4. Spanish Newspapers and Magazines
Great Coverage
NEWS LINKS
http://lanic.utexas.edu LANIC The best overall site! This is in a class of its own. Pick by country or by topic. You can find everything you are wanting on Latin America in one spot. If you can only have one site, this is it! http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/news lists newspapers for each country. http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/epub lists magazines LANIC has a great amount of information in general (academic resources, arts and literature, business and economy, all types of professional organizations, media, music, the performing arts, popular culture, public affairs and many other indexes. There is also a Journalism section and a Radio and Television section.
www.prensaescrita.com Prensa Escrita Another comprehensive site with many different newspapers from various cities in Spanish-speaking countries. Just click on what country is needed.
www.kidon.com/media-link/index.php Kidon Media Link--directory of newspapers and other news sources on the internet; select by continent
www.abyznewslinks.com ABYZ News This portal to online news sources from around the world is primarily composed of newspapers, but also includes many broadcast stations, internet services, amgazines, and press agencies. It can bring up each country, sub-divided into types of news sources and cities. Three main criteria: actual news, reasonably professional in nature, fairly recently updated content.
Look under "Newspapers--General" for more newspaper directories.
INDIVIDUAL NEWSPAPERS WITH GREAT COVERAGE
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish BBC from England
http://cnnenespanol.com CNN en espanol
www.tdm.com Tiempos del Mundo: el periodico de las Americas; well organized; covers 18 edition in 16 countries of Latin America One of the best weekly news in Spanish
www.telegrafo.com.ec El telegrafo Good opinion section; from Ecuador
www.elcomercio.com El comercio Very good thought-provoking articles!!! an information agency focusing on socio-political dynamics within Latin America, as well as world events
www.economist.com The Economist Premier online source of analysis on global business and current affairs, providing authoritative insight and opinions on international news, world politics, business, finance, science and technology, culture and society; only a few articles because have to subscribe to get all of them, but the ones they have free are interesting
www.lanacion.com.ar La Nacion from Buenos Aires, Argentina
www.ticotimes.net/index.htm Tico Times English newspaper from Costa Rica
THOUGHT-PROVOKING
www.alainet.org Latin America in Movement--has a great diversity of opinions to make one think! Over 5000 editorial type of articles about current events in the world (since 1988) by noted analysists, thinkers and social leaders concerning many types of different social, political, cultural, economical, communicative and international themes; also has a search system by themes, organization, country, language, author and date. Great for research, but many articles are in Spanish. (There are 269 in English and 3652 in Spanish; some in French, etc.)
IN ENGLISH
www.worldheadlines.com World Headlines Quick, short easy-to-find headlines; a lot of info in a small space; divided into continents, topics,...; a very good way to quickly see what is going on in the world on any day
www.worldpress.org/Americas.htm World Press Good opinions from other countries
www.washingtonpost.com Washington Post
www.countryreports.org Country Reports Some in Spanish and some in English;countries profiled from around the world. It says it's "the Internets best source of data on over 260 countries." It has several headlines of current news in each country.
www.ticotimes.net/index.htm Tico Times Central America's leading English newspaper--from Costa Rica
General
LANIC
http://lanic.utexas.edu The best overall site! This is in a class of its own. Pick by country or by topic. You can find everything you are wanting on Latin America in one spot. If you can only have one site about Latin America, this is it! http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/news lists newspapers for each country. http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/epub lists magazines http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/hispanic has information in general (academic resources, arts and literature, business and economy, all types of professional organizations, media, music, the performing arts, popular culture, public affairs and many other indexes. There is also a Journalism section and a Radio and Television section.
OTHER LISTS OF NEWSPAPERS OF THE WORLD--Many Different Languages
Written in Spanish:
www.kidon.com/media-link/index.php Kidon Media Link Has them listed by cities in each country--this is a VERY GOOD SITE
www.prensaescrita.com Prensa Escrita Has many newspapers from all parts of the world; look up each country.
www.abyznewslinks.com ABYZ News Links
http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/types/flnews/spanish.html Foreign Language News and Newspapers from MIT--A list of some of the main newspapers in Spanish-speaking countries; Also has newspapers in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Russian
SPANISH INFORMATION
www.monografias.com Monografias.com (in Spanish) Type of search engine/daily newsletter concerning all types of problems in Latin America; much information
OTHER INFORMATION
www.silueta.com Silueta: a bilingual magaine with feature stories on nutrition, gardening, the planet, nature, and much more. Interesting reading.
