Key Resources
- BBC: News: Americas: Country Profiles"Comprehensive in scope, the profiles are well written and accessible; they are often accompanied by vivid images, and sometimes by audio or video content." The Scout Report, v.22 n.22; 6/10/16
- CIA World FactbookCountry profiles including information on geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. The Central Intelligence Agency updates its World Factbook every two weeks.
- CountryDataUN Statistics Division: national & international data tracking development at the country level.
- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Data & StatisticsContains La Comisión Económica para América Latina’s CEPALSTAT, the gateway to statistical information of Latin America and Caribbean countries collected, systematized, and published by ECLAC.
- Food and Agricultural Organization of the United NationsFAO's site, in 6 languages, links to its work to eliminate hunger, promote and manage sustainable communities, and alleviate poverty.
- Global Open Data IndexIndex and assessment of government open data from 94 countries. It ranks countries based on the accessibility of data across 13 categories, displaying results in an infographic and map.
- NationMaster.comCountry data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Maps and graphs can be generated with provided statistics. Created by Rapid Intelligence, a web technology company based in Sydney, Australia.
- OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new windowWith some exceptions, access limited to content published between 2001 and August 2020.
OECD iLibrary contains publications and datasets released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), International Energy Agency (IEA), Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), OECD Development Centre, Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), and International Transport Forum (ITF). Includes journal articles, chapters, working papers, multi-lingual summaries, e-book titles, and tables and graphs.
- Our World in DataMeta-database by Oxford University.
- UNdata This link opens in a new windowPortal to 24 databases from UN Statistics and Population Divisions, UN specialized agencies (International Labour Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization, World Health Organization), and member states (statistics collected by their national statistical agencies).
- World Development IndicatorsThe World Bank's annual compilation of data about development. The WDI includes more than 800 indicators in over 90 tables organized in 6 sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States & Markets, and Global Links.
- World Inequality DatabaseWealth and income inequality data developed by an international academic consortium.
- WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs: Latin America and the CaribbeanDirectory of high-quality English-language sources of information and analysis in many international and global studies topics, selected for their long-term value, favoring those with cost-free, authoritative information and analysis online.
Cuba
- 14 y Medio digital newspaperAlternative newspaper by Yoani Sanchez
- Cuban & Latin American popular music78rpms, 1900-1929 in Florida Intl. U.’s Díaz-Ayala collection.
- Cuban Heritage Collection Digital CollectionsUniversity of Miami Libraries
- Cuban Immigration After the Revolution, 1959-1973From the Digital Public Library of America.
- Luis J. Botifoll Oral History ProjectOver 100 oral histories funded by the AMIGOS of the Cuban Heritage Collection in the Digital Public Library of America's Sunshine State Digital Nework.
- Sandy Lillydahl Venceremos Brigade Photograph CollectionU. of Massachusetts Amherst
- U.S. and Castro’s Cuba, 1950-1970: The Paterson CollectionRecords from presidential libraries, government archives, Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Department of State, by historian Thomas G. Paterson.
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Dominican Republic
- First Blacks in the Americas/Los Primeros Negros en las Americas: The African Presence in the Dominican RepublicDominican Studies Institute at the City University of New York.
Haiti
- Colony in Crisis: The Saint-Domingue Grain Shortage of 1789French originals, English and Haitian Creole translations of primary sources.
- Haitian Immigration : Eighteenth and Nineteenth CenturiesFrom NYPL's "In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience" project.
- Haitian Immigration: Twentieth CenturyFrom NYPL's "In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience" project.
- History of Haiti, 1492-1805Brown Univ.'s Dept of Africana Studies
- La Gazette Royale ProjectPublished during Henry Christophe’s rule and the "Almanach Royal d’Hayti," issued by the royal press.
Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rican Migration to the USFrom the Digital Public Library of America.
- Puerto Rico Past and Present: an Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition byISBN: 9781440828324Publication Date: 2015Include current events, this classic reference presents the historical, social, political, and cultural aspects of Puerto Rico.
- Federal Surveillance Of The Partido Independentista PuertorriqueñoHighlights the FBI’s efforts to disrupt the activities of the largest of the Puerto Rican independence parties, Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño, and compromise their effectiveness.
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