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

Latest Update 21 October 2009

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

• Derechos Humanos en America Latina
• Comunidad Andina
• Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy
• Latinos Unidos 'fighting economic and political imperialism'
• Inter-American Human Rights Database
• Latin American Working Group
• Moviemento Unionista Latinoamericano
• ProtestNet links to activism and protest in Latin America
• North American Congress on Latin America
• South and Meso American Rights Center
• Union of South American Nations
• United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

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

• Ministerio de Educacion
• Ministerio de Economia y Produccion
• Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos/Ministry of Justice and Human Rights
• Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
• Ministerio de Ciencia, Technologica e Innovacion Productiva
• Army

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

• National Election Chamber
• National Elections in Argentina
• 2007 Election Results

  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 OR may now be here
  • Argentina Centro de Medios Indipendientes
  • Buenos Aires Herald
  • 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

• The Death of Che Guevara
• LANIC - Bolivia
• Governments on the Web - Bolivia
• Library of Congress Study
• CIA World Factbook: Bolivia

Brazil

Constitution

• 1988 Constitution in Spanish

Presidencia de la Republica federativa do Brasil

Federal Government

• Ministerio das Relacoes Exteriores/Ministry of External Relations
• Ministerio da Fazenda/Ministry of Finance
• Ministerio da Educacao e do Desporto/Ministry of Education & Sport
• Ministerio do Desenvolvimento, Industria e Comercio Exterior
• Ministerio de Minas e Energia/Ministry of Mines and Energy
• Ministerio do Meio Ambiente
• Ministerio da Previdencia Social/Ministry of Social Welfare
• Ministerio da Saude/Ministry of Health
• Ministerio da Ciencia e Tecnologia/Ministry of Science and Technology
• Ministry of Communications

Parliament

• Federal Senate (English/Portuguese)
• Camara dos Deputos

Courts

• Superior Tribunal de Justica
• Supremo Tribunal Federal

States

• Governo do Estado de Ceara may time out
• Governo do Pernambuco OR here
• Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte
• Governo Estado Sao Paulo

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

• Bahia Online
• Brasil information (little politics)
• CIA World Factbook : Brazil
• LANIC - Brazil
• Directory of Scholars in Brazilian Studies from Harvard
• Brazilian Studies Guide
• Researching Brazil
• Governments on the WWW: Brazil
• Library of Congress Country Study: Brazil
• Political Resources - Brazil
• Yahoo Brasil

Chile

Constitutions

• Constitution 1989
• Constitution 1997

National Anthem

President Michelle Bachelet

• 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

• Prensa y Periodicos de Chile
• Chile Newspapers from World-Newspapers
• Chile Newspapers from Worldpress
• Chile Newspapers from All-Links
• Chile Newspapers from Start4all
• Chile Newspapers from Onlinenewspapers
• Chile Newspapers from abyznewslinks
• Caras
• El Chileno
• CHIP News (English)
• Copesa (Santiago)
• La Epoca
• El Mercurio de Santiago
• El Mercurio de Valparaiso
• Que Pasa
• El Tecera
• El Rastro
• Online News Hour Chile from PBS
• Santiago Times
• TV Chile

Groups and Movements

• Amnesty International USA/Chile
• Bring Pinochet to Justice

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 OR here
• Library of Congress Country Study
• LANIC - Chile

Colombia

Constitution

Flag

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

• Conexiones de Colombia
• Library of Congress Country Study
• LANIC - Colombia
• Governments on the WWW: Colombia
• Political Resources - Colombia

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
  • Newspapers in Ecuador
  • 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

  • LANIC Ecuador
  • Library of Congress Study
  • Political Resources on the Net - Ecuador

Falklands/Malvinas

• Falklands Islands Government
• Penguin News
• Teaberry Express
• Falklands-Malvinas Forum

Guyana

Flag

Constitution

President

Government Page OR Republic of Guayana Home Page

• Ministry of Agriculture
• Ministry of Education
• Ministry of Health and Social Services
• Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce

Political parties

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

  Media

  • Guyana Chronicle
  • The Weekend Mirror
  • Stabroek News
  • Guyana Newspapers
  • Guyana Newspapers from World-Newspapers
  • Guyana News and Information
  • Guyana Newspapers from Abyznewslinks
  • Guyana Newspapers from Start4all
  • Guyana Newspapers from Worldpress

  Other Sources

  • CIA World Factbook: Guyana
  • Guyana Review
  • Guyana
  • Library of Congress Country Study
  • Political Resources on the Net - 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
• News and Newspapers on the Internet - Paraguay
• 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

• AdmiNet Paraguay
• CIA World Factbook: Paraguay
• Governments on the WWW : Paraguay
• Library of Congress Country Study
• Political Resources on the Net - Paraguay

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

• Asociacion Pro Derechos Humano
• Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos
• Down with the Executioner Fujimori!
• Derechos Humanos en Peru

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

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