Comparative data on men & women in Latin American political parties.

Surveys the citizens of Latin America on their political views' specifically on democratic values. Examples include women's political participation, the effect of education on tolerance of minorities, and the effects of government corruption on citizens. Data from 2004- onwards can be downloaded free of charge, but historical data requires payment

Important & established source for high quality, current (and historical) information on Latin America from London based research agency Latin News. Access from 1979- (but only browsable from 1999-)

Annual surveys since 1995 across 18 Latin American countries, covering a wide range of political, social & economic questions. Data can be downloaded in SPSS, Stata or R

Major French research centre, based at Sciences Po

Research & advocacy organisation aiming to advance human rights.

Useful dataset from Colombian researchers affiliated to CERAC

Project of the US Centre for Research Libraries and others, offering documents from Mexico’s two principal security services, the Dirección Federal de Seguridad (DFS) and the Dirección General de Investigaciones Políticas y Sociales (DGIPS), c.1940-1985.