From: valderru@IRIT.FR
Newsgroups: soc.culture.spain
Subject: GUIDE TO LATIN AMERICAN NETWORKS #24 -General
Date: 19 Nov 1992 02:58:18 -0600
Organization: ESPANA-L - soc.culture.spain Gateway
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Hola,

para quienes pedian informacion sobre listas de discusion latinoamericanas,
aqui les comunico esta guia que me ha sido de mucha utilidad. Tal vez exista
una version mas reciente de la misma, la estoy buscando...


Alberto Valderruten Vidal                                valderru@irit.fr
Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse
Universite Paul Sabatier
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Article: 3228 of soc.culture.latin-america
Newsgroups: soc.culture.latin-america
Subject: GUIDE TO LATIN AMERICAN NETWORKS #24 -General

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#       A GUIDE TO THE LATIN-AMERICAN MAILING LISTS No. 24-G          #
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                       Date: January 8, 1992


NOTE TO THE ADMINISTRATORS: I have sent this guide (two files) to you
and/or your mailing list. Please, make this information available to
the members of your list. Thanks!


                           INTRODUCTION

You will find here electronic mail addresses and information that will
help you to locate and subscribe to the latin american mailing list of
your choice. The members are people that have a common national origin
or an interest in that particular region. They exchange information and
news, and discuss about topics such as politics, gourmet food, traveling,
and many matters of daily life. They also serve for professional exchange
or just to make new friends. A similar guide exists for mailing lists with
more specific or professional purposes, covering topics such as computer
networks, health science, physical science, and so on.

You should write to the appropriate e-mail to subscribe or get more
information. Please, DO NOT SEND ME REQUESTS FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS! I do not
administrate any mailing list. Membership in these lists is subject to the
approval by their administrators.

Some lists use LISTSERVERS. This is mentioned in the Service line.
The name of the listserver is in parentheses next to the word Listserver.
If you do not know how to use a listserver, simple instructions are given
in the Appendix at the end of this file.

The mailing lists listed here are non-commercial (free access) and one
member volunteers to administrate a list. For more information about the
regulations concerning electronic mail, please refer to the appropriate
documents in the public directories of your system or ask your system
manager.

For each entry, you will find:

1. the region covered by the list;
2. a short description of its purpose and interests;
3. the type of list (mailing, listserver, etc.);
4. the e-mail addresses to contact the list;
5. the status to date (active-planned-unknown);
6. additional information, such as the dominant language or membership.

Please, send any corrections or additions to the address below.

Pedro Saizar
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Astronomy Department
The Ohio State University              Internet: saizar@osu.edu
Columbus, OH 43210-1106                Bitnet:   pedro@ohstpy
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                             INDEX


                #       Topic          List name

                01.1    Argentina      Argentina
                02.1    Bolivia        Llajat
                03.1    Brasil         Bras-net
                03.2    Brasil         UFRJ-NCEN
                03.3    Brasil         .BR domain
                03.4    Brasil         Padais
                04.1    Caribe
                05.1    Central Amer.  CentAm-L
                06.1    Chile          Chile-l
                07.1    Colombia       Colext
                08.1    Ecuador        Ecuador
                09.1    Iberoamerica   Iberian_issues
                10.1    Latinamerica   LASNET
                10.2    Latinamerica   USENET News
                11.1    Mexico         Mexico-l
                11.2    Mexico         Mexico-d
                11.3    Mexico         Mexico
                12.1    Panama         Panama
                13.1    Peru           Peru
                14.1    Puerto Rico    PR
                15.1    Uruguay        Uruguay
                16.1    USA            MCRL-L
                17.1    Venezuela      Venezuela

                Appendix: Listservers

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G-01.1 ***** ARGENTINA

1. Cultural/geographical region: ARGENTINA

2. Description: Mailing list for general discussion and information.
By joining you can learn about how to make empanadas, discuss on how
to 'cebar un buen mate', and of course, on how to solve Argentina's
most outstanding problems. To join send name, e-mail, phone number,
address, and topics of interest.

3. Service: mailing list

4. E-mail addresses:

-Subscriptions, information: argentina-request@asterix.eng.buffalo.edu
-Messages to members: argentina@asterix.eng.buffalo.edu
                      (and various subgroups)
-Administrator: Jorge Gatica (argentina-request@asterix.eng.buffalo.edu)

5. Status: ACTIVE

6. Additional information: dominant language, Spanish; membership, 450.
An additional address is used to send and receive news (such as newspaper
news): argentina-noticias@ois.db.toronto.edu. Messages are delivered in
two ways: standard, and daily digest.

