winning website on the history, culture and politics
of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican diaspora.
This multimedia site continues to bring unique, original content online
in Spanish and English. A new section entitled centroTalks is produced
in cooperation with the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College. |
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News Coverage
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| AmericanLatino.net |
| http://www.politicomagazine.com/index.html |
| AmericanLatino.net, formerly know as PoliticoMagazine.com
is a national, monthly magazine of news about trends in business, education,
arts and entertainment, sports, culture, style and more. Its Latino
Media Online section offer an excellent collection of Latino news links. |
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| HispanicOnline.com |
| http://www.hispaniconline.com |
| HispanicOnline is owned by Hispanic Publishing Corporation,
which owns Hispanic Magazine as well as Vista Magazine. It offers news,
resources and entertainment information that are relevant to Latinos |
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| Latin American Newsletters |
| http://www.latinnews.com |
| Published by London-based journalists specialized in
Latin American affairs. Its aim was to cover the very visible gap in
information about the region in the general press. |
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| Latino News Network |
| http://www.latnn.com |
| Latino News Network is a multimedia company dedicated
to providing Latinos an outlet to showcase their stories, their talents
and their skills. It is becoming a first-rate news and information
Web site and providing multimedia content to those who are interested
in learning more about Latinos both as a market and as a community. |
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| Latino USA |
| http://www.latinousa.org |
| Latino USA, the radio journal of news and culture,
is the only national, English-language radio program produced from
a Latino perspective. It is a production partnership of KUT Radio and
the Center for Mexican American Studies at The University of Texas-Austin
and distributed by National Public Radio. Latino USA does publish the
entire program, program segments and our complete news segments each
week in Real Audio format. |
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| Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) |
| http://lanic.utexas.edu/subject/media |
| LANIC' Media & Communication in Latin America section
offers an excellent collection of on-line resources |
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Electronic
Publications and E-Zines
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| A Primera Plana |
| http://www.aprimeraplana.org |
| A Primera Plana es una publicación de la Red
Dominicana de Periodistas con Perspectiva de Género, dedicada
a promover la equidad intergenérica desde los medios masivos
de comunicación. |
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| Contacto Magazine |
| http://www.contactomagazine.com/index1.htm |
| Bilingual publication aimed at cybernauts interested
in U.S. Latinos and Latin American topics. It has published a number
of in-depth news features and special issues on the U.S. Hispanic community. |
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| ! del Corazón ! |
| http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/issuedos/pages/index.html |
| It is an interactive, educational webzine for teachers
and students. It promotes remote collaboration between the Smithsonian
American Art Museum and classroom teachers for the development of activity-based
curriculum. |
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| El Boricua |
| http://www.elboricua.com |
| It is a monthly, cultural, bilingual publication which
goal is to present and promote the Puerto Rican experience. |
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| Encuentro en la red |
| http://www.cubaencuentro.com |
| Revista sobre cultura nacional cubana, tanto en Cuba
como de su diaspora. Esta es publicada en España. |
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| Mama Coca |
| http://www.mamacoca.org |
| On-line academic journal on complexity, conflict and
drugs in the American Region. |
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| Nuevo Mundo-Mundos Nuevos |
| http://www.ehess.fr/cerma/Revue/indexCR.htm |
| Esta abre un concepto nuevo, el de una de una revista
evolutiva, la primera de este tipo en la Web americanista, encaminada
a aprovechar lo mejor posible las potencialidades de Internet, mediante
la instauración de un diálogo científico en línea.
