THE KEELE GUIDE TO CENTRAL AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN GOVERNMENT & POLITICS ON THE INTERNET

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This Version 4 February 2010

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Caribbean and Central America generally

Caribbean and Meso-American Studies and Reference

• Internet Resources for Latin America from NMSU
• Latin American constitutions from the University of Lima
• Latin American Constitutions from Georgetown University
• Latin American Information Base from the University of Texas - a multitude of links
• Latin America Data Base - searchable index of articles on Latin America, including politics, from the University of New Mexico
• Latin American Documents Project from Cornell
• Web Directory of Latin American History for beginners
• Latin American Social Movements on the Web from Newcastle University
• Latin American Political Institutions Section of the Latin America Studies Association
• Latin America Public Opinion Project from Vanderbilt University
• Latin American Studies Association
• Latin Sectors research on economics and politics in Latin America
• Matices Quarterly Journal of Latin American, Portuguese and Spanish Affairs (English, German, Spanish, Portuguese)
• Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
• Political Database of the Americas - voluminous source from Georgetown University
• Social Justice Committee - human rights
• Constituciones Hispanoamericanas
• Latin American Development Archive from Johns Hopkins
• Handbook of Latin American Studies from the Library of Congress (Eng/Sp)
• Latino Links

Media and News

• Agencia Latino Americans de Informacion
• Caribbean360.com news
• Caribbean Newspapersw
• Caribbean Daily
• Latin American Newsletter

Organizations, Causes and Campaigns

• Caribbean Environment Programme
• Derechos Humanos en America Latina
• Inter-American Human Rights Database
• North American Congress on Latin America
• Latin American Working Group
• Movimiento Unionista Latinoamericano
• Peace Works (human rights)
• Small Islands States Development Network
• South and Meso American Rights Center
• United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
• Witness for Peace human rights organization

Directories and Search Engines

• LatinoWeb (slowish)
• LatinoWorld
• Ugubula search site (Spanish)
• WEPA searchable directory of Puerto Rico and Latin American websites

Anguilla

• Government
• Local News
• Web Sites

Antigua and Barbuda

Constitution OR here

• Antigua Post
• Antigua Net
• CIA Factbook - Antigua

Aruba

• Ministry of Economic Affairs, Tourism, Social Affairs and Tourism
• Amigoe newspaper inta
• Awe M
• 24 Ora
• Aruba Post
• Inside Caribbean
• Diario Aruba

Bahamas

Constitution

Media

• The Nassau Guardian

Other Sources

• CIA Factbook - Bahamas

Barbados

Constitution

Governor-General

Government

• Prime Minister
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

Political parties

• Democratic Labour Party of Barbados
• Barbados Labour Party

Elections

• Barbados Elections
• Elections in Barbados from Wikipedia

Media

• Barbados Daily Nation may time out

Other Sources

• LANIC - Barbados
• Flags of the World - B arbados
• CIA Factbook: Barbados

Belize

Flag

Constitution

Government

• Government (slow)
• Ministries

Political Parties

• United Democratic Party

Media

• Belize Times
• Channel 5
• The Reporter

Other Sources

• BelizeNet directory
• LANIC - Belize
• Library of Congress Study of Belize

Bermuda

Government - may be slow

Political parties

• Gombey Liberation Party
• Progressive Labour Party
• United Bermuda Party

Elections

• Elections
• Elections in Bermuda from Wikipedia
• Bermuda Election Data

Media

• Royal Gazette
• Bermuda News Media

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British Virgin Islands

• Government

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Caribbean

• Orrin's Caribbean Index
• Caribbean News Agency
• Caribbean Week
• Caribbean Islands: Library of Congress Country Study

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Cayman Islands

• Government
• Title: CIA Fa ctbook - Cayman Islands

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Central America

• CentraAmerica.com directory
• South and Meso American Rights Center

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Costa Rica

1949 Constitution

Flag

Presidenca de la Republica

Government

• Ministerio de Agricultura y Gaaderia/Ministry of Agriculture and Cattle
• Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Comercio/Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade may be slow
• Ministerio del Ambiente y Energia/Ministry of the Environment and Energy
• Ministerio de Comercio Exterior/Ministry of Foreign Trade
• Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto/Ministry of External Relations and Culture
• Ministerio de Hacienda/Ministry of Housing~
• Ministerio de Planification Nacional y Politica Rconomica/Ministry of National Planning and Economic Policy

Poder Judicial/Judiciary

Political Parties

• Partido del Pueblo Costaricese/Costarican Peoples Party from Wikipedia
• Partido Integracion Nacional/National Integration Party
• Movimento Libertario/Libertarian Movement
  • Partido Movimiento Libertario from Wikipedia

Elections

• Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones/SSupreme Electoral Tribunal
• Costa Rica election statistics 1901-1947 from UCSD
• Presidential Election 2006 from Wikipedia

Media

• La Nacion
• La Prensa Libre
• Tico Times

Other Sources

• CIA World Factbook: Costa Rica
• Costa Rica Information Center
• Costa Rica Internet Resources
• Costa Rica Home Page
• Costa Rica Links
• Info Costa Rica
• Governments on the WWW: Costa Rica

