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- Latino WWW Page
- Latin Resources (Burns)
Provides many resources, organized by topic.
- Latin America (Netpoint Communications)
- Understanding Hispanic and Latino Culture Through Children's Literature (Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute)
Provides a background for the study and appreciation of Hispanic and Latino culture, primarily for teachers of students with a Hispanic or Latino heritage.
- Latin American Resources (University of Texas)
- Latin and Ancient Greece and Rome (About.com - Burns)
Provides grammar for Latin, as well as sources of information on ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. Includes clip art. 1-00
- Latin-English Dictionary (Free Dictionary)
Translates English words into Latin and translates Latin words into English. 6-00
- Cicero, M. Tullius - Speeches in Latin (Tufts University, Pereus Project - Shuckburgh)
Provides dozens of speeches of Cicero, in Latin. 7-02
- Biographies in Latin (TheLatinLibrary.com)
Provides latin texts, organized by ancient Roman notable. 7-02
- Latin Word Translations (QuickLatin.com)
Translates Latin into English, but not the reverse. Awesome Library does not endorse this software, but only provides it as an example. 7-02
- English to Latin Online Translations (Travlang)
Provides online translations of individual words. 7-02
- Latin to English Online Translations (Travlang)
Provides online translations of individual words. 7-02
- 01-07-04 Latino Culture Strong in the United States (BBC News)
"Three years ago, Latinos became the largest ethnic minority in the US - and the rise in their numbers is having an increasingly dramatic effect on American culture." 1-04
- Latin Flash Cards (StudyStack.com)
Provides flash cards to help the language. 10-04
- Latin Encyclopedia (Wikipedia.org)
Provides over 1,000 articles in the language. 12-04
- -04-29-06 Latin American Leaders Reject U.S. Trade Plan (CNN News)
"The Cuba-Venezuela deal -- known by its Spanish acronym ALBA, also the word for dawn -- provided a framework for the leaders to blast Washington's efforts to expand its free trade with Latin American countries."
"The U.S.-backed Free Trade Area of the Americas hemispheric trade pact stalled last year, but Washington since has signed nine free-trade agreements with Latin American countries."
"The three presidents called the FTAA a U.S. effort to 'annex' Latin America." 04-06
- -04-18-09 U.S. No Longer the Clear Leader in Latin America (Christian Science Monitor)
"The multibillion-dollar purchase of Toromocho mountain by China's Chinalco corporation was yet another example of China's voracious appetite for resources. Yet the Chinese claim on Toro mocho also symbolizes how, across Latin America, the US is no longer the only game in town."
"As President Obama turns his attention to America's own hemisphere – he visited Mexico on his way to the Summit of the Americas this weekend in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – he finds a region that within a decade has diversified its interests and adjusted interdependencies, moving away from a US dominance that dates back to the Spanish-American War." 04-09
- Hispanic and Latino Culture Through Children's Literature (Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute)
Provides three lesson plans to support appreciation of Hispanic and Latino culture, primarily for students with a Hispanic or Latino heritage.
- Latino Resources (University of Michigan - CHICO)
The Cultural Heritage Initiative for Community Outreach (CHICO) is "based at the University of Michigan School of Information. CHICO projects celebrate the arts and cultural expressions within and across communities." 10-09
- Hispanic and Latino Communities and Higher Education (W.K. Kellogg Foundation)
"ENLACE is a multiyear initiative to strengthen the educational pipeline and increase opportunities for Latinos to enter and complete college." 5-02
- Women Writers of Color (University of Minnesota)
Provides biographies of women writers who are African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic, Chicana, Latina, Indigenous, or Native American.
- Western European Languages Literature Online (ALA and University of Virginia - Campbell)
Provides literature by language. Includes Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Fnnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Old Norse and Modern Icelandic, Portuguese, Provençal, Spanish, and Swedish literature. Part of the Western European Specialists Section (WESS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries. 2-00
- Fighting Hunger Globally - World Food Prize (WorldFoodPrize.org)
"By pioneering ways to restore fertility to the poorest and most degraded soils in Latin America and Africa, the 2002 World Food Prize Laureate, Dr. Pedro A. Sanchez, has made a major contribution to preserving our delicate ecosystem, while at the same time offering great hope to all those struggling to survive on marginal lands around the world." 8-02
- Online Web Translations (World Language Resources)
Provides translations of Web sites. Includes dozens of combinations. Covers translations (both directions) in languages most other online translators do not cover, such as Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Finnish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Filipino (Tagalog), Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Slovenian, Swedish, Welsh, Turkish, and Latin.
Editor's Note - In our tests, this resource could translate less than half the words we presented online, but it was quick. 12-02
- Editorial - Destabilization or Reconstruction? (BBC News - Reynolds)
"On the one side is the Iraqi resistance. Its policy is to cause chaos in the hope that out of the wreckage, the occupation will end and perhaps even that Saddam Hussein himself will be propelled back to power."
