• Altavista
• Yupi.com (Spanish search engine)
• Eldis; the gateway to development information
• Castro Speech Database (LANIC)

CAPITAL MARKETS

• IADB Capital Markets Division
• Market News 


COLOMBIA: THE U.S. ROLE

• The Peace Process in Colombia: U.S-Colombia Relations - CIP (Center for International Policy) 
• CIP Analyses Page
• Colombia's Three Wars: U.S. Strategy at the Crossroads (March 1999) - Strategic Studies Institute 


DEMOCRACIES UNDER SIEGE/
PROMOTION OF DEMOCRACY & INSTITUTION BUILDING

• Human Rights Watch; Americas Division
• National Democratic Institute: Activities in Latin America & the Caribbean
• OAS Committee on Hemispheric Security
• Center for International Policy; Latin America Demilitarization Program
• Latin American Military Bibliography by Country [English & Spanish] (Georgetown University) 


EDUCATION REFORM

• OAS Unit for Social Development and Education: Education in the Americas 


IMPORTANCE OF THE NEW ECONOMY

INCOME DISTRIBUTION

• Income Distribution, Poverty and Social Expenditure in Latin America (ECLAC) 


LABOR

• U.S. Bureau of International Labor Affairs
• LABORSTA - ILO statistics database
• World History Archives: Labor History of Latin America (Documents compiled by Hartford Web Publishing) 


MACROECONOMIC POLICY

TRADE

• Texts of Trade Agreements
• OAS Trade Unit
• OAS Analyses on Trade and Integration
• OAS Foreign Trade Information System
• U.S.-Mexico Border Trade Data 
• World Chambers Network 


MERCOSUR

• Mercosur News Agency
• U.S. Department of Commerce: Mercosur Web Site 


NAFTA

• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Secretariat
• U.S. Department of Commerce: The NAFTA Home Page 
• U.S. Trade Information Center
• NAFTA Information Center Searchable Database (Texas A & M International University) 


U.S. ROLE IN THE HEMISPHERE

• U.S. Defense & Security Assistance to Latin America...[index] - Compiled by CPI and The Latin America Group

U.S. Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB)
• ILAB Special Reports
• International Economic Research
U.S. Commerce Dept/ 
• Mercosur Website
• The NAFTA Home Page
U.S. Defense DeptU.S. State Dept/
• Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs 
• Country Commercial Guides
• Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices: Western Hemisphere
• International Information Programs: The Americas
U.S. Congress. Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere: Hearing Notices and Witness StatementsUSAID - U.S. Agency for International Development: Latin America & the Caribbean

• The Central America Project (Harvard University)
• Election Guide (IFES)
• Electoral Calendar (OAS)
• Handbook of Latin American Studies (Library of Congress) - A Bibliography 
• The Latin America Development Archive (Johns Hopkins University)
• Latin American & Caribbean Government Documents Project (Cornell University)
• LANIC - Latin American Network Information Center [University of Texas at Austin]
• Political Database of the Americas (Georgetown University)
• Political Parties of the Hemisphere (index)
• Research Center for Contemporary Brazilian History (Portuguese)
• Summit of the Americas Information Network 
• The Virtual Institute of Caribbean Studies 

• Americas Society
• Canadian Foundation for the Americas
• CARICOM - Caribbean Community Secretariat
• Center for International Policy (CPI); Latin America Demilitarization Program 
• New & Noteworthy (media coverage)
• International Policy Reports
• Center for Strategic & International Studies 
• Americas Program
• Hemisphere 2000 (newsletter)
• Policy Papers on the Americas
• Council of the Americas
• Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• The Heritage Foundation: Latin America 
• Central and South America Policy Papers [pdf file list]
• Human Rights Watch: Americas Division 
• HRW Background Briefings - Americas
• Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
• IADB - Inter-American Development Bank 
• Capital Markets Division
• Inter-American Dialogue
• Inter-American Investment Corporation
• IFC - International Finance Corporation: Latin America & the Caribbean
• IMF - International Monetary Fund 
• Country Information
• MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency: Latin America and the Caribbean
• OAS - Organization of American States 
• PAHO - Pan American Health Organization
• SELA - Sistema Economico Latinoamericano: Coordination and Cooperation for Latin America and the Caribbean
• ECLAC - UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
• WOLA - Washington Office on Latin America
• World Bank Group: Latin America & the Caribbean