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G-02.1 BOLIVIA

1. Cultural/geographical region: Bolivia

2. Description: Mailing list for general discussion and information.
Please write to the administrator for registration procedures.
The list is named "Llajta".

3. Service: mailing list.

4. E-mail addresses:

-Subscription, information: readingj@cerf.net
-Messages to the members: readingj@cerf.net
                          (write "Bol.:" in the subject line)
-Administrator: readinggj@cerf.net

5. Status: Presumably active since 9/1991

6. Additional information: Dominant language, spanish. Membership includes
people in Bolivia.

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G-03.1 ***** BRASIL

1. Cultural/geographical region: BRASIL

2. Description: Mailing list for general discussion and information.
To join send name, e-mail, phone number, address, and topics of
interest.

3. Service: mailing list.

4. E-mail addresses:

-Subscription, information:
   Non-european users: bras-net-request@cs.ucla.EDU
   European users: bras-net-request@uk.ac.man.cs
-Messages to the members:
   Non-european users: bras-net@lanai.cs.ucla.EDU
   European users: bras-net@uk.ac.man.cs
-Administrators:
   Non-european: B. R. Araujo Neto <rosa@lanai.cs.ucla.edu>
   European: Alvaro Garcia Neto <brazil@cs.man.ac.uk>

5. Status: ACTIVE

6. Additional information: Portuguese is the main language. There are 700
subscribers in the American branch, 300 subscribers in the European branch.

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G-03.2 ***** BRASIL

1. Geographical/cultural region: BRASIL

2. Description: A news service called Jornal Eletronico UFRJ-NCE Noticias.

3. Service: Listserver (UFRJNCEN).

4. E-mail addresses:

4.1. Subscriptions, information: listserv@ufrj.bitnet
4.2. Messages to the members: (ask for information)
4.3. Administrator: Sergio Guedes (nco20001@ufrj.bitnet).

5. Status: UNKNOWN

6. Additional Information:

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G-03.3 ***** BRASIL

1. Cultural/geographical region: BRASIL

2. Description: More brazilian mailing lists, and brazilian network
information can be found in this mailserver. Most of them are within
the .BR domain in Internet.

3. Service: A mailserver. Send e-mail to the address below with the
following command in the body of the message: LISTS

4. E-mail addresses:

-Information: mailserv@brfapesp.bitnet
-Messages to the members: not applicable
-Administrator: (gomide@brfapesp.bitnet)

5. Status: ACTIVE

6. Additional information: this is not a regular mailing list, but an
information source on them. Please write to the administrator for more
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G-03.4 ***** BRAZIL

1. Cultural/geographical region: BRAZIL/PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE

2. Description: A mailing list for distribution of jokes in Portuguese.

3. Service: Listserver (PIADAS)

4. E-mail addresses:

-Subscription/information: listserv@pccvm.bitnet
-Messages to the members:  piadas@pccvm.bitnet
-Administrator: Walter Morales (morales@ohsu.edu or walter@rain.com)

5. Status: ACTIVE

6. Additional information: Active since Feb. 91. Portuguese language.
Membership, near 200 members.

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G-04.1 ***** CARIBE

2. Description: See PUERTO RICO on the professional list. See LATINAMERICA.

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G-05.1 ***** CENTRAL AMERICA

1. Cultural/geographical region: CENTRAL AMERICA

2. Description: a mailing list for general discussions and exchange of
information.

3. Service: listserver (CentAm-L)

4. E-mail addresses:

-Subscriptions/information: listserv@ubvm.bitnet
-Messages to the members:   centam-l@ubvm.bitnet
-Administrator: unknown

5. Status: ACTIVE

6. Additional information:

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G-06.1 ***** CHILE

1. Cultural/geographical region: CHILE

2. Description: A mailing list for general discussions and exchange of
information.

3. Service: Listserver (CHILE-L)

4. E-mail addresses:

-Subscription/information: listserv@purccvm.bitnet
-Messages to the members: chile-l@purccvm.bitnet
-Administrator: Antonio Mladinic (mladinic@purccvm.bitnet;
                aa4@mentor.cc.purdue.edu)

5. Status: ACTIVE

6. Additional information:

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G-07.1 ***** COLOMBIA

 >1. Cultural/geographical region: COLOMBIA

 >2. Description: A mailing list for general discussions and information
 >exchange. To subscribe please send full name.

