The home page lists 7 links to free reports and articles written during the previous 30 days. Another source for online news is CNN . You can also access this list of links for the previous 5 days. The Information Services Latin America is a professional news and reference service that provides a comprehensive overview of U.S. and British media coverage on Latin America as it happens. ISLA offers feature coverage, current events, project information, and links.
Feature coverage focuses on a different Latin American or Caribbean country.
Its current feature deals with Brazil and offers links to such articles on the Landless Workers Movement, the World Bank and its impact on the Agrarian Reform in Brazil, and the WTO and its impact on the Brazilian Amazon. There is an Action Alert link that describes for instance how Northern Brazil has been hit by one of the most severe droughts in recent memory. There is information for you and your students to learn how to help. The link for current events takes you to a concise and critical overview of current events in Latin America as covered by U.S. and British press on a monthly basis. ISLA's mission is to promote a more equitable relationship between North and South by providing greater access to the U.S. public record on Latin America.