Voces de la comunidad

Erick Carreira: For the technically inclined, Erick Carreira's website presents detailed information on this researcher's and his students' work on organic synthetic chemistry. However, it's not all work and no play for this group -- click on "Group Activities" to find out about what this brainy group does for fun.

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Starting here in Capítulo 3, you will be researching specific Spanish-speaking countries. In the interest of not repeating links, we have provided new ones for each chapter. However, feel free to go back to earlier chapters to use some of the more "global" sources, such as the factbooks and almanacs in Capítulo 1.

1. U.S. Census Data: This website provides a table that breaks down census data on U.S. Hispanics by age and country of origin. The information comes from the most recent U.S. Census, taken in 2000.
   
   
2. Latinomentalhealth.net: This website provides graphs and charts interpreting information taken from the U.S. Census. Its goal is to assist service providers, policy makers, researchers, and consumers to take steps to improve the mental health of latinos in the United States.
   
   
3. Latino Resources: Additional demographic information on U.S. latinos is presented on this website, which is run by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Like Latinomentalhealth.net, it provides information about U.S. latinos in order to help doctors and health care providers better understand these populations.
   
   
4. Presidencia de la República Dominicana: Although this website focuses on the president and government of the Dominican Republic, if you click on Nuestro País in the bar at the left, you can find basic data on the country.
   
   
5. Dominican Republic: This Spanish-language website provides information about the Dominican Republic, organized by town and city. It also offers links to other websites about the Dominican Republic, focusing mostly on businesses and services available to travelers to the island.
   
   
6. WEPA: Run by the Puerto Rico Internet Corp., this English-language website is a clearinghouse for all things related to Puerto Rico on the Internet. It provides links to other websites in a variety of areas, as well as links to newspapers, magazines, and radio and television stations.
   
   
7. Wikipedia: This website is an online encyclopedia administered by volunteers, whose objective is to provide a free and non-partisan source of information on a wide variety of topics. The Spanish-language version of the encyclopedia entries date to May of 2001. The URL takes you to the page on Puerto Rico, but if you return to the home page, you can research any Spanish-language country, as well as a variety of other topics, all in Spanish.
   
   
8. Cubanet: This Spanish-language website is run by a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the free press in Cuba. It is organized like an online newspaper that provides stories on current events, local and international news, and letters and opinion pieces.
   
   
9. La Nueva Cuba: Run by Nostromo Publishing, this Spanish-language website is similar in content to Cubanet. It, too, is set up like an online newspaper that offers up-to-date information about Cuba and the rest of the world. It also provides a number of "megalinks" about Cuba that are a good place to continue your Internet research on this country.