 >3. Service: Listserver (colext)

 >4. E-mail addresses: colext@andescol.bitnet

-Subscriptions/information: listserv@andescol.bitnet
-Messages to the members: colext@andescol.bitnet
-Administrator: Jaime Bonilla (jbonilla@andescol.bitnet)

5. Status: ACTIVE

6. Additional Information: Membership, over 270. Members send news and
information about Colombia.

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G-08.1 ***** ECUADOR

1. Cultural/geographical region: ECUADOR

2. Description: a mailing list for general discussions and information.

3. Service: mailing list

4. E-mail adresses:

-Subscriptions/information: ecuador@ners6k1.ncsu.edu
-Messages to the members:   ecuador@ners6k1.ncsu.edu
-Administrator: G. Ivan Maldonado (ivan@neptj.ncsu.edu)

5. Status: ACTIVE

6. Additional information:

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G-09.1 ***** IBEROAMERICA

1. Cultural/geographical region: LATINAMERICA, SPAIN, PORTUGAL

2. Description: A public bulletin board on general discussions about
iberoamerica.

3. Service: This is NOT a listserver. To subscribe send the following
message to the address given in 4.1.:
            BBBOARD SUBSCRIBE IBERIAN_ISSUES <your name>.

4. E-mail addresses:

-Subscriptions/information: nicbbs@bitnic.bitnet
-Messages to the members: (request for information)
-Administrator: nicbbs@bitnic.bitnet

5. Status: UNKNOWN

6. Additional information: this list was previously located at
umnews@maine.bitnet (I have no information about its present status).

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G-10.1 ***** LATIN AMERICA

1. Cultural/geographical region: LATINAMERICA

2. Description: a mailing list for general discussions and exchange of
information on Latinamerica. Provided by the Institute of Latinamerican
Studies at the University of Texas. To subscribe, please send name,
institutional affiliation, address, phone, e-mail and topics of interest.

3. Service: Mailing list.

4. E-mail addresses:

-Subscriptions/information: lasnet-request@emx.utexas.edu
-Messages to the members: lasnet@emx.utexas.edu
                      or: lasnet@utxvm.bitnet
-Administrator: Ning Lin (ilasut@emx.utexas.edu)

5. Status: ACTIVE

6. Additional information:

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G-10.2 ***** LATIN AMERICA

1. Cultural/geographical region: LATINAMERICA

2. Descripiton: This is a newsgroup in USENET News. Its name is:

                    soc.culture.latin-america

The News ("rn" for UNix users), is a collection of public bulletin boards
of local and international distribution. It is divided in topics of
interest, called 'newsgroups', and users can read or post articles related
to the subject of the group.

3. Service: public access bulletin boards on Internet.  To find out if
your system receive this facility, the best way is to ASK YOUR SYSTEM
MANAGER. Please do NOT send me mail about this.

4. E-mail addresses: none.

5. Status: ACTIVE

6. Additional information: postings are mostly in English and Spanish.
Other newsgroups, such as rec.music.afro-latin, soc.politics,
rec.sport.soccer, rec.travel, and others might be of interest to
latinamericans as well. Soc.culture.latin-america offers a good forum
for intercultural discussions, and it is also a source of information
for non-latinamericans.

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G-11.1 ***** MEXICO

1. Cultural/geographical region: MEXICO

2. Description: a list for general discussions on Mexico.

3. Service: Listserver (MEXICO-L)

4. E-mail addresses:

-Subscripitons/information: listserv@tecmtyvm.bitnet;
                        or: listserv@tecmtyvm.mty.itesm.mx
-Messages to the members: mexico-l@tecmtyvm.bitnet
-Administrator: Guillermo Rosas (PL335466@tecmtyvm.bitnet)

5. Status: ACTIVE

6. Additional information:

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G-11.2 ***** MEXICO

1. Cultural/geographical region: MEXICO

2. Description: a distribution (not discussion) mailing list with news
on Mexico.

3. Service: Listserver (MEXICO-D)

4. E-mail addresses:

-Subscripitons/information: listserv@tecmtyvm.bitnet;
                        or: listserv@tecmtyvm.mty.itesm.mx
-Messages to the members: (request information)
-Administrator: Guillermo Rosas (PL335466@tecmtyvm.bitnet)
                Gustavo Cordoba (PL158305@tecmtyvm.bitnet)

5. Status: UNKNOWN

6. Additional information: this list is probably NOT LONGER ACTIVE. Check
with the administrator.
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G-11.3 ***** MEXICO

1. Cultural/geographical region: MEXICO

2. Description: a news bulletin about Mexico, and located in Mexico City.

3. Service: Listserver (MEXICO)

4. E-mail addresses:

-Subscriptions/information: listsev@vmtecmex.bitnet
                        or: listserv@vmtecmex.cem.itesm.mx
-Messages to the members: mexico@vmtecmex.bitnet
-Administrator: Guillermo Rosas M. (pl335466@tecmtyvm.bitnet;
                koala@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx)

5. Status: PLANNED

6. Additional information: it is planned to be in Spanish language.
Please write the administrator for updated information.