Publicada por el Centro de Investigaciones sobre los Mundos Americanos,
Francia. |
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| Perspectiva Ciudadana.com |
| http://www.perspectivaciudadana.com |
| Perspectivaciudadana.com es un medio de comunicación
plural, de construcción colectiva, de información y reflexión
sobre la cotidianidad, las identidades culturales, la ecología,
la ciencia, la tecnología, los derechos ciudadanos, el mejoramiento
de las condiciones de vida, la gestión pública (local
y nacional), la corresponsabilidad social y la seguridad ciudadana
en la República Dominicana. |
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| Puerto Rico Herald |
| http://www.puertorico-herald.org |
| On-line publication about Puerto Rico political status
as well as issues affecting Puerto Ricans in the mainland. |
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National
Hispanic/Latino Organizations and Associations
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| American GI Forum of the United States |
| http://www.agifnat.org |
| Largest organized group of American military veterans
of Hispanic descent. |
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| ASPIRA Association |
| http://www.aspira.org |
| It promotes the empowerment of the Puerto Rican and
Latino community by developing and nurturing the leadership, intellectual,
and cultural potential of its youth so that they may contribute their
skills and dedication to the fullest development of the Puerto Rican
and Latino community everywhere. |
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| Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) |
| http://www.chci.org |
| Nonprofit organization associated with the Congressional
Hispanic Caucus. CHCI offers educational outreach and leadership development
programs, services, and activities, including fellowships and summer
internship programs. |
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| Cuban American National Council |
| http://www.cnc.org |
| National social service organization established to
provide education, housing and community development services to needy
individuals from diverse racial and ethnic groups with a focus on Hispanics
and minorities. |
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| Cuban American National Foundation (CANF) |
| http://www.canf.org |
| It is the largest Cuban organization in exile. |
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| Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
(HACU) |
| http://www.hacu.net |
| It promotes access to and the quality of post-secondary
educational opportunities for Hispanic students. |
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| Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility
(HACR) |
| http://www.hacr.org |
| Coalition of the most prominent national Hispanic organizations
working to ensure that there is an equitable participation of the Latino
community in Corporate America commensurate with the Latino purchasing
power. |
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| Hispanic Educational Telecommunications System
(HETS) |
| http://www.hets.org |
| HETS is a telecommunications consortium of colleges
and universities in the United States and Puerto Rico. |
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| Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) |
| http://www.hnba.com |
| HNBA is professional association representing the interest
of over 25,000 Hispanic American attorneys, judges, law professors,
and law students in the United States and Puerto Rico. |
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| Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE) |
| http://www.latinas.org |
| HOPE is committed to ensuring political and economic
parity for Latinas through leadership, advocacy, and education to benefit
all communities and the status of women. |
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| Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) |
| http://www.lclaa.org |
| A National Hispanic trade union association representing
1.4 million Hispanic working men and women in 43 international unions
in 45 chapters in 17 states and Puerto Rico, LCLAA strives to achieve
social dignity, economic and political justice, and higher living standards
for every Hispanic worker. |
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| League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) |
| http://www.lulac.org |
| LULAC miision is to advance the economic condition,
educational attainment, political influence, health and civil rights
of the Hispanic population of the United States. It is one of the nation's
largest and oldest Hispanic organizations. |
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| MANA |
| http://www.hermana.org |
| Association dedicated to advancing the status of American
women of Hispanic descent. It hopes to reach this goal by promoting
leadership among Hispanic women, advocating for public policies that
benefit Latinas and their families, improving communication and furthering
parity with Hispanics. |
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| Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational
Fund (MALDEF) |
| http://www.maldef.org |
| MALDEF is the leading nonprofit Latino litigation,
advocacy and educational outreach institution in the U.S.A. |
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| National Alliance for Hispanic Health National
Coalition of Hispanic Health & Human Services Organizations |
| http://www.hispanichealth.org |
| NAHH is the oldest and largest network of health and
human service providers servicing over 10 million Hispanic consumers
throughout the U.S. |
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| National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed
Officials (NALEO) |
| http://www.naleo.org |
| Organization of Latino public officials, which addresses
a broad range of policy issues affecting the Latino community. |
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| National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) |
| http://www.nahj.org |
| Organization dedicated to the recognition and professional
advancement of Hispanics in the news industry. Scholarships and internships
for Latino students of journalism are offered annually |
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| National Boricua Latino Health Organization (NBLHO) |
| http://mail.med.upenn.edu/~blho |
| NBLHO is a Latino student group representing health
professions students from the northeast region of the United States.
Its mission is to recruit Latinos into higher education, educate the
public and one another about Latino health issues, advocate for increased
Latino representation in health related areas, and promote awareness
about social, political and economic issues as they relate to Latino
health. |
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| National Community for Latino Leadership (NCLL) |
| http://www.latinoleadership.org |
| Formerly known as the Hispanic Leadership Opportunity
Program (HLOP), has existed as a network of national leadership organizations.
