The Best Latin America Documentaries

World Affairs & Investigations - 101 free documentaries about latin america.

Start with David Blaine: Do Not Attempt MEGA Episode (123 min, National Geographic), then Colombia's Hidden Cocaine Route: El Naya (21 min, VICE). All 101 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on latin america is Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano.

• David Blaine: Do Not Attempt MEGA Episode | Arctic Circle, Brazil, SE Asia (123 min, National Geographic)
• Colombia's Hidden Cocaine Route: El Naya (21 min, VICE)
• Femicide in Brazil - The silent war on women (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Cuba: High prices, lines and shortages (52 min, DW Documentary)
• Crisis in Venezuela: An Uncertain Future (53 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Argentina after one year of President Milei (28 min, DW Documentary)
• Crisis in Venezuela - Maduro's ongoing power struggle (42 min, DW Documentary)
• World’s Toughest Boat Trips | Peru (51 min, Free Documentary)
• What TPS’ End Means for Haitians | Haiti Deportation Crisis (53 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico (53 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Mennonites - A hidden world in Argentina (42 min, DW Documentary)
• From Rio to Lima – Transoceânica, the world's longest bus journey (1/5) (43 min, DW Documentary)
• No Land, No Road, Just Reeds: Life on a Reed Island | Habitats of the World: Peru (26 min, Free Documentary)
• Amazing Quest: Stories from Ecuador | Somewhere on Earth: Ecuador (52 min, Free Documentary)
• Amazing Quest: Stories from Bolivia | Somewhere on Earth: Bolivia (52 min, Free Documentary)
• Wild Colombia - Fantastic Creatures | The Lost Eden (42 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• World's Highest Capital: La Paz, Bolivia | Extreme Cities (52 min, Free Documentary)
• Amazing Quest: Stories from Chile | Somewhere on Earth: Chile (50 min, Free Documentary)
• Holy Temples, Killer Jungles, and Ancient Empires of Latin America | With Albert Lin (44 min, National Geographic)
• The Ganglord Running Venezuela's Slums (53 min, VICE)
• Cuba - nostalgia and change (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Where Desert Meets Sea - Peru's Pacific Coast (44 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Amazing Quest: Stories from Peru | Somewhere on Earth: Peru (52 min, Free Documentary)
• Colombia: The long road to peace after the civil war (42 min, DW Documentary)
• No Power, No Technology, No Modern Life: The Mennonites of Mexico (65 min, Free Documentary)
• Bolivia by Train: Through the Heart of the Andes (43 min, Free Documentary)
• The Highs & Lows of “The Hugo Chávez Show” (83 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Inside The Beautiful Wildlife of Mexico and Brazil | Art Wolfe's Travels To The Edge (46 min, Real Wild)
• Peru - Life at extreme altitudes above 4,000 meters (44 min, DW Documentary)
• World’s Toughest Train Rides | Cuba: On Rusty Rails (52 min, Free Documentary)
• Amazing Quest: Stories from Brazil | Somewhere on Earth: Brazil (52 min, Free Documentary)
• Venezuela in the midst of the US military intervention - Notes from Caracas (40 min, DW Documentary)
• Cartels in Ecuador (28 min, DW Documentary)
• Lula's return - A Brazil divided (28 min, DW Documentary)
• Argentina: Return of the jaguars (43 min, DW Documentary)
• Wild Colombia | Part 2: Nature's Treasure Trove (48 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Wild Colombia | Part 1: Colombia's Wild Coast (48 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• The Most Dangerous Job in Wrestling | Inside Mexico’s Lucha Libre (47 min, Free Documentary)
• The Biggest City You Can’t Reach By Car | Habitats of the World: Peru (26 min, Free Documentary)
• Inside the Maras: The Battle for Control in Guatemala City (52 min, Free Documentary)
• Most Dangerous Ways To School | Philippines, Peru & Romania (52 min, Free Documentary)
