FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
Central and South America and the Caribbean

• Government of Anguilla
  • Text of financial and banking ordinances

Antigua and Barbuda

• Constitution
• Permanent Mission to the United Nations
  • Press releases of the mission and statements before the General Assembly

Argentina

• Chamber of Deputies
• Constitution
• Consulate inChicago (English)
• Embassy in Washington (Spanish)
• InstitutoNacional de Estadistica y Censos
• Permanent Mission to the United Nations
• President
  • Biographies of the President and Cabinet officials
  • Presidential meeting schedule
  • Links to cabinet agencies
  • English and Spanish
• Senate

Aruba

• ArubaTourism Authority
  • Brief history and culture
  • Primary tourist information

Bahamas

• Bahamas Tourism Agency
  • Extensive information by island
• Constitution, 1973

Barbados

• Barbados Tourism Authority
• Central Bank
  • Description of bank programs and summary of publications
  • Press releases with economic information
• Constitution, 1966

Belize

• Government
  • List of cabinet officials
  • Pages for individual ministries under construction as of October 28, 1997

Bermuda

• Bermuda Monetary Authority
  • Financial laws in Bermuda and stock exchange information
  • List of banks
• Bermuda Tourism Authority

Bolivia

• Central Bank
• Congress
• Embassy toCanada
  • Links to government agencies, tourism, universities, banks, and commerce
  • Some news items
  • Text in English, French and Spanish
• Instituto Nacional de Estadistica
• Ministry of National Defense

Brazil

• Brazilian Government Document Digitization Project
  • GIF or TIFF images of administrative reports from Brazil, 1821-1993
  • Annual Presidential Messages, 1889-1993
  • Almanak Administrative, 1844-1889, lists royal court members andcabinet ministers
  • Ministerial annual reports, 1821-1960
  • Provincial Presidential Reports, 1830-1960, including a subject indexto statistics located therein (e.g. canals in Rio de Janeiro)
  • Report text in Portuguese; interface in English or Portuguese
• Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
• Embassy to the United Kingdom
  • Brazil in Brief summarizes the country's governmentalstructure, economy, military establishment and political parties
  • Short biographies of executive branch officials
  • Statements of Brazilian foreign policy
  • Beautiful graphics but time-consuming to load
• Ministry of External Relations
  • Statements of foreign policy
  • Brazilian embassies throughout the world and links to their web sites
  • Text in Portuguese only
• Mission to the United Nations
  • Text of policy statements before the UN
• Senate

British Virgin Islands

• Tourist Board
  • Tourist information only

Chile

• Chilean Government Network (President)
  • Para Conocer Chile includes sections on the country's history, demography, economy, political system and foreign relations
  • Sistema Politica within Para ConocerChile provides links to the three branches of government and Presidential speeches
  • Text primarily in Spanish
• Congreso Nacional
  • Directory of the Chamber of Deputies and Senate as well as Chilean law
  • Text in Spanish only
• Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas
• Ministry of Foreign Relations
• United StatesEmbassy
  • Embassy services and State Department publications
  • Extensive links to Chilean web servers, including governmentservers
• Historic Documents
  • Chileand the United States: Declassified Documents Related to the Military Coup, 1970-76
    • Full text of State Department, FBI, CIA and National Security documents related to Allende, Pinochet, and the military coups
    • Includes introductory page
    • The State Department FOIA Reading Room provides an alternate interface
  • CIA Activities in Chile (CIA)
    • Declassified documents released in September 2000
    • Show CIA supported overthrow of Salvador Allende and staff committed human rights violations
    • Another Copy

Colombia

• Colombia (President)
  • This site describes the government, governmental policies, culture, history, geography and many other aspects of Columbia
  • Much of text in Spanish
• Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica
• Embassy of Colombia in Washington, D.C.
  • Government, economic and trade information and links
  • Information on culture, education, tourism

Costa Rica

• Government
  • Links to cabinet agencies
  • Text of constitution and laws found under Normas basicas
  • Spanish only

Cuba

• Constitution,1976 and Constitutional Reforms of 1992
• Cuba (Univ. Texas)
  • Cuban Constitution
  • Links to culture, human rights organizations, economics, history, andnews media
  • Castrospeech Data Base indexed from the 1950s to present
• CubaExperience
  • Extensive guide to history, politics, travel, and news
  • Includes U.S. laws and actions relating to Cuba
• Cubaweb
  • Government policies are found under "News"
  • Business, travel, and consular information
  • Text in Spanish and English
• Permanent Mission to the United Nations

Dominica

• Constitution 1978
• Dominica Export-Import Agency
  • List of produce and manufacturing products
  • Services provided by the agency

Dominican Republic

• Central Bank
• Constitution
• President
  • Brief description of country and governmental agencies
  • Presidential speeches
  • Text in Spanish only