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G-12.1 ***** PANAMA

1. Cultural/geographical region: Panama

2. Description: A list for general discussions and information exchange.
To subscribe, please send name, e-mail, topics of interest, address and
phone number. A regular news service  from Panama is also being setup.

3. Service: mailing list

4. E-mail addresses:

-Subscriptions/information: barreraa@lamar.colostate.edu
-Messages to the members: panama@lamar.colostate.edu
-Administrator: Azael Barrera (barreraa@lamar.colostate.edu)

5. Status: ACTIVE (Jan. 1, 1992)

6. Additional information: dominant language, Spanish. Includes two forms
of delivery: regular, and digest (once a week).

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G-13.1 ***** PERU

1. Cultural/geographical region: PERU.

2. Description: mailing list for general discussions, cultural exchange,
news, etc.

3. Service: Mailing list.

4. E-mail addresses:

-Suscriptions/Information: owner-peru@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
-Messages to the members: peru@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
-Administrators: Ivan Cavero Belaunde (captkidd@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
                 Carlos Reategui (tbandit@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)

5. Status: ACTIVE

6. Additional information: dominant language, spanish. Membership, about
100, by May 20, 1990.

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G-14.1 ***** PUERTO RICO

1. Cultural/geographical region: Puerto Rico

2. Description: a list for general discussions on Puerto Rico

3. Service: Listserver (PR)

4. E-mail addresses:

   - Subscriptions: LISTSERV@ENLACE.BITNET
   - Messages to other members: PR@ENLACE.BITNET
   - Administrator: A_FIGUEROA@RACIN.CLU.NET

5. Status: INACTIVE


6. Aditional information: Dominant language, Spanish. The list is managed
by RACIN (National Academic Scientific and Research Network of Puerto Rico)

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G-15.1 ***** URUGUAY

1. Cultural/geographical region: URUGUAY

2. Description: A mailing list for general discussions and information.
To subscribe, please send name, e-mail, topics of interest, and
(optionally), address and phone number.

3. Service: A mailing list

4. E-mail adresses:

-Subscriptions/information: uruguay-request@db.toronto.edu
-Messages to the members: uruguay-afuera@db.toronto.edu
-Administrators: technical,  Mariano Consens (consens@db.toronto.edu)
                 general, Alfredo Viola (aviola@watdragon.waterloo.edu)

5. Status: ACTIVE

6. Additional information:  dominant language, Spanish. Membership, about
100, by August 20, 1990. The list is divided in groups (politics,
culture...). Information with Uruguay is exchanged.

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G-16.1 ***** UNITED STATES

1. Cultural/geographical region: USA (Midwest), Hispanics (as defined in
the USA).

2. Description: The Midwest Consortium for Latino Research (MCLR) is
committed to the proliferation of research on and by Latinos in the
Midwest. Please write for more information on the goals of this
institution.

3. Service:  Listserver (MCLR-L)

4. E-mail addresses:

-Subscriptions/information:  listserv@msu.bitnet
-Messages to the members:    MCLR-L@msu.bitnet
-Administrator:  Ramiro Mungia Gonzales (ramirog@msu.bitnet)

5. Status: Active

6. Additional information:  The dominant language is English, however,
Spanish contributions are strongly encouraged. Membership, near 100.
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G-17.1 ***** VENEZUELA

1. Cultural/geographical region: VENEZUELA

2. Description: A list for general discussions and information exchange.
To subscribe, please send name, e-mail, topics of interest, and (option-
ally) address and phone number. The list is informally called "Atarraya".

3. Service: mailing list

4. E-mail addresses:

-Subscriptions/information: venezuela-request@athena.mit.edu
-Messages to the members: venezuela@athena.mit.edu
-Administrator: Rafael Fuentes

5. Status: ACTIVE

6. Additional information: dominant language, Spanish; membership, about
150.

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Appendix: LISTSERVERS

Some lists use listservers, programs that need instructions from the user
to receive or distribute information. The user can use the listserver by
sending e-mail with "commands" that are acceptable to the program. For
instance, to subscribe and get help from the MEXICO-L listserver, send
e-mail to listserv@tecmtyvm.bitnet, including as text of the mail these
lines:

SUB MEXICO-L <your full name>
HELP

to quit the list send e-mail to that address with this command:

SIGNOFF.

To send messages to the members, you need to send your mail to the address
served by the listserver. The "username" is given in parentheses in the
Service line (item 3). In our case, the e-mail address is:
mexico-l@tecmtyvm.bitnet

All listservers work in the same way. Read the instructions you will
receive to learn new commands and procedures. If you have problems using
this facility contact your system manager or the appropriate administrator.

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