The Keele Guide to South American Government and Politics on the Internet

THE KEELE GUIDE TO LATIN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS ON THE INTERNET

From

The School of Politics, International Relations & Philosophy

Keele University

South America-Wide Sites and Sources [Argentina].. [Bolivia].. [Brazil]..
[Chile].. [Colombia].. [Ecuador].. [Falkland Islands].. [French Guyana]..
[Guyana]..
[Organization of American States].. [Paraguay]..
[Peru].. [South Georgia and Sandwich Islands].. [Surinam].. [Uruguay].. Venezuela

Latest Update 15 February 2011

South America-wide

South American Studies

Handbook of Latin American Studies from the Library of Congress
Heads of State
Inter-American Dialogue think tank
Internet Resources for Latin America from NMSU
Latin American constitutions from the University of Lima
Latin America Data Base - searchable index of articles on Latin America, including politics, from the University of New Mexico
Latin American Development Archive from Johns Hopkins
Latin American Electoral Observatory from LANIC
Latin American Election Statistics since Independence from UCSD
L Latin American Government Documents Project from Cornell, organized by
Latin American History Resources for beginners
Latin American Information Base from the University of Texas - a multitude of links country and agency within subject themes
Latin America Public Opinion Project from Vanderbilt University
Latin Sectors research on economics and politics in Latin America
Matices - quarterly journal of Latin American, Portuguese and Spanish affairs (English, Spanish, Portuguese, German)
Overview of Latin American Electoral Systems from Georgetown University
Political database of the Americas from Georgetown University

Media and News

Agencia Latino Americana de Informacion
IPL Reading Room - South American newspapers
Kiosk South American newspapers (English, Swedish, Esperanto)
Latin America Bureau - online books about development, human rights, politics in Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America Newsletter
News Central South American newspapers
Newspapers in Latin America from University of Texas
South American Newspapers from MiningCo
Newspapers in South America

Organizations, Campaigns and Causes

Directories and Search Engines

Latino Web
Latino World
South American Newspapers
Ugubula search site (Spanish)
WEPA searchable directory of Puerto Rico and Latin American websites

Argentina

Constitutions 1853 1994 OR here

Flag of Argentina from Wikipedia

Presidency

Government

Senado de la Nacion/Senate

Poder Judicial de la Nacion/Judiciary

Political Parties

Democracia Cristiana
Partido Justicialista
Union Civica Radical Argentina
Movimento Al Socialismo
Partido Comunista Argentina
Partido Obrero
Partido de Trabajadores Socialistas
Argentine Political Parties from Georgetown University
Partidos Politicos Argentina
Partidos Politicos

Elections

Media

Argentine Newspapers/a> from Abyznewslinks
Argentine Newspapers from Onlinenewspapers
Argentine Newwspapers from All-links
Argentine Newspapers from World-Newspapers
Argentine Newspapers from Start4all
Argentine Newspapers/a> from Newspaperindex
Ambito Financiero
Argentina Centro de Medios Indipendientes
Buenos Aires Herald slow
Diario el Norte (Chaco)
El Cronista (Buenos Aires)
Diario el Dia (Buenos Aires)
El Dia (La Plata)
Diario Hoy (La Plata)
Diario La Nacion
Diario Los Andes (Mendoza)
Diario Rio Negro
Info Canuelas>
La Voz del Interior de Cordoba
La Nueva Provincia (Bahia Blanco)
Ole
Telam News Agency
El Tribuno(Salta)

Groups

SER en el 2000 - 'promoting debate on security and defense problems'.

Other Sources

Government and Politics in Argentina
Directorio from Grippo Com with links to government agencies
LANIC - Argentina from the University of Texas
Latin Focus: Argentina - economic indicators
Yahoo Argentina

Bolivia

Constitution

1967 Constitution

1994 Constitutional Reforms

Flag

President Evo Morales from Wikipedia

Government

Congreso de Bolivia broken link April 2008
- Congreso Nacional de Bolivia from Wikipedia
Corte Nacional Electoral

Political Parties

Bolivian Political Parties from Georgetown University

Elections

Corte Nacional Electoral/National Election Court
Elections in Bolivia from Wikipedia
Presidential Election 2005 from Wikipedia
Bolivian Constitutional Referendum 2008 from Wikipedia
Bolivian Vote of Confidence Referendum, 2008 from Wikipedia
Bolivian referendum votes analysis from Indypendent
Bolivian referendum blog

Media

Bolivia Newspapers from Onlinenewspapers
Bolivia Newspapers from Abyznewslinks
Bolivia Newspapers from Start4all
Bolivia Newspapers from World-Newspapers
Bolivia Newspapers from Worldpress
Bolivia Newspapers from All-Links
Bolivia Times
El Diario (La Paz)
La Razon (La Paz)
Los Tiempos (Cochabamba)

