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Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)

The objective of LANIC is to provide Latin American users with access to academic databases and information services throughout the Internet world and to provide Latin Americanists around the world with access to information on and from Latin America. Perhaps the most comprehensive Internet site to be found on Latin America.

LatinWorld

This site, presented in both Spanish and English, features a general directory of Internet resources on Latin America and the Caribbean. Readers can browse by region or use the search engine to find information.

Resource Center of the Americas
317 Seventeenth Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414-2077, (800) 452-8382; fax, (612) 627-9450

This is an especially valuable resource not only because of its accessibility in a neighbor state but also because of its remarkable high-quality selection of materials from a hard-to-get perspective on Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. The center is dedicated to educating, informing, and organizing for human rights, democracy, and justice in the Americas. Browsing its catalogue doesn’t quite prepare one for the excellent on-site bookstore and 8,000-volume library complete with coffee shop, immigration workshops, teacher seminars, fair-trade crafts, photo exhibitions, and adult-education activities. Connection to the Americas is its monthly magazine for members.

Resources for Teaching about the Americas (RETAnet)

RETAnet is an outreach project of the Latin America Data Base (LADB), a part of the Latin American Institute at the University of New Mexico. RETAnet works with secondary teachers, educational specialists, and scholars to make accessible resources and curriculum materials about Latin America, the Spanish Caribbean, and the U.S. Southwest.

For questions about this information, contact Gerhard Fischer (608) 267-9265

Last updated on 2/25/2008 1:42:45 PM