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Guatemala’s Film Industry Takes Root as Argot Producciones Fires Up Slate (EXCLUSIVE) 

For years, Guatemala’s most prominent filmmaker, Jayro Bustamante (“La Llorona,” “Ixcanul”), has fought to grow a local film industry. Now, it finally looks as if it might be happe...

Migration to Guatemala: The Struggle of Deported Migrants

Since the beginning of this year, the American immigration authorities have forcibly returned more than 24,000 Guatemalans to their homeland after years of building lives in the Un...

Mexico: Football Without Fear

As Mexico cohosts the World Cup, a mother confronts gender violence and seeks safety for her daughter through football.

‘Five Years, Four Months’ Co-Director Esteban Hoyos García on Urgency of Remembering Colombia’s Disappeared Ahead of Rig...

When director Juan Miguel Gelacio first began listening to the stories of mothers searching for their disappeared sons in Colombia, he thought it would make an interesting document...

Ecuador’s Disappeared

Fault Lines investigates forced disappearances conducted by Ecuador’s military while waging a war against drug cartels.

Born into the Game of Dreams

Team Guatemala kicked off Day 2 of the Special Olympics Unified Football World Cup Paris 2026 with a dominant 6–0 win over Team USA. Footballer Daroulin Ávila and her teammates wer...

Guatemala’s new attorney general promises changes

Guatemala’s Pact of the Corrupt Helps Explain Chavismo

Whether against elPeriódico or Armando.Info, the relentless persecution of investigative reporters shows how corruption is used to protect predatory elites

PBS documentary centers undocumented women and probes meaning of sanctuary

The documentary "Si Pudiera Quedarme" ("If I Could Stay") follows two undocumented women and their children for nearly a decade as they live in sanctuary under constant threat of d...

Continúa gira internacional del documental sobre Óscar Pérez

La producción entrelaza archivos íntimos grabados por el propio protagonista con declaraciones exclusivas de su entorno cercano, buscando descifrar la faceta humana detrás del pers...

Indonesian Authorities Intensify Crackdown on Documentary

Click to expand Image Representatives of the Merauke indigenous community with Yasinta M...

Indonesian Documentary Breaks the Silence on the Plight of Indigenous Papuans

The recent film “Pig Feast: Colonialism in Our Times” has unsurprisingly elicited a strong negative reaction from the Indonesian government.

Selling identities: The commercialization of Mayan culture

In this edition, we explore a narrative shared by Grupo Xcaret and the Gran Consejo Maya de Quintana Roo that presents Mayan symbols and identities as a trademark.

Relentless Memory review – a vital oral history of the plight of the Mapuche people

In Paula Rodríguez’s impressionistic documentary, an academic’s South American travelogue brings the painful story of a proud Indigenous society to lifeBetween 1862 and 1885, the M...

Video: El Silencio Profundo: A portrait of Manuel Miranda, Rio Grande Valley

El Silencio Profundo is a portrait of Manuel Miranda, a 91-year old painter living in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. The film finds Miranda working at home and meditating on...

Source Guatemala: Explore Sourcing Opportunities In The Western Hemisphere

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — June 4, 2026 — Americas Apparel Producers’ Network (AAPN) and The Apparel and Textile Association of Guatemala (VESTEX) have partnered to launch Source Guate...

Guatemala's new attorney general vows to dismantle predecessor's 'repressive' legacy

Gabriel Garcia Luna, Guatemala's new attorney general who took office in May, pledged Wednesday to dismantle what he called the "repressive and vengeful" administration of his pred...

‘Argentina needs to end its fantasy of being a European country’: Lucrecia Martel on the story of a killing

The film-maker talks about her homeland’s ‘racism, paternalism and infantilisation’ towards Indigenous people and her award-winning documentary about a community leader’s murderIn...

Documental de la Red 600K de los "comanditos" compite en el Festival Cannes Lions 2026

La historia de la Red 600K, la estructura ciudadana organizada por el Comando Con Venezuela, que permitió recopilar, verificar y digitalizar las actas de las elecciones presidencia...

Air Canada Vacations launches new guided tours to Guatemala

TORONTO — Air Canada Vacations has expanded its Central America offerings with the launch of a new collection of guided tours to Guatemala. Available for travel from October 2026 t...

Guatemala Agrees to Joint Strikes With U.S. Against Drug Gangs

The deal is part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to press Latin American countries to agree to joint operations inside their borders.

SUNDAY SCREENING – Ecuador’s Disappeared: Inside Ecuador’s Forced Disappearances (2026)

Our weekly documentary film, curated by the editorial team at 21WIRE. Fault Lines investigates forced disappearances conducted by Ecuador’s military while waging a war against drug...

Gabriel García Luna’s first month as Guatemala’s Attorney General: What he’s done, why it matters

Guatemala’s new Attorney General, Gabriel García Luna, was sworn in on May 17 to an agency plagued by years of political and prosecutorial deadlock. He was tasked with rehabilitati...

Native Americans Resisting ICE

A Native American lawyer confronts ICE as he channels generational resistance into a fight for justice in the US.