Ecuador

• Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censos (INEC)
• Ministry of Foreign Relations
  • Directory of diplomatic missions and consulates; biographies ofofficials
  • Structure of agency
  • Text in Spanish only

El Salvador

• ElSalvador Government and Politics (Georgetown)
  • Constitution, election laws, links to executive agencies, andpolitical party representation in the Legislative History
  • English or Spanish
• Ministry of ExteriorRelations
  • Brief description of the country, government, economy and tradeopportunities as well as summary statistics
  • Server requires graphics and frames; may load slowly
  • Text in Spanish only

Grenada

• Board of Tourism
  • History of the country and considerable tourist information
• Constitution, 1973

Guadeloupe

• Regional Council
  • Site under construction as of October 1997

Guatemala

• Republica deGuatemala
  • In Spanish
  • Official website of Guatemala
• Guatemala(Gunnar Anzinger)
  • Most comprehensive and current links to Guatemalan government and its embassies
• Guatemala Death Squad Dossier (National Security Archives)
  • Logbook with pictures of 183 people executed by the Guatemalan security forces, 1983-85
  • Links to related U.S. declassified documents
• Guatemala:Memory of Silence
  • Report of the Historical Clarification Commission to the United Nations
  • Analyzes the human rights violations in Guatemala beginning in 1962 and makes future recommendations
  • Published in 1999
• InstitutoNacional de Estadistica
  • Social, economic and demographic statistics
  • Includes city and state population from the 1994 Census

Guyana

• Constitution of 1980 with 1996 reforms
  • Text in English
• Guyana News and Information
  • Foreign policy speeches and press releases of Guyana's embassy to the United States
  • News releases about the country beginning April 1995
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • History, resources, and mining in the country
  • Population map
  • Foreign policy statements, particularly with Suriname andVenezuela
  • Constitution

Haiti Embassy

• Biographies and addresses of government officials
• Text of 1987 constitution appears under "Documentation"

Honduras

• Ministry of Foreign Relations
  • List of government officials and selected biographies
  • Honduran diplomatic representation
  • Tourist information and basic economic statistics
  • Spanish or English

Jamaica

• Constitution,1962
• Jamaica Information Service Executive Agency of the Government of Jamaica
  • Description of the history, culture, government and economy of the country
  • Numerous links to related government and non-government web sites
• Permanent Mission to the United Nations
  • Statements made by the delegation to the United Nations since 1990
  • Historical list of Jamaican representatives

Martinique

• Martinique Promotion Bureau
  • Guided tour of the island

Montserrat

• Economic Development Unit
  • Investment, business and labor laws
  • Vision of future economic development
• Tourism web site disabled as of October 1997 due to volcanic eruption

Netherlands Antilles

• Netherlands Antilles Online
  • List of government officials and tourist information
  • Text mostly in Dutch

Nicaragua

• Asamblea Nacional
  • Text of constitution and legal codes
  • E-Mail addresses of National Assembly officials
  • Current Assembly agendas
• Central Bank of Nicaragua
  • Annual reports and current economic indicators
  • Monetary data includes prices and inflation rates

Panama

• Constitution
  • Text of 1994 Constitution in Spanish
• Asamblea Legislativa
• Ministry ofHealth
  • Health statistics and five-year health plan
  • Text in Spanish only
• Panama CanalAuthority
• President

Paraguay

• Congreso Nacional
• President

Peru

• Constitution, 1993
  • Text in Spanish
• Congreso
• Digital Laws of Peru
  • Full text of Peruvian laws since 1993
  • Searchable by year, keyword, and type (law, decree, legislative resolution)
  • Spanish only
• Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Foreign policy on relations with Ecuador in English and Spanish
  • Links to executive, legislative, and judicial web sites in Spanish
• President

Puerto Rico (United States Territory)

• Governor
  • Government services, press releases and official statistics
  • English or Spanish
  • Under development as of September 30, 1997
• U.S. Law on Puerto Rico (Cornell)
  • Title 48, Chapter 4 of the United States Code
• Puerto Rico Census Data
  • Data for Puerto Rico is seldom included in Internet sites
  • Summary Population and Housing Characteristics provides brief information for the territory as a whole
  • Detailed information available from Census CD-ROMS
  • Extracted files available from this web site include data forindividual cities:
    • Total Population in HTML andDBF formats
    • Median Household Income in HTMLand DBF format
    • Tenure by Age of Householder: Owner Occupied in HTML, Renter-Occupied in HTML and DBF for Owner and Renter

• See also State and Local Governments

St. Kitts & Nevis

• Official site of the government of St. Kitts & Nevis
• Includes the budget and directory of government ministeries

