Spanish
Assignment: South/Central American Country Project
Venezuela
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/
Venezuela
History of Venezuela and its People:
History of Venezuela
http://www.venezuelatuya.com/historia/eng.htm
Venezuela - History
http://www.worldrover.com/history/venezuela_history.html
Venezuela – Country Facts
http://www.venezuelatuya.com/sociedad/eng.htm
Venezuela – A Country Study
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/vetoc.html
Artists:
Venezuelan Artists
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/nationalities/Venezuelan.html
Carlos Zerpa
http://esperanto.com/Legacy/_artist.html
Marisol, Venezuelan Sculptor
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/marisol.html
Jesus-Rafael Soto
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/soto_jesus-rafael.html
Authors:
Women Writers from Venezuela
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/_generate/VENEZUELA.html
Culture in Venezuela
Names of various authors
http://www.think-venezuela.net/english/i_culture.htm#literature
Food/Cuisine:
Venezuela for the Gourmet Traveler
http://www.eturismo.com/gtrav/venezuela.html
Historic Figures:
List of Historical Figures – use the names in a google search ( place quotation marks around name)
http://www.venezuelatuya.com/biografias/index.htm
Simon Bolivar
http://www.bolivarmo.com/history.htm
Eleazar Lopez Contretras
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.venezuelatuya.com/biografias/lopezcontreras.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3DEleazar%2B%2BLopez%2B%2BContreras%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DISO-8859-1
Holidays and Festivals:
Venezuela Festivals and Events
http://www.1uptravel.com/international/southamerica/venezuela/festivals.html
Sports:
Vheadline.com: Venezuela’s Electronic News - Sports
http://www.vheadline.com/section.asp?secid=29
Tourist Attractions:
Venezuela Attractions and Sight Seeing
http://www.1uptravel.com/international/southamerica/venezuela/sightseeing.html
Venezuela Tourism Destinations
http://www.iexplore.com/res/d.jhtml?destination=Venezuela&type=Where%20to%20Go
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