LibGuides: Caribbean Studies: Websites

Selected Websites

CARICOM: Caribbean Community
An organization of 15 Caribbean nations and dependencies that promotes economic integration and cooperation among its members, to ensure that the benefits of integration are equitably shared, and to coordinate foreign policy.
CIA - The World Factbook (Central America and The Caribbean)
Information provided by the U.S. government on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities. This link directs the user to informaton about Central America and The Caribbean.
A Country Study: Commonwealth of Caribbean Islands
The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world. This link direct the user to information about the Caribbean.
Latin American Government Report Archive
This site seeks to preserve and facilitate access to a wide range of ministerial and presidential documents from 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries. The Archive contains copies of the Web sites of approximately 300 government ministries and presidencies. Capture of sites began on multiple dates in 2005 and 2006.
Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)
LANIC is affiliated with the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at the University of Texas at Austin. LANIC's mission is to facilitate access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America.
Maps of the Americas (U. Texas)
This link takes the user to maps posted by the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection from the University of Texas at Austin.
Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier
The National Library of Spain, the Biblioteca Colombina y Capitular of Seville and the Library of Congress offer this bilingual, multi-format English-Spanish digital library site which explores the interactions between Spain and the United States in America from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth centuries.
Writers of the Caribbean
This site offers biographies, bibliographies, and links to information about some of the most prolific writers of the Caribbean.

Political Database of the Americas
The Political Database of the Americas is a non-governmental Internet-based project that provides reference materials, primary documents, comparative studies and statistical data for countries in the Western Hemisphere. Contains information on constitutions, electoral systems, election data, political parties, judicial, executive and legislative institutions, and civil society. Also includes links to related resources.

Caribbean Studies: Websites

Selected Websites

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Caribbean Databases