Latin American Government and Politics – Political Science 456
Websites (selected)
- Internet Resources for Latin American
- LANIC
- Latin American Election Statistics: A guide to resources
- Latin American embassies & Consulates
- Latin American Newsletters
- Latin American Public Opinion (PAPOL)
- Latin Focus
- Latin World
- Nation Master
- University of Tennessee Libraries Subject Guide for Political Science – International sub-set
- Political Resources.net
- World Bank
Latin American Network Information: A comprehensive site for information on the region.
From the University of California at San Diego. Provides a chronology of main events connected to elections in the various countries.
From Vanderbilt University. Access to academic studies that have surveyed citizens of Latin American on their democratic values and behaviors. Good data
A good site to link to economic and financial information on Latin America.
A easy to use search engine containing an alphabetical listing of links to Latin American government ministries, political parties, terms, and historical events. In English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
A numerical database that can create interactive charts and maps that rank countries in a number of topic areas. Provides the ability to customize 600 statistical variables. Some of the prepared rankings are: richest, most crime, most educated, most taxed etc. Organization of American States (OAS) http:/www.oas.org
Contains a selected list of general sites for international politics.
Contains many resources of information on Latin American Politics, including information on political parties, legislative and executive institutions, laws and legislation, and elections. Also links to the countries’ constitutions.
The World Bank provides a vast array of information on Latin American countries. This site provides color graphs, full text articles, statistics, newsletters, and journal articles. Can search by country and browse by topic.