This network supported leadership development activities for Latino
youth, professionals, and community leaders that remain engaged today
in efforts to advance the Latino community. |
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| National Council of La Raza (NCLR) |
| http://www.nclr.org |
| NCLR is the largest constituency-based national Hispanic
organization, serving all Hispanic nationality groups in all regions
of the country. |
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| National Hispana Leadership Institute (NHLI) |
| http://www.nhli.org |
| The only national leadership institute focusing on
the development of Latinas as ethical world leaders through training,
professional development, community and world activist, and relationship
building. |
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| National Hispanic Corporate Council (NHCC) |
| http://www.nhcc-hq.org |
| Membership organization of Fortune 1000 companies,
serving as their principal resource for information, expertise, and
counsel on selected Hispanic issues affecting corporate objective,
and advocating for increased employment, leadership, and business opportunities
for Hispanics in corporate America. |
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| National Hispanic Scholarship Fund (NHSF) |
| http://www.hsf.net |
| NHSF is the largest Hispanic scholarship-granting organization
in the nation. It recognizes and rewards outstanding Hispanic students
in higher education throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and the
U.S. Virgin Islands. |
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| National Puerto Rican Coalition, Inc. (NPCR) |
| http://www.bateylink.org |
| NPRC' works to strengthen and enhance the social, political,
and economic well-being of Puerto Ricans throughout the United States
and in Puerto Rico. |
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| National Puerto Rican Forum |
| http://www.nprf.org |
| NPRF is a leadership organization working to enhance
the socio-economic conditions of the Latino population and other underserved
communities through information, advocacy and direct services. |
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| Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF) |
| http://www.prldef.org |
| Established to protect the civil rights of Puerto Ricans
and other Latinos and to ensure their equal protection under the law.
Involved in litigation, advocacy, and legal. |
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| Puerto Rican Federal Affairs Administration (PRFAA) |
| http://www.prfaa.com/eng/index.asp |
| PRFAA mission to empower Puerto Ricans and their communities
by improving economic, educational, and social opportunity for all. |
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| United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) |
| http://www.ushcc.com |
| USHCC has worked towards bringing the issues and concerns
of the nation's Hispanic-owned businesses to the forefront of the national
economic agenda. |
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| United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce (USMCOC) |
| http://www.usmcoc.org |
| A non-profit business association chartered in Washington
D.C. The coalition of businessmen created a bilateral organization
to promote trade, investment and joint ventures on both sides of the
border. |
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| Puerto Rican Federal Affairs Administration (PRFAA) |
| http://www.prfaa.com/eng/index.asp |
| PRFAA mission to empower Puerto Ricans and their communities
by improving economic, educational, and social opportunity for all. |
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ACADEMIC RESOURCES
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Research
Centers and National Resources
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| Americas Program of the Interhemispheric Resource
Center (IRC) |
| http://www.americaspolicy.org/index.html |
| This website is maintained by the Americas Program
of the Interhemispheric Resource Center. IRC is a policy studies center
whose overarching goal is to help forge a new global affairs agenda
for the U.S. government and people-one that makes the United States
a more responsible global leader and partner. |
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| Center for Immigration Studies |
| http://www.cis.org/index.cgi |
| Nation's only think tank devoted exclusively to research
and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographics, fiscal,
and other impacts of immigration on the U.S. |
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| Centro de Estudios de Guatemala (CEG) |
| http://www.corpotelsa.com/ceg |
| CEG realiza un monitoreo de medios de comunicación
escrita y electrónica, y análisis de la realidad política,
económica, social y de otras áreas de interés. |
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| Civil Rights Project at Harvard University |
| http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/ |
| Its mission is to help renew the civil rights movement
by bridging the worlds of ideas and action, and by becoming a pre-eminent
source of intellectual capital and a forum for building consensus within
that movement. It contains Latinos civil rights related information. |
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| Harvard Immigration Project |
| http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~hip |
| This project was developed as a longitudinal, interdisciplinary,
and comparative study to document continuities and discontinuities
in immigrant educational attitudes and adaptations over time. Latino
students [Central American, Dominican, Haitian, and Mexican] are represented
is this study. |
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| Inter-University Program for Latino Research |
| http://www.nd.edu/~iuplr |
| IUPLR, a consortium of 16 Latino research centers based
at major universities across the United States, is the only nationwide
university-based research organization bringing together scholars from
a wide variety of disciplines to conduct policy-relevant research on
Latinos. Centers are listed below. |
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Hispanic Research
Center (Arizona State University)
CUNY Dominican Studies Institute (City University of New York)
Cuban Research Institute (Florida International University)
Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños (Hunter College of the City University
of New York)
Julian Samora Research Institute (Michigan State University)
Smithonian Center for Latino Initiatives (Smithsonian Institution)
Stanford Center for Chicano
Research (Stanford University)
Chicano Studies Research Center (UCLA)
Mexican American Studies and Research Center (University of Arizona)
Latino/a Research & Policy Center (University of Colorado at Denver)
The Mauricio Gastón Institute (University of Massachusetts at Boston)
Southwest Hispanic Research Institute (University of New Mexico)
The Institute for Latino Studies (University of Notre Dame)
