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| Spanish Assignment: South/Central American Country Project Colombia General sites for country information are listed first. As you scroll down, you will see sites specific to your country. General Sites for Country Information: BBC News Country Profiles http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm CIA World Factbook 2003 http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html InfoPlease.com http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html Library of Congress Country Studies http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ U.S. Department of State Background Notes http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/ Cultural Profiles Project http://www.settlement.org/cp/english/index.html Lonely Planet Guides; travel guides; click on your country for a map, then click the information icon to go to the information pages http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/loc-ame.htm Artists by Nationality http://www.artcyclopedia.com/nationalities/ Fox Sports en Espanol; note that this site is not limited to South/Central America http://espanol.sports.yahoo.com/ South America: The Best Festivals and Celebrations; look to find your country http://www.frommers.com/destinations/central&southamerica/1010020861.html South America: The Best Historic Sites; look to find your country http://www.frommers.com/destinations/central&southamerica/1010020118.html South America Daily; online newspaper in English http://www.southamericadaily.com/ South American Literature http://staff.harrisonburg.k12.va.us/~sparks/worldread/southamerica.html Las Mujeres; in English; female writers; you will have to click on each writer to find their country of origin http://www.lasmujeres.com/ History of Colombia and its People: Colombian History http://www.ddg.com/LIS/aurelia/colhis.htm Colombia: History http://www.frommers.com/destinations/colombia/2844026701.html Colombia: The Land and Its People http://www.frommers.com/destinations/colombia/2844023334.html Artists: Colombian Artists http://www.artcyclopedia.com/nationalities/Colombian.html Authors: List of authors from Colombia http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/listado.html#COLOMBIA Women Writers from Colombia http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/_generate/COLOMBIA.html Food/Cuisine: Colombia for the Gourmet Traveler http://www.eturismo.com/gtrav/colombia.html Historic Figures: Colombia: Historical Figures http://www.looksmart.co.nz/eus1/eus302562/eus317836/eus317911/eus53828/eus527898/eus327009/eus529401/eus10133328/r?l& Holidays and Festivals: Holidays and Festivals: Colombia http://www.shagtown.com/days/colombia.html Sports: Tourist Attractions: Colombia: Tourism http://www.ddg.com/LIS/aurelia/coltou.htm Colombia Tourism Destinations http://www.iexplore.com/dmap/Colombia/Where+to+Go Birding in Colombia http://www.fatbirder.com/links_geo/america_south/colombia.html |