Groups, Movements and Institutions

Centre for the Implementation of Public Policies

Other Sources

Brazil

Constitution

1988 Constitution in Spanish

Presidencia de la Republica federativa do Brasil

Federal Government

Parliament

Federal Senate (English/Portuguese)
Camara dos Deputos

Courts

States

State and Municipal Government from LANIC

Political parties

Partido Communista Brasileiro
Partido Communista do Brasil
Partido da Frente Liberal
Partido Liberal from Wikipedia
Brazilian Social Democratic Party from Wikipedia
Partido dos Tribalhadores
Partido Social Democrata Cristao may time out
Partido Verde
Brazil Political Parties from Georgetown University

Media

Agencia Estado
BBC Brazil
Brazilian Media Links
Brazilian newspapers by state
Brazilian Newspapers
Brazil Newspapers
ABYZ Brazilian Newspapers
Brazil Newspapers from Worldpress
Brazil Newspapers from Start4all
Brazil Newspapers from All-Links
Correio de Bahia (Salvador)
Correio Popular (Sao Paulo)
O Debate (Belo Horizonte)
Diario da Borborema (Campina Grande)
Diario do Grande ABC (Sao Paulo)
Diario da Manha (Goiania) may time out
Diario de Penambuco (Recife)
Diario Popular
Diario do Povo (Dourados)
Diario de Sorocaba
Estado de Minas
O Estado de Sao Paulo
Folha de Manha (Passos)
Folha de Niteroi
Folha de Pernambuco
Folha de Sao Paulo
Gazeta de Alagoas
Gazeta do Parana
Gazeta do Povo
Gazeta de Sergipe broken link
Gazeta do Sol (Santa Cruz do Sul)
O Globo
Brazilian Newspapers and Magazines
Jornal do Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
Jornal da Cidade de Bauru
Jornal da Cidade (Pocos de Caldas)
Jornal de Paraiba (Campina Grande)
Jornal de Santa Caterina (Blumenau City)
Jornal da Tarde (San Paolo)
Jornal a Tribuna
Liberal( Belem)
A Noticia (Joinville)
Noticias Populares
O Dia (Rio de Janeiro)
O Norte (Joao Pessoa)
O Povo (Fortaleza)
O Progesso (Dourades)
Radio Brasil
Radio Jovem Pan Radio journalism
A Tarde (Salvador)
Tempo (Minas Gerais)
Tribuna de Minas (Juiz de Fora)
Tribuna de Santos
A Voz da Serra (de Nova Fribergo)
Zero Hora (Porto Alegre)

Groups and Movements

Amazon Watch - environment and indigenous peoples' rights
Amnesty International Brasil

Other Sources

Chile

Constitutions

National Anthem

President

Michelle Bachelet from Wikipedia

Gobierno de Chile/Government

Ministerio de Hacienda/Ministry of Housing
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores/Ministry of External Relations
Ministerio de Salud/Ministry of Health (slow)
Ministerio de Transportes y Telecommunicaciones/Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications
Anfitrion diario oficial of the Republic of Chile

Parliament

Senado de la Republica de Chile

Political Parties

Chile Political Parties from Georgetown University

Media

Groups and Movements

Other Sources

Anfitrion - 'largest legal database in Chile'
Chile Declassification Project
Crimes of Augusto Pinochet
Derechos Chile - human rights since 1973
Human Rights Watch Report
Library of Congress Country Study
LANIC - Chile

Colombia

Constitution

Flag

Government

Gobiernoenlinea
Republica de Colombia official gateway (Spanish/English)

Elections

Elections in Colombia

Media

Colombia Newspapers
Colombian Post
El Espectador
El Heraldo (Barranquilla)
El Informador (Santa Maria)
El Mundo
El Pais
El Tiempo
Revista Cambio
Revista Cromos
Colombia Newspapers from Onlinenewspapers.com
Colombia Newspapers from Abyznewslinks.com
Colombia Newspapers from Allyoucanread.com
Colombia Newspzapers from Start4all
Colombia Newspapers from World-Newspapers
Colombia Newspapers from Worldpress
Colombia Newspapers from All-Links

Groups

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia from Wikipedia

Other Sources

Ecuador

Constitutions

1984 Constitution
1996 Constitution
A HREF= "http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Ecuador/ecuador.html"> Ecuador Constitution

Government

Judiciary

Corte Suprema de Justicia from Wikipedia
Media
- Ecuador Newspapers
- Ecuadorian Newspapers
- Ecuador Newspapers
- Ecuador Newspapers
- Ecuador Newspapers from Start4all
- Ecuador Newspapers from All-Links
- El Comercio
- Diario La Hora
- Diario Expreso
- Hoy (Quito)
- El Telegrafo (Guayaquil)
- El Universo
- Vistazo
Groups
- Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador
Other Sources

Falklands/Malvinas

Guyana

Flag

Constitution

President

Government Page OR Republic of Guayana Home Page

Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of Education link broken November 2010
Ministry of Health
Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce

