Web Sites
Democratization
- Andean Group (Comunidad Andina)
Subregional organization made up of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru to promote equitable
development through economic and social integration.
http://www.comunidadandina.org/english.htm
- Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Americas Program
Information on Latin American policy concerns, election studies, and the US Congress and the Americas.
http://www.csis.org/americas/pubs/
- Elections Around the World
Information on elections, parties, and parliaments.
http://www.agora.stm.it/elections/election.htm
- Freedom in the World: The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties
Results of the Comparative Survey of Freedom conducted by Freedom House.
http://www.freedomhouse.org/survey99/
- IDEA: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
Global Voter Turnout statistics and full-text access to the 1999 Democracy Forum Report and Women in Parliament: Beyond
Numbers.
http://www.int-idea.se/
- Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Links to the Parline Database of national parliaments, which can be searched by country, region, or sub-region;
and the Parlit Database, a searchable bibliography of literature on parliamentary and electoral topics, plus a "Women in Politics"
bibliographic database.
http://www.ipu.org/
- Latin American and Carribbean Government Documents Project
National legislative, executive and ministerial, judicial, statistical, and subnational documents.
http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/ladocshome1.html
- Political Database of the Americas
Georgetown University site created to foster democracy in the region by making political and electoral
information available on the web.
http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/
- Washington Office on Latin America
Information on human rights, democracy, and social and economic justice in Latin America.
http://www.wola.org/
Economic Integration
- Andean Group (Comunidad Andina)
Subregional organization made up of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru to promote equitable
development through economic and social integration.
http://www.comunidadandina.org/english.htm
- Country and Regional Market Information
International Trade Administration site for information on the international business climate, as well as foreign tariffs, taxes, and customs information.
http://infoserv2.ita.doc.gov/tic.nsf/
- ECLAC: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Information on agriculture, foreign investment, economic development, integration, trade and financing, etc. Some text only
in Spanish.
http://www.eclac.cl/index1.html
- FTAA: Free Trade Area of the Americas
"Follows the process initiated in the 1994 Summit of the Americas to integrate the
economies of the Western Hemisphere into a single free trade arrangement."
http://www.alca-ftaa.org/Alca_e.asp
- IMF (International Monetary Fund) Staff Country Reports
Available for selected countries in full-text PDF format.
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/CAT/scr.cfm
- Inter-American Development Bank
Good source for economic and financial statistics.
http://www.iadb.org/exr/ENGLISH/index_english.htm
- MERCOSUR
Known as the "Southern Common Market."
http://www.mercosur.org/english/default.htm
- World Trade Organization
Trade statistics site with up-to-date aggregate developments in world trade.
http://www.wto.org/wto/statis/stat.htm
Environment & Sustainable Development
- Energy Information Administration
Energy data by country.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/contents.html
- FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization
UN site with information on agriculture, sustainable development, nutrition, etc.
http://www.fao.org/
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Agricultural, energy, environmental, and science and
technology statistics.
http://www.oecd.org/statlist.htm
- Summit of the Americas Information Network
OAS site with links to news, documents, and papers.
http://www.summit-americas.org/summit.htm
- UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme
Links to State of the Global Environment Reports, World Resources Report, Environmental Legal
Instruments, and other environmental links.
http://www.unep.org/
- United Nations Sustainable Development
Links to relevant data bases throughout the UN system, by countries, to sources of
information relevant to sustainable development. (Venezuelan information is in Spanish.)
http://www.un.org/esa/agenda21/natlinfo/
- Venezuelan Ministry of the Environment
In Spanish. Site under construction. Information on water, air, climate, fauna, soil, and vegetation.
http://www.marnr.gov.ve/
- World Resources Institute
Full-text of World Resources 1998-99, plus Country Environmental Data, Maps and
Indicators of Watersheds, and information on Last Forest Frontiers, Biodiversity,
Climate Change, and Oceans and Coasts.
http://www.wri.org/
Human Rights
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Amnesty International Library
Reports on international human rights violations and abuses.
http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/index.html
MCKREF STACKS HV6254.A45 (1984 - )
- Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Washington College of Law site with links to the Inter-American Human Rights Database, Inter-American Human Rights Digest (in Spanish) and Human Rights
Brief.