Center for Mexican American
Studies (The University of Texas at Austin)
Chicano Studies Research Program (University of Texas at El Paso)
Center for Chicano-Boricua Studies (Wayne State University) |
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| International Archive of Education Data (IAED) |
| http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/IAED |
| IAED is a project sponsored by the National Center
for Education Statistics (NCES), the primary federal entity for collecting
and analyzing data related to education in the United States and other
nations. |
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| Forum for the Study of Cuba (FSC), University of
Wolverhampton, England |
| http://asp2.wlv.ac.uk/hlss/research/Cuba |
| This website has been designed to provide further information
about the FSC, the research carried out by its members, and also as
a research tool for other researchers on Cuba. Excellent collection
of on-line resources. |
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| Latino Intersections |
| http://olympia.dartmouth.edu/latinox/index.html |
| Latino Intersections was created and launched by members
of Dartmouth College's faculty and staff, in conjunction with the Dartmouth
College Library. It is a new venture in online academic publication
that makes research, art, opinion, current events, and educational
resources available to scholars, students, artists, and activists. |
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| Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban & Regional
Research |
| http://www.albany.edu/mumford |
| Mumford Center website includes statistics on the Hispanic
population, metropolitan segregation, and other aspects of urban development. |
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| Pew Hispanic Center |
| http://www.pewhispanic.org |
| The Center's mission is to improve understanding of
the diverse Hispanic population in the United States and to chronicle
Latinos' growing impact on the nation. It strives to inform debate
on critical issues through dissemination of its research to policymakers,
business leaders, academic institutions and the media. |
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| Puerto Rican-American Research Institute (PRARI) |
| http://www.prari.org |
| PRARI is a private, nonprofit organization devoted
to the study of the economic, social and educational problems of Puerto
Rican-Americans. |
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| Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture |
| http://gopher.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html |
| A national research library devoted to collecting,
preserving and providing access to resources documenting the experiences
of peoples of African descent throughout the world. The Center's collections
first won international acclaim in 1926 when the personal collection
of the distinguished Puerto Rican-born Black scholar and bibliophile,
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, was added to the Division of Negro Literature. |
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| Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic
Research (MISER) |
| http://www.umass.edu/miser |
| MISER is an interdisciplinary research institute at
UMass-Amherst. It provides a variety of services to the University,
the Commonwealth, and to national and international audiences. As the
Lead Agency in the State Data Center (SDC) program, MISER is the liaison
between the Commonwealth and the U.S. Bureau of the Census and houses
all the latter's data on Massachusetts. |
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| National Security Archive (NSA) |
| http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv |
| NSA combines a unique range of functions in one non
governmental, non-profit institution. The Archive is simultaneously
a research institute on international affairs, a library and archive
of declassified U.S. documents obtained through the Freedom of Information
Act. It contains a lot of information on Latin American affairs. |
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| National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) |
| http://nces.ed.gov/help/sitemap.asp |
| The purpose of the National Center for Education Statistics'
website is to provide clear, complete information about NCES' mission
and activities, and to serve the research, education and other interested
communities. Iti houses data and reports about the educational experiences
of Hispanics. |
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| National Latino Education Research Agenda Project
(NLERAP) |
| http://nlerap.hunter.cuny.edu |
| Is an attempt to bring together various constituencies
within the broader Latino/a community who are concerned with primary
and secondary public education. In particular, the issue of research
and school reform to improve academic outcomes and the life chances
of Latino/a students and their families is the object of this effort. |
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| Pioneer Valley Planning Commission |
| http://www.pvpc.org |
| The Pioneer Valley Planning Commission's planning region
encompasses 43 cities and towns in the Connecticut River Valley in
mid-western Massachusetts. It provides economic and demographic information
about the Pioneer Valley region. Census 2000 demographic profiles by
community are available. |
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| Latin American Studies Research Page |
| www.library.umass.edu/subject/latam |
| This Page is a guide to the print and electronic Latin
American Collection at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. It
lists library catalogs and Latin American research databases as well
as lists research guides and Internet links on Latin American studies.
Organized and maintained by Peter Stern, Latin American Reference Librarian. |
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| Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) |
| http://lanic.utexas.edu |
| The mission of LANIC (University of Texas) is to provide
Latin American users with access to academic databases and information
services throughout the Internet, and to provide Latin Americanists
around the world with access to information on and from Latin America. |
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| LA GUIA, Internet Resources for Latin America |
| http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/laguia |
| The links in this guide will provide access to many
information resources for Latin American studies. It includes some
of the best places to find unique and useful information. Compiled
by Molly Molloy, New Mexico State University Library. |
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| Latin America Data Base (LADB) |
| http://ladb.unm.edu |
| Latin America Data Base (LADB) on-line news service
is the first Internet-based news service in English about Latin America,
publishing in-depth coverage of Latin American affairs since 1986.