"On the other are the Coalition or occupation authorities and their Iraqi allies. They hope to transfer power by the end of next year and in the meantime are pouring in money to rebuild the basic infrastructure."
Reynolds quotes US diplomat James Dobbins to summarize the situation: " 'Nation-building is not principally about economic reconstruction: rather it is about political transformation. The spread of democracy in Latin America, Asia and parts of Africa suggests that this form of government is not unique to Western culture or to advanced industrial economies: Democracy can, indeed, take root in circumstances where neither exists.' "
"What principally distinguishes Germany, Japan, Bosnia and Kosovo from Somalia, Haiti and Afghanistan are not their levels of Western culture, economic development or cultural homogeneity," he says.
"Rather it is the level of effort the United States and the international community put into their democratic transformations."10-03
- 01-03-04 Brazil Fingerprints Americans Now (Miami Herald - Hall)
"Federal Police in Brazil on Friday ordered immigration authorities to begin fingerprinting and photographing American tourists as they arrive at airports, cruise ship terminals and land borders in this continent-sized nation."
"The decision was in response to a similar move by the United States. On Jan. 5, a U.S. rule takes effect across 115 U.S. airports that will require most visiting tourists, including those from Brazil, to have their photographs and fingerprints logged digitally as they clear immigration procedures."
"Brazil's reaction is one more sign of deteriorating relations between the United States and Latin America's most populous nation."
"Brazil, a country of 170 million, traditionally has enjoyed warm relations with the United States. But President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva harshly criticized the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, and the Brazilian media recently have taken a more hostile view of the United States."
"In September, Brazil led a revolt by developing nations that caused U.S.-led global trade talks to collapse." 1-04
- -11-18-04 Study: Irregularities in Voting in Florida Certain (CommonDreams.com - UC Berkeley, Michael Hout)
"Irregularities associated with electronic voting machines may have awarded 130,000 excess votes or more to President George W. Bush in Florida."
"Compared to counties with paper ballots, counties with electronic voting machines were significantly more likely to show increases in support for President Bush between 2000 and 2004. This effect cannot be explained by differences between counties in income, number of voters, change in voter turnout, or size of Hispanic/Latino population."
"In Broward County alone, President Bush appears to have received approximately 72,000 excess votes. We can be 99.9% sure that these effects are not attributable to chance." 11-04
- Rodents (Wikipedia.org)
"The order Rodentia is the most numerous of all the branches on the mammal family tree. Currently there are, depending on the authority consulted, between 2000 and 3000 species of rodent—roughly half of all mammal species. Rodents are found in vast numbers on all continents (they are the only placental order other than the bats to reach Australia without human introduction), most islands, and in all habitats bar the oceans."
"Most rodents are small. The tiny African Pygmy Mouse is only 6 cm in length and 7 grams in weight. On the other hand, the Capybara can weigh up to 45 kg (100 pounds) and the extinct Phoberomys pattersoni is believed to have weighed 700 kg."
"Rodents have two incisors in the upper as well as in the lower jaw which grow continuously and must be kept worn down by gnawing; this is the origin of the name, from the Latin rodere, to gnaw." 12-04
- John Paul II - The Authoritarian Pope (Alternet.org)
"John Paul II took an institution just beginning to throw off the chains of centuries of insularity and autocracy and to be plain speaking, reshaped it into what can only be described as a totalitarian institution."
"In 1958 Pope John XXIII assumed the papacy. Within months he called for an 'aggiornamiento,' a 'bringing up to date' of the church. Church services began to be conducted in native languages. Priests and nuns and laity were given more participation and authority."
"Pope John XXIII died shortly after Vatican II convened. But the reforms he nurtured took root and flowered under his successor. Journalist Gwynne Dyer recently recalled his impressions after visiting Catholic churches around the world in 1978 in preparation for a televised documentary. 'In southern Africa, Catholics were playing a leading role in resistance to apartheid. In Latin America, the phenomenon of 'liberation theology' was reconnecting the church with the impoverished peasant millions whom it had long ignored. In Europe and North America, the old hierarchies were all under challenge, but especially the hierarchy of gender. Justice and equality were the themes and the energy was astonishing."
" 'Twenty-five years later,' Dyer sadly observes, 'it is all gone.' "
"John Paul II attended the Vatican Council meetings in the 1960s and opposed the changes. Upon taking office he undertook to reverse them. To achieve this goal he dramatically centralized and exercised powers."
"In the 1980s French theologican Marie-Dominique Chenu put it bluntly. John Paul harkens back to the 'prototype of the church as an absolute monarchy.' " 4-05
- Pope Benedict XVI (BBC News)
Provides a profile of Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI. "As one of the most influential men in the Vatican, he presided over the Pope's funeral earlier this month and was said to be among the pontiff's closest friends."
