Research Guides: *Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies (LACLS): News and Primary Sources

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U.S. Hispanic Newsstream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
U.S. Hispanic Newsstream offers access to the largest collection of leading Hispanic newspapers, news wires, websites and blogs in full text from U.S. publishers in both Spanish and English including El Diario/La Prensa (New York City), La Opinión (Los Angeles), La Prensa (San Antonio) and El Mundo (Cambridge, Mass.).
Latin American Newsstream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Local, national, and regional news from Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Costa Rica, Peru, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. Provides newspapers in Spanish and Portuguese, such as El Universal (México); O Globo (Brasil); La Nación (Argentina); y El Mercurio (Chile).
El Caribe Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
Published in Santo Domingo, El Caribe (The Caribbean) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper and one of the Dominican Republic's most influential and longest-running newspapers. Includes material from the mid-1950s to today.
World Newspaper Archive: Latin American Newspapers (1805-1922) This link opens in a new window
Collection of historical Latin American newspapers, 1805-1922. Titles in Spanish, English, and Portuguese.

More News Sources

Boston Globe (1980-Present) This link opens in a new window
Full-text coverage of the Boston Globe, 1980 to present.
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Newspapers, magazines, and journals from American ethnic and native communities, covering 1960 to the present.
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text news, business, industry and legal information from major newspapers and magazines.
New York Times Digital Edition This link opens in a new window
Free access to The New York Times website. The Library's academic site license include access through mobile apps. More information and directions for setting up and renewing your academic account.

Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC)
An open-access, cooperative digital library for resources from and about the Caribbean. The largest repository of rare books, manuscripts, maps, and scientific data that focuses exclusively on the circum-Caribbean region. Hosts content from national libraries and archives of over 70 partner institutions.
Latin American and Caribbean Digital Primary Sources (SALALM)
This is a guide to digital collections pertaining to Latin America and the Caribbean which are hosted by various university and research libraries. Useful for identifying primary source collections that have been digitized and are available online; not as useful for searching by topic or keyword.
Latin American Pamphlets
A digital collection of Latin American pamphlets published during the 19th and the early 20th centuries collected by Harvard. They document the emergence of the Latin American colonies as independent states, and illuminate many aspects of their populations' social and cultural life.

Latinx Thought and Culture: The NPR Archive, 1979-1990 This link opens in a new window
Showcases two radio programs: the weekly Spanish-language "Enfoque Nacional" (1979-1988) and the Daily English-language "Latin File" (1988-1990), available for the first time in a searchable database as digitized audio with transcripts. They focus on Latinx issues related to politics, sociology, human rights, the arts and more with interviews of key figures and news reporting by a new generation of Latino/a journalists at the time.
Database available through at least May 31, 2024, as part of ProQuest's Evidence-Based Acquisition Program.