Cuba

Constitutions (1940, 1976,2006

Flags of the World: Cuba

Government

• National Web Site of the Republic of Cuba

Groups

• Union Liberal Cubana
• Cuba Solidarity Weblinks

Media

• CubaNet News
• Cuban Free Press

Other Sources

• Castro Speech database from LANIC (English translation, search facility )
• No Castro - 'atrocities amd injustices of the Cuban government'
• Castro Speeches Database 1959-1996 from University of Texas
• CIA Bay of Pigs Reports
• CIA World Factbook - Cuba
• Cuban-American Democracy Project
• Cuban Armed Forces Review
• Database of Castro's speeches 1959-1990 from the University of Texas
• Che Guevara from Wikipedia
• Che Guevara Symbol of Struggle
• Che Guevara Hero File
• Che Lives!
• Che Guevara - biography, speeches, photos, links
• Che Guevara writings by and about
• Che Guevara may time out
• El Comandante Che Guevara
• Ernesto Che Guevara
• Che Guevara Archive
• The Death of Che Guevara - US National Archives
• Center for Cuban Studies
• Cuba from Wikipedia
• Cubaweb 'a good start for really knowing what is going on inside the island'
• Castro Year One
• Governments on the WWW: Cuba
• Government and Politics of Cuba
• The Hidden History of the Cuban Missile Crisis from the US National Archives
• LANIC - Cuba
• Timetable History of Cuba
• Political Resources on the Net - Cuba

Dominica

National Flag

Constitution

Commonwealth of Dominica

Government

List of Political Parties in Dominica from Wikipedia

Elections

• Elections in Dominica from Wikipedia
• Elections 1951-2000 from TheDominican.net
• Election Resources from LANIC

Media

• The Dominican
• News Dominica
• Dominica Weekly

Other Sources

• CIA Factbook - Dominica

Dominican Republic

1978 Constitution

Presidency

Government

Media

• Listin Diario (Santo Domingo)

Elections

• Elections in the Dominican Republic from Wikipedia

Other Sources

• CIA World Factbook - Dominican Republic
• Hi-Web Index of Web Sites in the Dominican Republic
• Lanic - Dominican Republic

Grenadines

• Grenadian Voice
• CIA World Factbook: Grenada

Guadeloupe

• Guadeloupe Government
• Guadeloupe
• Politics of Guadeloupe from Wikipedia

Guatemala

1985 Constitution

Presidencia de la Republica link broken

Government - link broken

Political Parties

• National Unity of Hope
• Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (English/Spanish)

Media

• Siglo Veintiuro News

Other Sources

• CIA World Factbook: Guatemala
• Guatemala: Memory of Silence - report by Guatemala Historical Clarification Commission
• Guatemala, la Tierra de Quetzal - index
• Foundation for Human Rights in Guatemala
• Guatemala
• Political Resources on the Net: Guatemala
• Voces de Guatemala

Haiti

NB: Most institutional links are not currently operational - October 2004

National Palace

Government

• Secretary of State for Tourism

Parliament

Supreme Court

Elections

• Provisional Election Council
• 2005 Election
• Haitian Election 2006 from Wikipedia

Political Parties

Groups and Movements

• Aristide Foundation for Democracy (Eng/Fr)
• National Commission for Human Rights
• Peace Brigades International, Haiti
• Haiti en Marche

Media

• Haiti Newslinks
• Agence Haitienne de Presse English, French, Spanish

Other Sources

• Haiti Online
• LANIC - Haiti
• United Haitians Home Page
• Library of Congress Country Study of Haiti
• Political Resources on the Net - Haiti

Honduras

Constitution

Other Sources

• CIA World Factbook: Honduras
• Library of Congress Country Study
• Hondirectorio

Jamaica

Constitution

Government

• Cabinet Office link broken September 2008
• Ministry of Agriculture
• MInistry of Education
• Ministry of Energy
• Ministry of Finance and Public Services
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
• Ministry of Health and the Environment Also here
• Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce
• Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports
• Ministry of Justice
• Ministry of Labour and Social Security
• Ministry of Mining and Telecommunications
• Ministry of National Security
• Ministry of Tourism
• Ministry of Transport and Works
• Ministry of Water and Housing
• Office of Disaster Preparedness & Emergency Management
• Jamaica Information Service

Judiciary

• Supreme Court

Parties

• Jamaica Labour Party
• Natural Law Party
• People's National Party
• Workers Party of Jamaica - no current link

Media

• The Jamaica Gleaner
• The Jamaica Observer

Other sources

• CIA World Factbook: Jamaica
• Jamaica Travel and Culture
• LANIC - Jamaica
• Political Resources on the Net - Jamaica

Martinique

• Conseil General link broken

Mexico

Constitutions OR Sistema de Informacion Juridico Constitucional and here also Legislacion Federal de Mexico