"Cardinal Ratzinger has been head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - formerly known as the Holy Office of the Inquisition - since 1981."
"One of his first campaigns was against liberation theology, which had gained ground among priests in Latin America and elsewhere as a means of involving the Church in social activism and human rights issues."
"He has described homosexuality as a 'tendency' towards an 'intrinsic moral evil'. During the US election campaign, he called for pro-choice politicians to be denied Communion. 4-05
- Pope Benedict XVI - Challenges for the New Pope (CNN News)
" 'One issue that the new pope should face is the problem on terrorism and the reasons for its being,' said Fernando Flores of the Philippines. 'I hope that the new pope may cause its downfall the way Pope John Paul II did with communism -- in a way that speaks with love, understanding and non-violence.' "
"Another common theme was the problem of poverty and addressing the economic divide between the developed world and the third world. This issue could be a critical one for the next pope, as church attendance has dropped off in the United States and Europe in recent decades and the Catholic Church has seen most of its recent growth come in Africa and Latin America."
" 'The next pope's biggest problem, I think, is the secularization of the developed world. Europeans are turning away from religion altogether. A new chapter will begin in the religious world with the election of a new pope,' wrote Aaron Kinney, from Los Angeles, California. 'Will he bring Europe back to religion or will Europe continue to snub the church?' " 4-05
- Pope Benedict XVI - What's in a Name (CBS News)
"Pope Benedict had the option to pick from any of his 264 predecessors, use his own first name or come up with something new."
"Vatican-watchers will read the choice like tea leaves offering clues to the spirit of the new papacy."Benedict comes from the Latin word for 'blessing.' "
"The last pope to choose the name — Benedict the 15th — served during World War One and was credited with settling animosity between traditionalists and modernists." 4-05
- Pope Benedict XVI (Wikipedia.org)
"His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: Benedictus PP. XVI), born Joseph Alois Ratzinger [1] (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:De-Joseph_Kardinal_Ratzinger.ogg) on April 16, 1927 in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria, Germany, was elected the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church on April 19, 2005. By virtue of his office, he is the Sovereign of the Vatican City State, and is also styled the Holy Father by Catholics. He will be formally installed as the new pontiff during the Mass of Papal Installation on April 24, 2005, although he officially became pope and Bishop of Rome the moment he accepted his election in the conclave." 4-05
- Gerson, Perez - Peace Hero (MyHero.com)
"Pérez and I met at the Hague Appeal Conference for Peace. He sold buttons for six weeks to raise the money needed for him and his father to attend. Since then, Pérez has been very successful in his outstanding and humble efforts in fighting against antipersonal landmines, which are a continuing threat to the residents of Colombia (see communiqué below)."
"Pérez and the Children's Movement for Peace were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999, a few years after being awarded the National Peace Award from a pool of nominees that included bishops, NGOs and community leaders. Over the years, Pérez has met with three Latin American presidents, various ministers and ambassadors, Queen Noor of Jordan, Netherland´s Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureates Rigoberta Menchú and Jody Williams. Pérez was the first child to speak before the Colombian Congress." 7-05
- Freire, Paulo (Infed.org)
"Perhaps the most influential thinker about education in the late twentieth century, Paulo Freire has been particularly popular with informal educators with his emphasis on dialogue and his concern for the oppressed."
"Paulo Freire (1921 - 1997), the Brazilian educationalist, has left a significant mark on thinking about progressive practice. His Pedagogy of the Oppressed is currently one of the most quoted educational texts (especially in Latin America, Africa and Asia). Freire was able to draw upon, and weave together, a number of strands of thinking about educational practice and liberation." 9-05
- Freire, Paulo (Daniel Schugurensky)
"Indeed, Freire provided one of the most creative syntheses of twentieth century adult educational theory, in which he articulated a language of critique and a language of possibility at a time when it was most needed, particularly in Latin America." 9-05
- Palau, Luis (ABC News)
"Some believe that Palau, who is already known as the Billy Graham of Latin America, may take over the mantle of America's leading evangelist." 10-05
- -11-05-05 Bush Leaves Rocky Summit (USA Today)
"President Bush left the Summit of the Americas Saturday with no more than he expected: a cold shoulder from some Latin American leaders, no consensus on a free trading bloc for the hemisphere and biting criticism from anti-U.S. protesters and Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez." 11-05
- -11-05-05 Argentines Not Supportive of Bush (Christian Science Monitor)
