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

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U.S. Hispanic Newsstream (ProQuest)
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)
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
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)
Collection of historical Latin American newspapers, 1805-1922. Titles in Spanish, English, and Portuguese.

More News Sources

Boston Globe (1980-Present)
Full-text coverage of the Boston Globe, 1980 to present.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Newspapers, magazines, and journals from American ethnic and native communities, covering 1960 to the present.
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic)
Provides full-text news, business, industry and legal information from major newspapers and magazines.
New York Times Digital Edition
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.

Antigua, Slavery and Emancipation in the Records of a Sugar Plantation, 1689-1907
This collection contains records pertaining to the Tudway family’s ownership of an Antiguan sugar plantation during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. The papers cover the period from the early slave trade to the post-slavery economy. The combination of statistical ledgers and narrative correspondence provides a unique insight into the operation and eventual abolition of the slave trade in the West Indies.

Archivo Comunitario LGBTQ+ de Puerto Rico | LGBTQ+ Community Archive of Puerto Rico
Queer/cuir community archive of Puerto Rico. Initial digitized collections include the magazine Caribbean HEAT (1991-92, in bilingual Spanish/English editions), Pa'fuera! (1974-75, publicación oficial de la Comunidad de Orgullo Gay de Puerto Rico), and assorted articles and oral histories.
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.

LACLI
A repository of free online resources for Latin American, Caribbean, Latinx, and Iberian studies. Discover 1,300+ audiovisual collections, books, data, ephemera, government documents, oral histories, periodicals, reference works, visual materials, web archives, and more!

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 Pamphlet Digital Collection | Harvard Library
Scarce and unique pamphlets, primarily from Chile, Cuba, Bolivia and Mexico, published during the 19th and early 20th centuries. 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
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, 2028, as part of ProQuest's Evidence-Based Acquisition Program.