SPAIN AND ITS ISLANDS
www.prensaescrita.com Prensa Escrita Another comprehensive site with many different newspapers from various cities in Spain. Just click on Spain.
Look under "Newspapers--General" for more newspaper directories.
Specific Newspapers
www.elpais.es El pais One of the most important papers in the Spanish speaking world Has thorough domestic and international news from Spain. Updated daily.*
www.elmundo.es El mundo A leading newspaper from Madrid
www.diario-elcorreo.es Diario-el correo World news from Spain
www.abc.es abc One of Spain's largest national newspapers
www.elcomercio-sa.es/edicion/portada.html El comercio From Asturia, Spain
http://www.atlanticocanarias.com Atlantico canarias Diario de economia, empresas y sociedad from Canary Islands; has an interesting "editorial" section.
Advertising
www.elcorteingles.es El Corte Inglés:an online shopping at El Corte Inglés. A great place for product information and pricing or placing an order. A good place to see advertisements.
NORTH AMERICA (Including the Islands)
Costa Rica
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/news LANIC newspapers Click on Costa Rica. http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/epub LANIC magazines Click on Costa Rica.
www.prensaescrita.com Prensa Escrita Another comprehensive site with many different newspapers from Costa Rica. Just click on Costa Rica.
Look under "Newspapers--General" for more newspaper directories.
Specific Newspapers
www.ticotimes.net/cent_amer.htm Tico Times On-Line for Central America; an excellent source of news
www.nacion.com La Nación-Costa Rica: Today's news from san José, Costa Rica. Includes a section with the major happenings in other Central American countries, sports, headline news, and more.
Dominican Republic
www.hoy.com.do Hoy Digitial newspaper; good "opinions" section; the most read on the Domincan Republic Internet
Guatemala
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/news LANIC newspapers Click on Guatemala. http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/epub LANIC magazines Click on Guatemala.
www.prensaescrita.com Prensa Escrita Another comprehensive site with many different newspapers in Guatemala. Just click on Guatemala.
Look under "Newspapers--General" for more newspaper directories.
Specific Newspapers
http://www.prensalibre.com/pls/prensa/index.jsp La Prensa Libre: straight from Guatemala this is said to be Central America's largest daily newspaper. The latest Latin American news. Articles are in Spanish.
http://www.diariodeguatemala.com Diario de Guatemala Toda la información de Guatemala en su mano
Mexico
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/news LANIC newspapers Click on Mexico. http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/epub LANIC magazines Click on Mexico.
www.lib.utsa.edu/Research/Subject/mexicannewsguide.html Mexican Newspapers Online--EXCELLENT SITE! Gives a list of the newspapers in each state. Also lists many journals and other Mexican news sources.
www.prensaescrita.com Prensa Escrita Another comprehensive site with many different newspapers from various cities in Mexico. Just click on Mexico and then click on the state needed.
Look under "Newspapers--General" for more newspaper directories.
SPECIFIC NEWSPAPERS
www.jornada.unam.mx/indexfla.php La Jornada: this paper supported by la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, offers general world news as well as articles contradicting hot topics--from Mexico City
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/worldref/country/mexico.htm Recent Washington Post stories about Mexico. Read recent Associated Press stories about Mexico--in English
www.el-universal.com.mx/noticiash.html El Universal From Mexico City; many good articles; easy to locate sections
www.thenewsmexico.com The News of Mexico Important source of information on Mexico--in Spanish--Coming back soon
www.excelsior.com.mx Excelsior Published in Spanish only.
www.reforma.com Reforma
http://frontera.nmsu.edu Frontera Norte Sur; in English; about people in Sierra Occidental Mountain Range (includes Copper Canyon); on-line news coverage of the US-Mexico border--from Chihuahua; about "border lands"
Nicaragua
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/news LANIC newspapers Click on Nicaragua. http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/epub LANIC magazines Click on Nicaragua.
www.prensaescrita.com Prensa Escrita Another comprehensive site with many different newspapers from Nicaragua. Just click on Nicaragua.
