Brazil Beyond Citizen Kane – part 1
Simon Hartog's definitive 1993 investigation into the power of TV in Brazil, and the power of TV Globo in particular. Partly a...
Brazil’s 2013 protests against cuts and censorship
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In June of 2013, the Brazilian streets...
The pandemic of disinformation in Latin America
Both the United Nations and World Health Organization have labelled the spread of disinformation during the coronavirus crisis as an ‘infodemic.’ ‘We have faced...
Brazil: will fake news win the election?
As Brazil enters the final week before the second round of the presidential election, to be held on Sunday 29 October, the industrial scale...
Brazil: intimidation of the press takes many forms
Attempts to intimidate journalists are on the increase. Police investigations, and prosecutions (often dropped) for infringement of the state security law and the new law for the defence of democracy are creating a climate of fear.
Chile: Challenging broadcasting laws to defend community radio
Chile's broadcasting laws criminalise broadcasting without a licence. For six years Radio Aukan has been unable to get a broadcasting licence.
Radio Aukan is a...
TikTokers of the Darien Gap
The jungle connecting Colombia to Panama is the scene of one of the most urgent migrant crises in the world. This video report from 070 concentrates on migrant 'influencers' who are documenting the Darien Gap crossing on TikTok, a short-form video social media app, and creating travel guides for those who risk the crossing.
El Salvador: you couldn’t just sit there and watch
Cornelia Gräbner describes an extraordinary set of documents which capture the most intense and dangerous phase of repression in El Salvador, leading up to the 1992 Peace Accords.
Rio’s Citizen Journalists fight police brutality
Papo Reto, Portuguese for “Straight Talk”, formed as a citizens’ journalist collective in 2010 in response to government efforts to rid Complexo...
How Mexico’s government controls journalism
Journalists in Mexico face many dangers, especially when they're covering the country's ongoing drug war.
Video: Al Jazeera English, May 2018