• From Baja to Patagonia | Sobrevolando: Latin America from Above (44 min, National Geographic)
• The Bandits Who Fled To Bolivia (50 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Couchsurfing in Argentina: Soccer fever, tango and wild Patagonia (27 min, DW Documentary)
• Red Zones - World’s Toughest Places | Brazil: Jungle Battlegrounds (45 min, Free Documentary)
• World’s Most Dangerous Railroads | Tanzania, Argentina, Peru & India (207 min, Free Documentary)
• Most Dangerous Ways To School | Cameroon, Mayotte & Mexico (52 min, Free Documentary)
• Amazing Quest: Stories from Guatemala | Somewhere on Earth: Guatemala (52 min, Free Documentary)
• I watched the Eclipse in Argentina - Smarter Every Day 221 (11 min, Smarter Every Day)
• Hunting for the Origins of the Universe in Chile's Desert (35 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• Wild Brazil – Heartland of Flame and Thunder (50 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Volcano Boulevard: Ecuador’s Hidden Time Bomb (53 min, Free Documentary)
• Peru's Animal Smugglers and Venezuela's Drug Crisis | Unreported World (48 min, Free Documentary)
• World’s Toughest Places | Juárez, Mexico & Sao Paulo, Brazil (49 min, Free Documentary)
• Source of Life - Brazil's Mightiest River (50 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Wild Colombia | Part 3: Journey To The Heart of The Amazon (48 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• No-Go Zones l Cauca, Colombia | Enter At Your Own Risk (45 min, Free Documentary)
• Wasteland Houses: Defying a Poisonous Land | Habitats of the World: Bolivia (25 min, Free Documentary)
• Most Dangerous Ways To School | West Bank & Mexico (50 min, Free Documentary)
• Most Dangerous Ways To School | Sierra Madre & Mexico City (50 min, Free Documentary)
• Amazing Quest: Stories from New Mexico | Somewhere on Earth: New Mexico (52 min, Free Documentary)
• Unreported World: Brazil - Caught in the Crossfire & Carnival Wars (47 min, Free Documentary)
• World's Most Dangerous Road in Bolivia & Tin Miners in Indonesia (26 min, Free Documentary)
• US-Venezuela Divide: How Chávez’s Ideology Redefined Venezuela (57 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Wild Honduras - Fantastic Creatures | In the Heart of America (52 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Wild Brazil – The Heart of the Amazon Rainforest (49 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Wild Brazil – A Land of Two Worlds (50 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Wild Brazil – A Spectacular Journey to the Atlantic Rain Forest (50 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Dangerous Cities: São Paulo - Inside Brazil’s Crime Capital (57 min, Free Documentary)
• The Legendary Wooden Houses of Chiloé Island | Habitats of the World: Chile (26 min, Free Documentary)
• Mexico City: Life and Death in the Metropolis of Chaos (204 min, Free Documentary)
• The Miraculous Life of El Niño Fidencio (21 min, VICE)
• People of the Sea: Lives Shaped by the Ocean | Colombia, Honduras, Panama, Brazil (53 min, Free Documentary)
• The Silence of Guatemala (43 min, VPRO Documentary)
• Mexico's Magnificent Wildlife (30 min, BBC Studios)
• Venezuela Under Maduro: Ideology, Power, Collapse (52 min, ENDEVR)
• A Close Look At Animal Kingdoms Of Patagonia and Peru | Art Wolfe's Travels To The Edge (46 min, Real Wild)
• Why people in Brazil believe in spirits like orisha (44 min, VPRO Documentary)
• Urban Guerrillas: The Tupamaros of Venezuela (50 min, ENDEVR)
• Narco State Colombia: Reporter Against Drug Gangs (40 min, ENDEVR)

Top-Rated Books About Latin America

1. Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
2. Narconomics by Tom Wainwright - View on Amazon
3. Killing Pablo by Mark Bowden (4.7/5) - View on Amazon
4. Born in blood and fire by John Charles Chasteen - View on Amazon
5. Talons of the eagle by Peter H. Smith - View on Amazon
6. Musics of Latin America by Moore, Robin - View on Amazon