Look under "Newspapers--General" for more newspaper directories.
Specific Newspapers
www.laprensa.com.ni La prensa
www.nicanews.com.ni/nn21 Nica News From Miami, Nicaragua--in English; also has good historical information
www.elnuevodiario.com.ni El nuevo diario
Panama
Specific Newspapers
www.prensa.com La Prensa: in addition to the complete news features of this Panama City paper, it includes the entertainment section. Guess what the movie title would be in English.
United States
BORDERLANDS
http://frontera.nmsu.edu Frontera Norte Sur; in English; about people in Sierra Occidental Mountain Range--on-line news coverage of the US-Mexico border
GENERAL
http://online.wsj.com/public/page/0,,2_0137,00.html Spanish version of the Wall Street Journal
www.laopinion.com La opinion From Los Angelos, California
www.lasemanadelsur.com La semana del sur From Tulsa, Oklahoma
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina
Specific Newspapers
www.clarin.com/diario/hoy/index_diario.html Clarin News from Argentina with lots of interesting feature stories*
www.lanacion.com.ar La nación One of Argentina's national newspapers; from Buenos Aires
www.intervoz.com.ar Intervoz: get all of today's news from Cordoba, Argentina
Bolivia
Specific Newspapers
www.la-razon.com La razon Good editorials
www.bolpress.com Bolivia Press Good "opinion" section
www.lostiempos.com Los tiempos from Cochabamba, Bolivia
http://www.el-nuevodia.com El nuevo día
Chile
Specific Newspapers
http://www.tercera.cl Tercera
Colombia
www.quehubo.com/cat/html Que hubo Colombian Yellow Pages
Specific Newspapers
www.elespectador.com El Espectador: another daily paper from Colombia. Includes front page stories, economics, sports, links to back issues and more.
www.elmundo.com El Mundo: Medellín, Colombia offers this paper. Links to politics, economy, opinions, and more.
Ecuador
www.telegrafo.com.ec El telegrafo Excellent newspaper with good opinion section from Guayaquil, Ecuador
www.elcomercio.com El comercio Excellent newspaper with world, as well as Eucador, news
Peru
www.caretas.com.pe Caretas: online Peruvian magaine covering political and cultural issues of Perú. Offers a democratic view in its full length articles.
www.editoraperu.com Editora Peru
www.correoperu.com.pe/enlinea/hoy/index.asp El correo Has different newspapers for different areas of Peru, such as: Lima, Arequipa, Piura, Tacna, Huancayo, Puno and Huánuco
www.larepublica.com.pe La republica A thorough newspaper
http://www.peru.com Peru
Uruguay
Specific Newspapers
www.elpais.com.uy El pais Montevideo, Uruguay articles, analysis and opinion from Uruguay.
Venezuela
Specific Newspapers
www.analitica.com Analitica Very interesting editorials and information about Venezuela and current events of the world
Other Countries
Non-Spanish Speaking Countries
http://www.aurora-israel.co.il/ow/index.asp Aurora-Israel Newspaper from Israel in Spanish*
Other media and documents
RADIO AND MUSIC
www.rcinet.ca/ Radio Canada International Listen to RCI's daily radio broadcasts online in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Ukranian.
www.musicaperuana.com/espanol/cancion.htm Musica Peruana Links to a variety of music, articles and music history. Word of warning: many fo the pages have background music with no way to turn it off. VERY GOOD SITE! Many instrumental songs. From Perú.
www.caracol.com.co Caracol With the RealAudio plugin you can hear the news live on Colombian radio. If you are in the US you might find it faster to go to this Miami mirror site.
HISTORICAL MAPS
http://international.loc.gov/intldl/eshtml/ International Map Project "Spain, The United States and The American Frontier: Historias Paralelas" This is a joint project between the governments of Spain and the United States.
OTHER TYPES
http://www.state.gov/index.htm US State Department's International Information Programs in English--much excellent, up-to-date information