LADB's professional journalists produce three weekly electronic news
bulletins about Mexico (SourceMex), Central America and the Caribbean
including Cuba (NotiCen) and South America (NotiSur). These are available
on this website or by e-mail with a subscription. LADB's searchable
archive of over 24,000 articles since 1986 is updated weekly. You can
try a search for free. Archive access and news bulletin subscriptions
are separate. LADB also offers free lesson plans about Latin America
designed for secondary school teachers, and a teaching materials and
resources database on its RETANET pages. |
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| Library of Congress: The Hispanic Reading Room |
| http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic |
| Library of Congress has amassed the world's finest
collection on the history and culture of Latin America, Iberia, and
the Caribbean. |
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| U.S. Census Bureau: United States Department of
Commerce |
| http://www.census.gov |
| It is the preeminent collector and provider of timely,
relevant, and quality data about the people and economy of the United
States. You can find Census 2000 information about Hispanic population
in the following link ttp://www.census.gov/population/www/index.html |
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| WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources |
| http://www.etown.edu/vl/index.html#resourcecategories |
| It presents over 2400 annotated links in a wide range
of international affairs and international relations topics. The Latin
American section presents a collection of the most popular search engines
and web directories for country, language, or region-specifics. |
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National and International Professional Associations
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| Asociación de Estudios Bolivianos (AEB) |
| http://www.bolivianstudies.org |
| AEB mission is to advance and promote research and
knowledge on Bolivia through providing an interdisciplinary forum and
resource for collaboration, research, publication, study, funding and
employment opportunities. |
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| Caribbean Studies Association (CSA) |
| http://www.caribscholars.org |
| CSA is an independent professional organization devoted
to the promotion of Caribbean studies from a multidisciplinary, multicultural
point of view. |
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| National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies
(NACCS) |
| http://clnet.ucr.edu/research/NACCS/ |
| NACCS mission is to advance the interest and needs
of the Chicana and Chicano community. Promotes research on Chicana/o
issues as well as advances the professional interest and needs of Chicanas
and Chicanos in the academy. |
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| Puerto Rican Studies Association (PRSA) |
| http://www.puertorican-studies.org/~prsa |
| PRSA is a non-profit professional organization that
has as its fundamental objective the promotion and integration of the
interdisciplinary research, praxis, and community empowerment of Puerto
Ricans in Puerto Rico, the United States, and elsewhere. |
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| Latin American Jewish Studies Association (LAJSA) |
| http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/lajsa |
| ÊLAJSA encourages scholarly research on Latin
American Jewry as an element in the study of Latin American ethnicity,
and as a branch of Jewish Studies. LAJSA promotes scholarship concerning
the Jewish experience in Latin America through research, publication,
and teaching at universities, colleges, and other research centers. |
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| Latin American Studies Association (LASA) |
| http://lasa.international.pitt.edu |
| LASA is the largest professional Association in the
world for individuals and institutions engaged in the study of Latin
America. LASA is the one Association that brings together experts on
Latin America from all disciplines and diverse occupational endeavors,
across the globe. |
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International
Resources
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| Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones
de Educación Superior (ANUIES) |
| http://www.anuies.mx |
| ANUIES es una asociación no gubernamental que
agremia a las principales instituciones de educación superior
de México cuyo común denominador es su voluntad para
promover su mejoramiento integral en los campos de la docencia, la
investigación y la extensión de la cultura y los servicios. |
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| La Comisión Económica para América
Latina (CEPAL) |
| http://www.eclac.cl |
| The Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA) -the
Spanish acronym is CEPAL- was founded for the purposes of contributing
to the economic development of Latin America, coordinating actions
directed towards this end, and reinforcing economic relationships among
the countries and with the other nations of the world. |
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| Oficina Regional de Educación de la UNESCO
para América Latina y el Caribe (OREALC) |
| http://www.unesco.cl/home.htm |
| OREALC tiene la responsabilidad de apoyar y asistir
a los países de la región en el mejoramiento de la educación,
con miras al desarrollo de una cultura de paz, tolerancia y democracia. |
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| Organization of American States (OEA) |
| http://www.oas.org |
| OEA is established in order to promote an order of
peace and justice, to promote their solidarity, to strengthen their
collaboration, and to defend their sovereignty, their territorial integrity,
and their independence. |
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