Latin American, Latinx and Caribbean Studies: Data

Annual public opinion survey related to all countries in Latin America, 1995-2013

LAPOP conducts surveys of public opinion in the Americas. Every two years it carries out the AmericasBarometer survey, which currently covers 26 nations including all of North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.

The Insights Series provides short, pithy analysis of key, policy relevant data gathered by the AmericasBarometer. Normally released every two weeks, the studies are written mainly by LAPOP scholars and graduate students.

The database covers the interval between 1848 and 2014, including population censuses, age-specific (five year and single year age groups) total death counts (starting in 1900), and by causes of deaths (starting in 1945). It contains over 170 years of data, including adjusted life tables and a total of about 500 life tables.

This resource, a joint project of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), tracks and documents international assistance for citizen security in Central America.

Cuban census data from the Oficina Nacional de Estadística e Información (ONEI)

The Political Database of the Americas (PDBA) is a non-governmental project that provides centralized and systematized information about institutions and political processes, national constitutions, branches of government, elections, political constitutional studies and other subjects related to the strengthening of democracy in the region.

CEPALSTAT is the gateway to all the statistical information of Latin America and the Caribbean countries collected, systematized and published by ECLAC. Country and regional data available.

Source for articles and statistics on population, health, migration, etc. concerning Latin America

Gateway to selection of Latin American government and law-related websites.

Contains web archives of presidential speeches and ministerial documents from 18 Latin American countries.

Selected digitized State Department records

A digital facsimile of the Foreign Relations of the United States series, the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication. Good primary resource for US foreign policy on Cuba.

Original documents related to the Colombian peace process, from 1982-present.

The OAS publishes many of its official publications, studies and reports on its website.

From The Economist (Intelligence Unit), reports about countries in the Americas, including country profiles, economic summaries, and recent related analysis.

Source for national and local election statistics.

Launched in 1998 through a grant from USAID and currently funded by the same, ElectionGuide is the most comprehensive and timely source of verified election information available online.

The texts of Latin American constitutions, both historical and present-day.

The Economic Commission for Latin America ECLAC - or in Spanish, CEPAL - is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations. It was founded with the purpose of contributing to the economic development of Latin America, coordinating actions directed towards this end, and reinforcing economic ties among countries and with other nations of the world. The website hosts reports and other sources of information.

Short articles in English on political and social affairs in Latin America and the Caribbean. Publisher of biweekly newsletter "Washington report on the hemisphere"

Monthly report on environmental issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. Search for articles on your topic or browse issues in the archive. Also contains contact information for environmental organizations (governmental and NGOs) in Latin America.