Latin American Network Information Center
Encyclopedia
The Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) is a free internet portal on Latin American studies
. It is affiliated with the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at the University of Texas at Austin
.
. The site provides research and academic resources, as well as a source for news, art, music and recipes from this region. The site currently averages over 5.4 million hits per month and contains pages for 41 countries and 81 subjects.
An electoral observatory feature was added in 1998 to provide information on presidential and legislative elections taking place in Latin America. The pages for each country are divided into five sections: Electoral Coverage, Electoral Resources, News, Parties and Candidates, and Results.
In the spring of 2008, LANIC launched a major redesign to increase accessibility. Previous versions of the site, going back more than a decade, can be
viewed by visiting LANIC via the Internet Archive's
Wayback Machine.
In 2009 Political Parties and Drug Production, Trafficking and Consumption were added as new subjects.
In 2010 the LANIC newsroom developed a list of sources for news and reports following the earthquake in Haiti, as well as links to donate to the relief effort.
content on the Internet. Information can be found in English, Spanish
and Portuguese
. Content can be browsed by subject (history, education, science, etc.) or by country.
The site hosts digital content on Latin America through its Etext Collection, including thousands of full text books, journals, speeches, and research papers. Included are the full text of over 2,000 speeches by Fidel Castro
; over 75,000 pages of Presidential Messages from Argentina
and Mexico
; and hundreds of papers on Latin American topics presented at conferences around the world.
It also maintains an active program in Web archiving
including an extensive collection of Latin American Government Documents LAGDA
Latin American Studies
Latin American studies is an academic discipline dealing with the study of Latin America and Latin Americans.-Definition:Latin American studies critically examines the history, culture, politics, and experiences of Latin Americans in Latin America and often also elsewhere .Latin American studies...
. It is affiliated with the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at the University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
.
Mission
LANIC's mission is to facilitate access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin AmericaLatin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
. The site provides research and academic resources, as well as a source for news, art, music and recipes from this region. The site currently averages over 5.4 million hits per month and contains pages for 41 countries and 81 subjects.
History
LANIC’s gopher server, launched in 1992, was the first such information service for Latin America on the Internet, and the LANIC Web Site has been in continuous service since 1994.An electoral observatory feature was added in 1998 to provide information on presidential and legislative elections taking place in Latin America. The pages for each country are divided into five sections: Electoral Coverage, Electoral Resources, News, Parties and Candidates, and Results.
In the spring of 2008, LANIC launched a major redesign to increase accessibility. Previous versions of the site, going back more than a decade, can be
viewed by visiting LANIC via the Internet Archive's
Wayback Machine.
In 2009 Political Parties and Drug Production, Trafficking and Consumption were added as new subjects.
In 2010 the LANIC newsroom developed a list of sources for news and reports following the earthquake in Haiti, as well as links to donate to the relief effort.
Content
LANIC’s editorially-reviewed directories contain over 12,000 unique URLs, one of the largest guides for Latin American studiesLatin American Studies
Latin American studies is an academic discipline dealing with the study of Latin America and Latin Americans.-Definition:Latin American studies critically examines the history, culture, politics, and experiences of Latin Americans in Latin America and often also elsewhere .Latin American studies...
content on the Internet. Information can be found in English, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
and Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
. Content can be browsed by subject (history, education, science, etc.) or by country.
The site hosts digital content on Latin America through its Etext Collection, including thousands of full text books, journals, speeches, and research papers. Included are the full text of over 2,000 speeches by Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011...
; over 75,000 pages of Presidential Messages from Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
and Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
; and hundreds of papers on Latin American topics presented at conferences around the world.
It also maintains an active program in Web archiving
Web archiving
Web archiving is the process of collecting portions of the World Wide Web and ensuring the collection is preserved in an archive, such as an archive site, for future researchers, historians, and the public. Due to the massive size of the Web, web archivists typically employ web crawlers for...
including an extensive collection of Latin American Government Documents LAGDA
See also
- Southern ConeSouthern ConeSouthern Cone is a geographic region composed of the southernmost areas of South America, south of the Tropic of Capricorn. Although geographically this includes part of Southern and Southeast of Brazil, in terms of political geography the Southern cone has traditionally comprised Argentina,...
- Hispanic AmericaHispanic AmericaHispanic America or Spanish America is the region comprising the American countries inhabited by Spanish-speaking populations.These countries have significant commonalities with each other and with Spain, whose colonies they formerly were...
- Ibero-AmericaIbero-AmericaIbero-America is a term used since the second half of the 19th century to refer collectively to the countries in the Americas that were formerly colonies of Spain or Portugal. Spain and Portugal are themselves included in some definitions, such as that of the Ibero-American Summit and the...
- Americas (terminology)Americas (terminology)The Americas, also known as America, are the lands of the western hemisphere, composed of numerous entities and regions variably defined by geography, politics, and culture....
- CaribbeanCaribbeanThe Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
- Central AmericaCentral AmericaCentral America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...
- South AmericaSouth AmericaSouth America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
- LatinoLatinoThe demonyms Latino and Latina , are defined in English language dictionaries as:* "a person of Latin-American descent."* "A Latin American."* "A person of Hispanic, especially Latin-American, descent, often one living in the United States."...
- History of Latin AmericaHistory of Latin AmericaLatin America refers to countries in the Americas where Romance languages are spoken. This definition, however, is not meant to include Canada, in spite of its large French-speaking population....
- Latin American studiesLatin American StudiesLatin American studies is an academic discipline dealing with the study of Latin America and Latin Americans.-Definition:Latin American studies critically examines the history, culture, politics, and experiences of Latin Americans in Latin America and often also elsewhere .Latin American studies...
- Latin American Studies AssociationLatin American Studies AssociationThe Latin American Studies Association is the largest association for scholars of Latin American studies. Founded in 1966, it has over 6,000 members, forty-five percent of whom reside outside the United States, LASA brings together experts on Latin America from all disciplines and diverse...
- Latin America portal