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Info-rich websites join two nations at the borderline
The borderlands shared by Mexico and the United States make up one of the world's most dynamic regions. Communities have used the Web to further not only a cross-border exchange but also as a means to enter a global dialogue. There are hundreds of respectable border sites, but the following are the Net's best of the best.
BBS LAGUNA
http://www.bbslaguna.com.mx
Rating: ***** (out of 5 ***)
Top of the list and most eclectic is this content-rich website from the La Laguna region of Durango and Coahuila. Originally, the site was a local, electronic bulletin board system (BBS), which was then transformed into a website. Host Josue (Josh) Ybarra Rossow says, "The idea then (and now) was to provide professionals and businesses a new means of communication, and to display what the Laguna Region had to...