Latin American Geography

A service from the Institute of Development Studies in the UK, ELDIS is home to thousands of research and policy papers and documents relating to international development and the environment.

Google News provides links to current media from all over the world. Change main country of origin of the news to retrieve coverage from different locations. Use the News Archive link, http://news.google.com/archivesearch to retrieve older stories.

Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) maintains one of world’s largest collections of digital assets on Latin American studies, which includes unique archives in the areas of human rights, indigenous languages, and the first books published in the Americas.

Access to webpages and data on all countries in the region. Browse by country or subject (eg., Geography & Environment).

The definitive site for data from the US Census Bureau.

ECLAC/CEPAL, headquartered in Santiago, Chile, is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations. It was founded with the purpose of contributing to the economic development of Latin America and reinforcing economic ties among countries and with other nations of the world.

Country-specific national and regional statistics in Spanish or Portuguese language, compiled by Cornell University.

OECD helps governments foster prosperity and fight poverty through economic growth and financial stability.

Developed by the United Nations Satatistics Division, this portal searches all major UN databases. Databases from UN organizations covering trade, industry, commodities, development, tourism and the environment. Coverage: 1945-present.