"President George Bush finds little respect in Argentina. In some ways, the Guevara comparison is unfair. History hasn't judged Bush yet, and analysts here note that Argentina's favorite son benefits from a mythological status that allows vendors to sell Che T-shirts for $40 in London and New York. But there are revealing distinctions about Latin Americans' views of the freedom each symbolizes." 'What about Iraq, which Bush describes as a war of liberation from a detested dictator? 'He did that for the oil,' says the affable vendor. 'Surely people in America know that.' " 11-05
- Nebulae (Wikipedia.org)
"A nebula (Latin: "mist"; pl. nebulae) is an interstellar cloud of dust, gas and plasma. Originally nebula was a general name for any extended astronomical object, including galaxies beyond the Milky Way (some examples of the older usage survive; for example, the Andromeda Galaxy is sometimes referred to as the Andromeda Nebula)." Also spelled "nebulas." 01-06
- What Is a Nebula? (ASK and Astronomer for Kids)
"A nebula is a cloud of gas and dust in space. Some nebulas are regions where new stars are being formed, while others are the remains of dead or dying stars. Nebulas come in many different shapes and sizes. There are four main types of nebulas: Planetary nebulas, Reflection nebulas, Emission nebulas, and Absorption nebulas. The word nebula comes from the Latin word for cloud." Also spelled "nebulas." 01-06
- -01-15-05 Chile Elects First Female President (CNN News)
"A socialist doctor and former political prisoner was elected as the country’s first female president on Sunday, with her conservative multimillionaire opponent conceding defeat in a race that reflected Latin America's increasingly leftward tilt." 01-06
- Tyrannosaurus rex (FieldMuseum.org)
"Tyrannosaurus rex (ty-RAN-o-sawr-us) meaning "king tyrant lizard" because of its size and large teeth and claws (Greek tyrannos = 'tyrant' + sauros = 'lizard'; Latin rex = 'king'), also known colloquially as 'T. rex' and 'The King of the Dinosaurs', was a giant carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Upper Maastrichtian, the last stage of the Cretaceous period, 68–65 million years ago." 02-06
- -03-15-06 Mexico Makes "Huge" Oil Find (BBC News)
"Mexican President Vicente Fox has announced the discovery of a new deep-water oil field, which is believed to contain 10bn barrels of crude."
"With at least 3.4m barrels per day, Mexico is Latin America's largest crude producer ahead of Venezuela and Brazil, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA)."
"The oil industry provides one third of the Mexican state income. More than half the crude extracted is exported, mainly to the United States." 03-06
- -04-01-06 Immigrants Rally in New York (ABC News)
"Thousands of immigrants and their supporters chanted, blew whistles and waved flags from dozens of Latin American countries on Saturday as they marched across the Brooklyn Bridge in support of immigrant rights."
"The House of Representatives passed a bill last December that defines illegal aliens as felons and calling for the construction of a 700-mile (1,120-km) fence along the U.S.-Mexico border."
"The Senate is debating an alternative that provides a way for temporary workers as well as illegal immigrants to eventually become U.S. citizens, as well as toughen workplace enforcement of immigration rules. It also creates a new guest worker program pushed by President George W. Bush." 04-06
- Ides of March History (Wikipedia.org)
"In the Roman calendar, the Ides of March fell on the 15th day of the Roman month of Martius. The word ides comes from a Latin word that means 'to divide': The ides were simply the middle of the month." 04-06
- -04-10-06 Immigration and Spirituality (MSNBC News)
Newsweek interviewed Alex Avila, "the senior producer of LatinoUSA, a nationally syndicated English language radio program produced in Austin, Texas, and distributed by National Public Radio."
"The legislation brought a sense of urgency in the immigrant community and the students have been waiting for something like this to energize them. And since the Senate didn’t do anything last week, I think there's a sense of urgency still. I don't expect these marches to disappear in the next week. It's Holy week [for Catholics] this week, so they expect to have it off, and I think they'll tie the spiritual and the political." 04-06
- -04-29-06 May 1 Is Migrant Boycott Day (ABC News)
"Pro-immigration activists say a national boycott and marches planned for May 1 will flood America's streets with millions of Latinos to demand amnesty for illegal immigrants and shake the ground under Congress as it debates reform." 04-06
- Principia Mathematica (Wikipedia.org)
"The Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Latin: "mathematical principles of natural philosophy", often Principia or Principia Mathematica for short) is a three-volume work by Isaac Newton published on July 5, 1687. It contains the statement of Newton's laws of motion forming the foundation of classical mechanics as well as his law of universal gravitation. He derives Kepler's laws for the motion of the planets (which were first obtained empirically)." 06-06
- England - Magna Carta (Wikipedia.org)
"Magna Carta (Latin for "Great Charter", literally "Great Paper"), also called Magna Carta Libertatum ("Great Charter of Freedoms"), is an English charter originally issued in 1215. Magna Carta is the most significant early influence on the long historical process that led to the rule of constitutional law today. Magna Carta was originally created because of disagreements between the Pope, King John and his English barons about the rights of the King. Magna Carta required the king to renounce certain rights, respect certain legal procedures and accept that the will of the king could be bound by law." 07-06
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