This site provides free online access to more than 140 broadband internet TV stations. Watch programming (some live, some archived) in many languages, from locations as near as Canada or Cuba, and as far as Japan or Russia.

Learn about Arturo Sandoval and his life in Cuba and later in America.

The text of a conversation between President Kennedy and his advisors concerning the "prospects for success" of an American plan to send American-trained Cuban exiles to invade Cuba.

After Fidel Castro loosened emigration policies, some 125,000 Cubans landed on U.S. shores over a span of five months. The Mariel Boatlift of 1980 was a mass emigration of Cubans to the United States. The exodus was driven by a stagnant...

The Library of Congress offers this detailed history of the Spanish American War from historical papers. Includes manuscripts, maps, and illustrations, and an excellent overview essay.

This site has a map, in Spanish, of the Caribbean islands. Click on any island for greater detail.

MIT offers an exhaustive collection of materials covering Latin American culture and politics from 1808 through the present and is accompanied with homework/exam possibilities. Issues covered in lecture notes and readings include Latin...

In this video segment from Nature, crabs face numerous obstacles in their migration from their forest home to the Caribbean Sea. [4:09]

All the information you could want on the Spanish-American War. Both Spanish and American information. A chronology, first hand accounts, weapons profiles, medicine in the war and much more.

A reader's theater script for Carmen Agra Deedy's version of a Cuban folktale, Martina the Beautiful Cockroach is provided on these pages. Seven character roles are needed in this activity. While mostly written in English, Spanish...

A huge site dedicated to an understanding of the current global economic system. Includes the history, forces, values and perceptions that have shaped the world's economy. A comprehensive resource that includes a detailed economic report...

This brief Library of Congress site has info on the Russian's role in the Cuban Missile Crisis.

This section of a chapter on "The Antebellum South" explains the expansionist goals of advocates of slavery and describes the filibuster expeditions undertaken during the antebellum era.

Documents on Cuban's international relations, focusing on its relationship with the Soviet Union, China, and the United States.

Provides excerpts from a series of five historical documents on the Spanish-American War that discuss American expansion, policy decisions, and the goals and outcome of the war.

The study resource from Khan Academy provides an overview of Period 7: 1890-1945 in American History. The Spanish-American War is discussed in this lesson. This resource is designed as a review for the AP US History Test.

This site from the Pitzer University provides one chapter of a book written by Sam Dolgoff. Includes information under the following sections: the Batista Era, the Communists and Batista, the crisis of the labor movement and the...

Provides in-depth information about the Cuban Missile Crisis. Includes a 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis timeline and audio clips.

Discusses different aspects of the Cold War such as "Did the Cold War really start in 1919-1939?" and "Was the Vietnam War a turning point in the Cold War?"

Transcription of an article from the National Tribune about the death of the first American killed on Cuban soil during the Spanish-American war.

Remarkable account provides a view of Admiral Cervera and other Spanish officers in the wake of their defeat at Santiago, and also shows their treatment aboard the U.S.S. GLOUCESTER.

Diary of Private William Karg who was a member of the 8th Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish-American War provides a glimpse into the experience had by Karg and his fellow soldiers.

This site from The History Place has the text of President John F. Kennedy's speech addressing the nation about the Cuban Missile Crisis. An audio clip of the speech is also included.

This resource focuses on the works of famous African-American author, Langston Hughes.