I. Government Sources (Note: Many sources can be found by going through Oberlin's own Database locators
Electronic Reading Room: FOIA Documents released by the State Department of a variety of issues (e.g. Chile, El Salvador Church Women, El Salvdor, Guatemala).For example, look there for an examination of official US policy on Colombia and drugs: US Support for Plan Colombia; or for Press Statements, Remarks, Country Information, etc. on various countries, including US Relations with Mexico
Foreign Relations of the United States: (a basic source of official documentation on foreign relations). At the present, some of the volumes are Online
Thomas: Excellent for locating any Congressional legislation, committee reports, etc. It has a search capacity, via which one can find congressional information on a variety of sources. Try entering "Colombia," for examle.American Memory: An extremely rich collection of photographs, sounds, and other archival materials concerning the United States. For example, one can find the newly addeed (4/2000) collection on Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age:
Congressional Internet Services (CIS): Major gateway into congressional information sources. These include the
Congressional Budget Office where one can find Studies and Reports, such those concerning Trade and International Affairs, where one can look under International Programs. There, one can find the government's report on "The Role of Foreign Aid in Development"
Central Intelligence Agency. Among the CIA's more useful sources are the:
World Factbook, with good statistical information on most countries in the world.Electronic Document Release Center. Although the CIA has not released nearly as many FOIA documents as the State Department, there are still some useful sources. See, for example, the collection on Human Rights in Latin America, or use the search capability to look for El Salvador, or any other topic.
National Archives and Records Administration. Information on Executive and Legislative branch.
Presidential Branch Records
POTUS (Presidents of the United States)Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (since 1993 only)
II. Non-Governmental Sources
National Security ArchiveElectronic Briefing BooksThe CIA in Latin America: Declassified Documents on a "Distinguished" Career
Guatemala: Declassified Documents on Colonel Byron Disrael Lima Estrada, Alleged Mastermind behind the Murder of Bishop Juan Gerardi
Kennedy and Castro: The Secret Quest for Accommodation
U.S. Policy in Guatemala, 1963-1993
The Contras, Cocaine, and Covert Operations
CIA and Assassinations: The Guatemala 1954 Documents
The Death of Che Guevara: Declassified
Chile and the United States: Declassified Docs. Related to the Military Coup of Sept. 11, 1973
Tlatelolco Massacre: Declassified U.S. Documents on Mexico and the Events of 1968
Béisbol Diplomacy with Cuba
Guatemalan "Death Squad Dossier"
LEXUS-NEXUS
Other Helpful Foreign Policy Sites:
University of Michigan: United States Foreign Policy (Documents Center)Vincent Ferraro Home Page (Professor of International Relations at Mt. Holyoke) containing hundreds of documents on official US foreign policy - scroll through the vast collection before making selections)