The BBC gives information about the Latin American country of Ecuador with details on geography, culture, its leaders, and its news media. Updated in April, 2005. Check out the link to the timeline.

Shannon On'Neil, Latin American studies fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, answers questions posed by PBS about Mexico's President Felipe Calderon's visit to the United States. The Q & Q covers a range of issues from...

This page links to a lot of information about Martin Espada.

The 'Big Stick' foreign policy of Theodore Roosevelt is explained, and how it was used in the building of the Panama Canal and to maneuver an end to the Russo-Japanese War.

Tells about the life of young drug traffickers, why and how they become a part of the drug world. From an article written in 1994 for the North American Congress on Latin America.

With this interactive map of Central America and the Caribbean, students point the mouse to different countries on the map and see the name of the country and the capital city.

A virtual museum of contemporary Uruguayan visual art.

This site provides a book summary, lesson plan ideas, book connections and resource links for teaching How Tia Lola Came to Stay by Julia Alvarez.

Learn about Arturo Sandoval and his life in Cuba and later in America.

McDonald's provides a page dedicated to explaining its involvement in Mexico's emerging economy. It includes numerous photos of Mexican tourist sites and McDonald's restaurants.

Jeopardy-style quiz game that tests your global knowledge of the Age of Imperialism (1870-1914). A fun way of learning!

Good website from Emory University containing a biography of Julia Alvarez, a list of awards and honors she has won, some of her works, and a list of works about her. Related links and a bibliography also provided.

This site from Geographica.com contains information on a variety of parks in Argentina. A description of each follows the name of the park.

Explore this comprehensive resource on the birds and mammals of the tundra. This resource features information such as diet, class, order, size, habitat, conservation range and the like.

Teacher's resource that advises how to choose great multicultural books for children. Includes lists of good books and authors, as well as criteria for selecting texts.

Scroll down the page so you can listen to Arturo Sandoval describe his music and love for the trumpet.