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Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
Annual report from the US State Department.
http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/hrp_reports_mainhp.html
GOVDOC SU DOC Y4.F 76/1:H 88/10 (1979 - )
- Democracy and Human Rights in the Americas
World Policy Institute site includes information on the death penalty, religion and human rights,
human rights and the environment, human rights and sexual orientation, and economic, social, and cultural rights.
http://worldpolicy.org/americas/index.html
- Human Rights Internet
Comprehensive human rights site with a searchable database of human rights web pages.
http://www.hri.ca/
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Human Rights Watch World Report 1999
Includes sections on arms, children's rights, and women's rights.
http://www.hrw.org/hrw/worldreport99/index.html
MCK STACKS JC571.H785 (1992 - )
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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Annual reports (1991-98), country reports, and Report on the Status of Women in the Americas.
http://www.cidh.oas.org/commission.htm
GOVDOC LC DOC JC599.A5157 (1977 - )
- Non-Western Sources on
Contemporary Political Issues: Human Rights
Binghamton University site with links to human rights information in the non-western world.
http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/subjects/polsci/hunmrts.html
- Project DIANA: Online Human Rights Archive
Searchable and browseable site from Yale Law School with legal briefs, organization
charters, treaty text, and bibliographies, plus a "Hot Topics" section.
http://diana.law.yale.edu/
- United Nations: Human Rights
Includes the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and UN Briefing Papers: Human Rights Today.
http://www.un.org/rights/
- University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
Links to 6000+ documents including treaties, bibliographies and research guides, asylum and refugee
materials, and US human rights documents.
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/
- US State Department Annual Report on International Religious Freedom
"Describes the status of
religious freedom in each foreign country, and government policies violating religious belief and
practices of groups, religious denominations and individuals, and U.S. policies to promote religious
freedom around the world."
http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/irf/irf_rpt/index.html
- Women's Human Rights Resources
Online annotated bibliography to articles and documents on women's international human rights law.
http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/Diana/index.htm
- World Refugee Information
US Committee for Refugees site includes the World Refugee Survey.
http://www.refugees.org/world/countryrpt/mapsearch.htm
Narco-Diplomacy
- CICAD: The Inter-American Drug Abuse Commission
Links to full-text national anti-drug plans and statistical summaries on drug use and trafficking.
http://www.cicad.oas.org/en/cicad-english-1999.htm
- Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
US State Department site with annual Narcotics Control Strategy reports, press releases and
fact sheets, and congressional testimonies and budget presentations.
http://www.state.gov/www/global/narcotics_law/
- UNCJIN: United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network
Links to organizations, statistics, standards, documents, laws and treaties.
http://www.uncjin.org/
- United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP)
Data on monthly status of treaty adherence to UN Conventions on Narcotic Drugs
and Psychotropic Substances, some full-text reports, Bulletin on Narcotics (searchable),
model legislation, the UN International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) Technical Series, and more.
http://www.odccp.org/
- World Fact Book of Criminal Justice Systems
US Department of Justice Site with links to full-text reports by country.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/wfcj.htm#V
Social & Health Issues
- Center for International Health Information Statistics
Country Health Statistics Reports, Country Health Profiles, Summary Family Planning and
Health Data Regional Tables for developing countries, "Data On-Line for Population,
Health, and Nutrition (DOLPHN)."
http://www.cihi.com/Statistics.htm
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Links to tables on international educational comparisons.
http://nces.ed.gov/internat/index.html
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Education and Social Policy statistics.
http://www.oecd.org/statistics/
- Pan-American Health Organization
Country Health Profiles, and Core Health Data.
http://www.paho.org/
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Statistics on mortality, immunization, child malnutrition, adult literacy, water supply,
sanitation, iodized salt use, and net primary enrollments and enrollments by gender,
plus the full-text version of The State of the World's Children 2000, and The Progress
of Nations 2000.
http://www.unicef.org/
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Statistics
Seventeen selected tables from the UNESCO Statistical Yearbook, World Education Indicators,
and a database with other educational, cultural, and scientific statistics and other selected
publications which may be downloaded.
http://unescostat.unesco.org/
- UN Statistical Division Social Indicators
Information on human settlements, water supply and sanitation, housing, health, child-bearing,
literacy, and education.
http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/social/main2.htm
- WHOSIS: World Health Organization Statistical Information System
Available data include health statistics, mortality statistics, and the
"Weekly Epidemiological Record."
http://www.who.int/whosis/
Electronic Journals
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Evaluating and Citing Web Sources
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