Latin American & Caribbean History

While I have never heard of this site before, the article is written well by author Andres Oppenheimer who is a Miami Herald syndicated columnist and a member of The Miami Herald team that won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize. There are no spelling errors, and the information is organized in a logical manner. He sites outside sources, and structures his ideas well. All this leads me to believe this is credible source.

The author of this article, J. Preston Whitt, is a research associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs in Washington, D.C, according to verifiable sources. This article is informative and has lots of useful information about both the past and present of socialism, as well as an extremely current date stamp and verified sources that are cited in a biography with an external link. It is organized and flows nicely, and has links to other reputable sources with similar topics.

There is a clear author, and the website looks like the site of a fairly legitimate magazine, "The American." The information has no basic errors, and while it is clearly an opinion piece, the facts check out against other sites I saw. The article was published in 2009, and it covers a good scope.

The article has two very clear authors, each with a mini bio to establish their credentials. There are no basic errors but there is no indication as to where they got their facts, and it is clearly presented as an opinion piece. The scope of the info is good, but it isn't current as it was published in 2001.

Upon first glance, this article seems very informative because it uses quotations and even provides a video companion. However upon closer review, I realized that the author's name is not published, which raises concerns about the legitimacy of the article. The news shown elsewhere on the site was relevant and current, which caused me to trust its credibility in the end. The author clearly supports the Chilean miners and the government's efforts to save them. Also, the article was written a couple of days ago, meaning it is up to date and can be relied on.

While this source has no specific author, it is published on a notoriously reliable source The Economist. The article outlines where Latin America falls short in its economic growth, and reason why it continues to do so. It contains informative bar graphs which are a nice addition help illustrate the article's objectives.

Karl Penhual, the co-author of this article, is a very respected video journalist for CNN. He is a regular on Anderson Cooper 360 and search results show he is well-known by many news sources. The article is mainly factual, but the authors do use direct quotations from the miners, showing concrete evidence and giving substance to the story. Given CNN tries to remain unbiased, the article does not give any opinions on the story, meaning little personal bias is visible.

The author is Claire Suddath and she is credible as she write for Time Magazine. There are no spelling errors, and the history is very reliable, plus more information that I did not know. The author's goal is to present information on Cuba's past and how it relates to Obama's actions regarding Cuba. This is a semi-recent article from April 15, 2009, and it offers a good amount of information. It dips into important details, but is not bogged down and provides an easy to read brief history.

The article comes from the Huffington Post, a fairly legitimate site, but there is no clear indication of author. The article contains legitimate information as well, no spelling/grammar mistakes and it has links to other sources like the Wall Street Journal and CNN which verify the information presented. The article is essentially the facts on Obama's policy overhaul. The article is from 2009, right after the information was published from the government. All links are current and up to date. There is enough coverage for an understanding of the issue, plus links to longer articles on other websites.

This article tells the story of a man who went to Cuba to help religious groups. He is being detained because of insufficient paperwork, and it talks about how this is causing tension between Cuba and the Obama Administration. It also discusses whether he is a threat, and the kind of social and political rules Cuba employs.

Although in Spanish, this website is like the cnn equivalent for Colombia.

Current events on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Informative, clear, and up-to-date news about the Americas.

even with a progressive government, Bolivia endures contradictory social struggles.

great selection of articles on current events in Latin America

Blog from Octavo Cerco in Cuba

Article source for my current event blog post; British priest Paul McAuley on thin ice with Peruvian government for environmentalist efforts.

A way to put faces with the trapped Chilean miners.

decent WIkipedia article

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That means that if all goes well, everything will be in place at midnight Tuesday to begin pulling the men out of their subterranean purgatory