Political parties

People's National Congress
- People's National Congress from Wikipedia
- People's Progressive Party

Media

Other Sources

French Guyana

CIA World Factbook

Organizacion de Estados Iberamericanos

Inter-American Defense Board

Paraguay

Constitutions

1992 Constitution from University of Wuerzburg
Constitution 1992
Constitutions from Richmond University

Presidency of the Republic

Government

Paraguay Gobierno broken link
Ministerio del Interior/Ministry of the Interior
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores/Ministry of External Relations can be slow
Ministerio da Hacienda/Ministry of Housing
Ministerio de Educacion y Cultura/Ministry of Education and Culture may time out
Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Comunicaciones/Ministry of Public Works and Communications
Ministerio de Industria y Comercio/Ministry of Industry and Commerce
Ministerio de Salud Publica y Bienestar Social/Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare

Elections from Georgetown U

Media

Diario ABC Color
Newspapers in Paraguay from abyznewslinks.com
Paraguay Newspapers from Allyoucanread.com
La Nacion may time out
Paraguay Newspapers
Newspapers Paraguay
OnlineNewspapers Paraguay
Paraguay Newspapers from Abyznewslinks
Paraguay Newspapers from World-Newspapers
Paraguay Newspapers from Worldpress
El Sitio
Ultima Hora OR here

Other Sources

Peru

1993 Constitution

Government

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones may time out

Parliament

Congreso de la Republica del Peru

Political Parties

Peru Posible Partido Politico
Peru: Political Parties from Georgetown University

Groups

Media

America TV
El Comercio
Expreso online
LA Republica
Revista Caretas
Newspapers in Peru
Peru Newspapers from Onlinenewspapers
Peru Newspapers from Abyznewslinks
Peru Newspapers from Start4all
Peru Newspapers from World-Newspapers
Peru Newspapers from Worldpress
Peru Newspapers from All-Links

Other Sources

Former President Alberto Fujimori from Wikipedia
LANIC - Peru
Library of Congress Study
Peru in the Eye of the Storm NSA
Political Resources in Peru
Peru from Wikipedia
Peru Links: Government_and_Politics
PeruLinks

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

Government

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands from Wikipedia

Surinam

1987 Constitution

President

Government (slow)

Parties

Progressive Reform Party broken link November 2010
Union of Progressive Surinamese
Evolution of the Policial Parties in Suriname
Nationale Democratische Partij (Dutch)

Media

Surinam Newspapers from Onlinenewspapers
Surinam Newspapers from Abyznewslinks
Surinam Newspapers from Start4all
Surinam Newspapers from World-Newspapers
Surinam Newspapers from Worldpress

Other

Uruguay

1966 Constitution

Presidencia de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay

Government

Ministerio de Salud Publica

Camara de Representes

Political parties

Asamblea Uruguay
Uruguay: Political Parties from Georgetown University
Uruguay Political Parties from Agora

Media

El Espectador
Diario El Pais (Montevideo)
El Observador
La Republica (Montevideo)
Uruguay periodicos,revistas, diarios
Uruguay Daily News
Newspapers in Uruguay from Onlinenewspapers.com
Uruguay Newspapers from Abyznewslinks.com
Newspapers in Uruguay
Uruguay Newspapers from start4all
Uruguay Newspapers from World-Newspapers
Uruguay Newspapers from Worldpress
Uruguay Newspapers from All-Links

Other Sources

Venezuela

Constitution

1961 Constitution from Georgetown
1999 Constitution from Georgetown

Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela

President

President's Weekly Broadcast
Hugo Chavez from Wikipedia

Gobierno Enlinea/Government Online

Ministerio de la Defensa de Venuzuela/Ministry for the Defence of Venezuela

Political Parties

Communist Party of Venezuela from Wikipedia
The Everybody Wins Independent Movement from Wikipedia
Fifth Republic Movement from Wikipedia
United Socialist Party of Venezuela from Wikipedia
Venezuela: Political Parties from Georgetown University

Elections

Media

ANTV
Aporrea 'comunicacion popolar para la construccion de socialismo del siglo XXI'
El Aragueno (Aragua)
Il Corriere di Caracas
Cooriente Marxista Revolucionaria
Diario La Hora
Diario 2001
Diario la Hora
Economia Hoy
Meridiano (Caracas)
El Nacional (Caracas)
News from Venezuela
Radio Nacional de Venezuela
Venezuela Analysis
El Universal (Caracas)
Venezuela Al Dia
Venezuela Analitica
Venezuela Newspapers from Onlinenewspapers.com
Venezuela Newspapers from Abyznewslinks.com
Venezuelka Newspapers from Allyoucanread.com
Venezuela Newspapers
Venezuela Newspapers from Start4all
Venezuela Newspapers from World-Newspapers
Venezuela Newspapers from Worldpress
Venezuela Newspapers from All-Links
What's Next Venezuela?

Groups

Provea human rights campaign

Other Sources

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