Central America

Sub-headings:

Central America Travel & Tourism

Central American History

Central American Fine Arts

The nonutilitarian arts, arts concerned primarily with the creation of beauty, including dance, painting, photography, and sculpture, and created by the people of Central America.

Central American Social Life & Customs

Resources in this category:

The Americas: Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/continent_americas.html

Detailed profiles on sixteen South and Central American nations plus the Commonwealth of Caribbean Islands. Includes El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Jamaica, Belize, Columbia, and more.

Embassy of Belize in Washington, D.C.
http://www.embassyofbelize.org/

Website of the Embassy of Belize in the United States. Information on consular services, tourism, the environment and current news.

Central America: Legacies of Rebellion
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/1731_centralameri...

At this site, you can find both text and audio content from a four-part series originally broadcast on the BBC World Service. The series follows reporter Mike Lanchin, a former BBC correspondent, back to Central America, where he lived and reported during the region’s war-torn years of the 1980s and early 1990s. The segments reveal the background of rebellion and civil war in Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, and reflect on how the legacy of those conflicts continues to affect Central America.

Central American National Parks
http://www.nps.gov/centralamerica/

Information on national parks of Central America, provided by the U.S. National Park Service along with other Central American partners. Search parks by country or take a biological tour of the region.

Columbus Guides Travel Guide for Central America
http://www.columbusguides.co.uk/region/cam.asp

Comprehensive country-by-country travel and general information from this UK-based travel guide publisher. For each country, the website provides information on a number of categories, including health, public holidays, climate, history, government, social and business profiles and more.

Embassy of El Salvador in the United States
http://www.elsalvador.org/home.nsf/home

The Salvadoran embassy website offers information on consular services; the Salvadoran community, events and organizations in the United States; travel and tourism; culture, politics and economics. In English and Spanish.

Embassy of Guatemala to the United States
http://www.guatemala-embassy.org/

Website of the Guatemalan embassy to the United States. Includes news, visa, passport and immigration information, and government contact information.

Handbook of Latin American Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/hlashome.html

"The Handbook is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities." Searchable, but this bibliography only provides citations, not full-text content.

Honduras This Week
http://www.marrder.com/htw/

Website for the Honduran weekly newspaper, Honduras This Week. In English and catering towards expatriates in Honduras, this weekly offers information in the area of environment, travel, business, culture, and regional news.

LatinWorld.com
http://www.latinworld.com/

"LatinWorld is building a community of information and resources about Latin America, its wonders, and its people. Our objective is to serve as a communication platform for Latin Americans and people interested in Latin America." In English and Spanish.

Library of Congress Portals to the World for Iberia, the Caribbean, and Latin America
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/hispanic/countries/count...

Selected Internet resources for various countries, including Central America, chosen by Library of Congress staff. Websites cover general information, business, culture, health, government, geography and more for each country.

MayaQuest PhotoVoyage
http://wpni01.auroraquanta.com/pv/mayaquest

View images related to Mayan civilization in Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. Photos have to do with Mayan people, architecture, landscape and more.

Organization of American States
http://www.oas.org/

"The Organization of American States is the world's oldest regional organization. It is the principal forum in the hemisphere for dialogue on political, economic and social issues. Every country in the Americas is a member of the Organization." Here you can find general information about the OAS, a calendar of events, documents, speeches, and information on the member states. In English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.

The Panama Canal
http://www.pancanal.com/eng/index.html

A wealth of information on the Panama Canal is available on this website from the Panama Canal Authority. Visitors can find historical pictures and information, current projects, commercial and maritime operations information. The website also includes a photo gallery and live-camera views from the canal. Available in English and Spanish.

La Republica
http://www.larepublica.net/app/cms/www/index.php

Costa Rican daily newspaper, focusing on business news. In Spanish.