St. Lucia

• Consitution, 1980
• Tourist Board
  • History of country and tourism information

St. Vincent and Grenadines

• Constitution, 1979
• Travel Board

Suriname

• Constitution
  • Text of Constitution in English from Latin American Political DataBase (Georgetown)
• Executive Branch
  • Names of Executive Branch members< LI>From Latin American Political Data Base (Georgetown)

Trinidad and Tobago

• PermanentMission to the United Nations, Geneva
  • Business and investment opportunities in Trinidad
  • Memberships in international organizations and Trinidad embassies in Europe

United States Virgin Islands (United States Territory)

• Government
  • Description of the four branches of government and biographies of its officials
• Election System of the Virgin Islands
• See also State and Local Governments

Uruguay

• Embassy to the United States
• Minister of ExternalRelations
  • Text of historic documents, state protocols, and treaty information
  • Text in Spanish
• Permanent Mission tothe United Nations
  • Statements made in General Debate since the 48th Session
  • Links to government agencies

Venezuela

• Central Office of Statistics
• Embassy to the United States
• Lawsof Venezuela (Pantin, Ramirez)
  Spanish text of current civil and criminal code
  • Treaties to which Venezuela is a party
  • Publisher is a commerical law firm; use is subject to copyright restrictions

Related WebSites

• American Governments on the Web (Gunnar Anzinger)
  • Lists web sites of national institutions and embassies
  • Table by country gives number of entries and date last updated
• Commonwealth of Nations
  • Background on British Commonwealth countries
  • History, geography, social, economic, and statisticialinformation
• Council on Hemispheric Affairs
  • Washington-based group monitoring Latin American relations with the U.S. and Canada
  • News releases and position papers
• Handbook of Latin American Studies (Library of Congress)
  • On-line index to scholarly works in the social sciences andhumanities on Latin America, beginning 1935
  • Search by author, title, subject, or keyword
  • Provides complete citations but not on-line texts
• Hispanic AmericanPeriodicals Index (UMich Only)
  • Indexes periodicals, book reviews, and original literary works since 1970
  • Approaches include keyword, author, title, journal, controlled subject heading, date, and language
  • Subjects include history, politics, economics, and culture of Latin America and Hispanics in the United States
  • Provides citations but not the full text
• Integration on the Internet
  • Annotated links to trade laws and agreements with a focus on Latin America
  • Includes NAFTA, Cartagena Agreement, MERCOSUL
• Latin America Research Group (Federal Reserve Board/Atlanta)
  • Economic analyses, speeches and press releases on the Latin Americaneconomy
  • Links to country media, government, statistical, and stock exchangeweb sites
• Latin American Development Archive (Johns Hopkins)
  • Working papers and data sets on development issues
  • Subjects include urbanization, immigration, and transnationalism
  • Codebooks in ASCII; data sets can be ftp-ed for use with SPSS
• Latin American Embassies (UMich)
  • Complete directory of foreign embassies in Latin American countries and Latin American embassies and consulates in other countries
  • Includes links to the corresponding embassy web pages
• Latin American Government Documents Project (Cornell)
  • Annotated list of Latin American government web sites in tabular format
  • Covers statistical, executive,legislative, judicial, and local government agencies
  • Countries are listed alphabetically within each subject
• Latin American Election Statistics: A Guide to Sources (UCSD)
  • Quotations from scholarly sources providing a chronology of election developments and data in the Caribbean countries of Latin American since approximately 1800
  • See Nohlen's Elections in the Americas (Doc. Cen. JF 1001 .E365) for additional statistics
• Latin American Political DataBase (Georgetown)
  • Extensive links to government web sites in Latin American countries
  • Includes constitutions, electoral laws, and election data
• Latin American Studies (UMich)
  • Government, culture, language, and bibliographic sources on LatinAmerica
• LatinWorld
  • Numerous links to constitutions, laws, and government agencies of Central and South American countries
• MicroStateResources
  • Microstates are very small nations, such as the Bahamas
  • Arranged by continent and country
  • Links include U.S. State Department and CIA sources, travel andcultural information, occasionally government information
• Oxford Latin American Economic History Data Base
  • Time series of data (1900-2000) for individual Latin American countries
  • Covers demographics, education, labor force, foreign trade, national accounts, conumer prices and commodity prices
  • Choose data range, country, year, and subject
  • Retrieve data in HTML or CSV format
• Political Resourceson the Net
  • Hundreds of links to parties, movements, elections, politicalorganizations, government, and embassy web sites arranged by country
  • Searchable by country or world region
  • Web site has outstanding coverage and merits its high ratings
  • CentralAmerica and SouthAmerica
• Small Islands Information Network
  • List of small islands by ocean with links to U.S. State Departmentinformation and country sites as available
  • Directory of organizations for small islands