Research Links Background Information & Data Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) Univ of Texas at Austin Resources for Teaching about the Americas (Retanet) Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) - Library of Congress Country Studies - Library of Congress Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments CIA Publications & Handbooks (search CIA World Factbook) U.S. Dept of State U.S. Dept of State Country Commercial Guides- Latin America & Caribbean Maps of the Americas Databases & Information Services (subscription & fee required) Latin America Data Base (LADB) Univ of New Mexico Hispanic American Periodical Index (HAPI), UCLA INFO-LATINOAMERICA, NISC Organizations & Group Research Projects Organization of American States (OAS) Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Inter-American Development Bank (IDB/IADB) World Bank - Latin American & Caribbean Overview ECLAC/CEPAL USAID - Latin American and Caribbean Selected Economic and Social Data Inter-American Foundation North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) Washington Office on Latin America Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales Sede Chile - Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) Resource Center of the Americas Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA-Canada) Derechos - Human Rights Latin America Working Group (LAWG) The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Latin Americanist Research Resources Pilot Project Latin American Government Documents Project Political Database of the Americas Latin American Development Archive IBGE - Fundação Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística Red de Información Rural - México Trade Latin American Trade Council (LATCO) Latin Trade On-line National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade International Development Research Center - MERCOSUR links Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America (AACCLA) Caribbean Links The Virtual Institute of Caribbean Studies Island Resources Foundation Caribbean Information Center Internet Directories/Resources Latin World Yahoo! Regional Directory for Latin America Yahoo! Regional Directory for the Caribbean Internet Resources for Latin America compiled by Molly Molloy, Univ of New Mexico Internet Bookstores Amazon.com Internet Bookstore The Latin American Bookstore Howard Karno Books - new, rare and out-of-print books about Latin America