Che Guevara died in southern Bolivia 40 years ago while trying to ignite the sparks of revolution throughout South America. His death at the hands of Bolivian Rangers, trained and financed by the US Government, marked the beginning of the cocaine era in Bolivia. Pressed by the masses who gave him a massive mandate, the first indigenous president, ex-coca leaf farmer Evo Morales has nationalized the oil industry and passed laws on agrarian reform....

Caracas is the most urbanized city in the most urbanized country in the most urbanized region of the world. Nine-three percent of the population of the country live in urban areas. The city has a population of 2.1 million and 5.1 million depending on where the boundary is drawn. The boundary keeps shifting outwards and upwards. And the city continues to draw people in not just from within Venezuela and neighboring countries but also from The Caribbean...

Gathered at the Pima County Morgue, in Arizona and tasked by the medical examiner Dr. Greg Hess, six American volunteers set out to retrace the footsteps of three migrants who died while crossing the border from Mexico. The six American’s embark on an arduous and often heart-breaking journey to Guatemala, El Salvador and Chiapas, southern Mexico, but only after they first explore illegal immigration on the US side of the border. They join a local...

Colombia is a country steeped in tradition as rich as its world-famous coffee and as diverse as the people who live there. From the coffee farms in the cool Andean Mountains to the hottest salsa show in Cali; from the rugged cowboys in the vast Eastern Plains to the indigenous people of the Sierra Nevada in the north, the Colombian people are proud to celebrate their diversity in music, dance and food. Join CNN on a journey through four starkly different...

The journey of discovery truly begins. In El Salvador, retired marine Randy Stufflebeam and liberal artist Alex Seel witness the immediate aftermath of a gangland shooting. It’s that level of violence that drove "their" migrant Maira Zelaya to the US. In Guatemala, Washington state farmer Gary Larsen and Arkansas Republican staffer Alison Melder work the same mountainous coffee plantation that Omar Lopez, the 13-yearold boy whose story they track,...

We investigate the most heavily used migration route on Earth. Dutch journalist Stef Biemans travels between Guatemala and the US during the first months of the Trump Administration, to see what the so called ‘bad hombres’ hope to find the USA. Who are the people Donald Trump wants to keep out of America by building a wall?

In this program, Michael Wood travels back to 1541, when a rumor swept through Quito in Ecuador, claiming that beyond the mountains there lay a land richer than Mexico, or even Peru—a land of pure gold. As the story was told, the ruler of this land, “the golden man”, was so rich that he covered himself with gold dust every day and washed it off every evening. In March 1541, Francisco de Orellana marched eastwards with more than 200 Spanish troops...

In this program, we meet the gauchos, the nomadic and colourful horsemen and cowhands of the Argentine grasslands and Andes mountains. Historically, these men have been folk heroes similar to the American cowboy, and are an important part of Argentine cultural tradition. This program explores their traditions and heritage.

In this program from Tony Brown's Journal, Harvard professor and Nobel Prize winner Dr. Allen Counter along with Mr. David Evans, continue their discussion about Suriname, South America.

Journey into the heart of Brazil with host, Robert Beckford, to explore the incredible spiritual diversity of Brazil. Travel to the country's seven wonders of Brazilian Christianity, from the spectacular and iconic Christ the Redeemer to the Samba beat of Carnival. The religion has existed for over 500 years and is a melting pot of African beliefs, indigenous Indian rituals, and the folk Catholicism of the southern Europeans.