Occupations carried out by the student movement in Brazil
Brazilian high school student Ana Julia gives a speech about the school occupations in Brazil. "Over the past 24 hours , Brazil has...
La Noche de los Lapices (The Night of the Pencils)
Argentine film (1hr 35mins) directed by Hector Olivera. Showing events in September 1976, in La Plata, Argentina, when a number of secondary school students,...
Massacre en Tlatelolco, 2 October 1968
Shows footage of the infamous massacre of scores, probably hundreds of students in Mexico City, who were protesting at extravagant government spending on the...
El Salvador: the world’s worst place to have an abortion
Ben Zand investigates the controversial case of Evelyn Hernandez, a Salvadoran teenager raped by a gang member and then jailed for 30 years...
El Salvador: from miscarriage to murder
Abortion law in El Salvador recognises no distinction between intentional abortion and unintentional miscarriage, applying jail sentences to both. SBS Dateline investigates...
Honduras: Yorleni’s story
Yorleni is one of the women who has benefited from the Legal Advice Centre run by Las Hormigas ('The Ants'), the Intibuca Women's Organization....
The gay rights movement has swept Latin America
Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay have legalised same-sex marriage. What explains the advance of gay rights in Latin America, and how far will ...
Stephen Fry interviews Jair Bolsonaro
British actor, writer, comedian and gay rights activist interviews Brazilian Congressman Jair Bolsonaro in 2014 to try to find out why he opposes legislation...
Gay Rights in Latin America
A round-up from May 2015 of the legal position in different Latin American countries and in the US.
Video: Global Journalist
Milongueros Edgardo Sesma y Esteban Mioni at the Queer Tango Festival...
Edgardo Fernández Sesma and Esteban Mioni dance, alternating and mixing up roles without changing their hold. They are dancing a typically Milonguero tango ("Farewell...