La Bandera Mexicana/National Flag

Presidency

• President Felipe Calderon
• Felipe Calderon from Wikipedia

Government

• Secretaria de Desarrollo Social
• Secretaria de Economia
• Secretaria de Energia
• Secretaria de Gobernacion
• Secretaria de Marina
• Secretaria de Salud or here
• Secretaria de Tourismo

Parliament

• Senado de la Republica
• Camara Diputados

States

• gobierno del Estado de Aguascalientes
• Goberno del Estado de Baja California
  • Congreso del estado de Baja California
• Gobierno del Estado de Campeche
• Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas
• Gobierno del Estado de Chihuahua
• Gobierno del Estado de Coahuila
  • Congreso del estado de Coahuila
• Gobierno del Estado de Colima
  • Congreso del estado de Colima
• Gobierno del Distrito Federal
• Gobierno del Estado de Durango
  • Congreso del Estado de Durango
• Gobierno del Estado de Mexico
• Gobierno del Estado de Guanajuato
  • Congreso del Estado de Guanajuarto
• Gobierno del Estado de Guerrero
• Gobierno del Estado de Hidalgo
• Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco
  • Congreso del Estado de Jalisco
• Gobierno del Estado de Michoacan
• Congreso del Estado de Morelos
• Gobierno del Estado de Nuevo Leon
• Gobierno del Estado de Puebla
• Gobierno del Estado de Quetaro
• Gobierno del Estado de Roo Quintana
• Gobierno del Estado de San Luis Potosi
• Gobierno del Estado de Sinaloa
• Gobierno del Estado de Sonora
• Gobierno del Estado de Tabasco
• Gobierno del Estado de Tamaulipas
• Gobierno del Estado de Tlaxcala
• Gobierno del Estado de Veracruz
• Gobierno del Estado de Yucatan
• Gobierno del Estado de Zacatecas

Political Parties

• Mexico Political Parties from Georgetown University
• Partido Revolucionario Institucional
• Zapatista Army of National Liberation from Wikipedia
• Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion National
• FZLN sources
• Partido Accion Nacional
  • National Action Party
• Partido Cardenista
• Partido Independencia Ciudadana
• Partido Verde Ecologista

Elections

• Electoral Laws from Georgetown University
• Tribuna Electoral
• Federal Electoral Institute
• Elections in Mexico Elections from Wikipedia
• Federal Elections in Mexico

Groups and Movements

• Comision Nacional de la Derechos Humanos/National Human Rights Commission
  • National Human Rights Commission from Wikipedia
• Fundar - think tank

Media

• La Cronica de Hoy (Mexicali)
• Editorial Contenido
• El Debate
• El Economista
• Esmas
• Editora Paso del Norte
• El Financiero
• El Heraldo de Chihuahua
• El Informador (Guadelajar)
• El Universal
• La Jornada
• Milenio Diario
• Mural (guadelajara)
• El Norte (Monterrey)
• Novedades (Mexico City)
• Palabra (Saltillo)
• Reforma (Mexico City)
• La Revista Peninsular
• Excelsior

Other Sources

• Country Guide Mexico from US State Department
• El Directorio
• LANIC - Mexico
• Mexico Index - little politics
• Mexican Government and Politics
• Mexico from Wikipedia
• Mexico's Index Channel
• Mexico Web - directorio de pagines en Espanol
• Mexico Net Guide
• Mexico Web
• Political Resources on the Net - Mexico
• Pancho Villa
• Quien es Quien
• Yahoo! Mexico

Montserrat

Netherlands Antilles

• Netherlands Antilles Government
• Curacao Government
• Curacao Environment Department
• Diario (Aruba)
• La Prensa
• Cyberspace Curacao directory of web links

Nicaragua

Constitution

Asamblea Nacional

Government

• Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores

Consejo Supremo Electoral may time out

Parties

Elections

• Nicaragua Elections from Wikipedia

Media

• 7 Dias
• El Nuevo Diario
• La Prensa de Nicaragua

Groups and Movements

• Nicaragua Foundation for Democracy and Development
• PeaceWorks Seeking Progressive Change

Other Sources

• Library of Congress Country Study
• Augusto C Sandino

Panama

Constitution

Presidencia de la Republica

Panama Government

• Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuario/Ministry of Agricultural Development
• Ministerio de Comercio e Industria/Ministry of Trade and Inudtsyr
• Ministerio de Economia y Financia/Ministry of the Economy and Finances Ministerio de Educacion/Ministry of Education broken link
• Ministerio de Relacionnes Exteriores/Ministry of External Relations
• Ministerio de Gobierno y Justicia/Ministry of the Interior and Justice
• Ministerio de Trabajo y Desarrollo Laboral/Ministry of Labour
• Ministerio de Obras Publicas/Ministry of Public Works
• Ministerio de Salud/Ministry of Health
• Ministerio de la presidencia/Ministry of the Presidency
• Ministerio de la Vivienda/Ministry of Housing

Asamblea Legislativa de Panama/Panama Legislative Assembly

Corte Suprama de Justicia/Supreme Court of Justice