Countries

Caribbean
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Monserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico (U.S.), Trinidad and Tobago, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, US Virgin Islands (U.S.)

Central America:
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hondurus, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama

South America:
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Please note: some of the following resources require passwords if you are off-campus. For user IDs and passwords, get the handout from Cooke Library, "Online Research Databases for Punahou Academy Students."

Background information

Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture

Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations

World Book Encyclopedia 

Encyclopedia Britannica 

Grolier Online 

Background Notes (US Dept. of State) 

World Factbook (CIA) 

Country Studies (Library of Congress) 

Portals to the World (Library of Congress) 

Magazine and newspaper articles

EBSCO Masterfile Premier 

Lexis Nexis 

World History in Context