Latin American Statistical Data Sources
- MOxLADThe Montevideo Oxford Latin American Economic History Database The database contains statistical series for a wide range of economic and social indicators covering twenty countries in the region for the twentieth century up to today. Its purpose is to provide economic and social historians worldwide with a systematic collection of available statistical information in a single online source.
- LAPOPLAPOP's principal survey topics are democracy, governance, citizen security, the rule of law, economic well-being, social inclusion, political tolerance.
Digital Archives
- National Security ArchiveThe National Archive contains collections of digitized research documents, with an emphasis on declassified US government documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act
- LACLI (Latin American, Caribbean, U.S. Latinx, and Iberian Online Free E-Resources)LACLI is a collective effort to create a warehouse of online free e-resources with Latin American, Caribbean, U.S. Latinx, and Iberian full content.
Business resources in the region
- Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America and the CaribbeanAACCLA’s 23 American Chambers of Commerce (AmChams) are independent, non-profit, business organizations based in 28 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Their primary objective is to promote trade and investment between their countries and the United States.
- United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the CaribbeanECLAC, which is 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, coordinating actions directed towards this end, and reinforcing economic ties among countries and with other nations of the world. The promotion of the region's social development was later included among its primary objectives.
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Lázaro Cárdenas nacionaliza ferrocarriles, 1937 (Wikimedia Commons)
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