(Latin Pulse: October 12, 2009) Latin Pulse brings you a special investigative report from Telesur on the epidemic of Chagas in Argentina's rural provinces. Although it already affects upwards of...

This episode of The United Nations - 21st Century looks at one man's fight against the cocaine market of Brazil; an epidemic wiping out India's baby girls; and the dangers...

It should be a happy event having a daughter in the family, but for some women in India and a few other Asian countries it is seen as a burden...

Narrated by Academy Award-winning actress Mary Steenburgen, this humorous documentary shows dramatically how far behind all other industrial countries the United States lags in its support for families.

(Global Pulse: December 23, 2008) Gay sex in Iran can mean a government-paid sex change. Yes Ahmadinejad, you have homosexuals too. In Asia's gay capital, tolerance is okay, but equality?...

San Francisco Chief Deputy City Attorney Therese Stewart explains why many gay rights advocates continue to press for full marriage status, rather than settling for "civil union" compromises.

(Latin Pulse: 22 September 2008) They are communities long neglected and forgotten. Indigenous people all across Latin America are demanding equal treatment and equal rights; resentment has been brewing for...

How do you combat a crime so widespread, so accepted, that few perpetrators are ever punished? The crime is rape, and the country -- Haiti. But now, through the efforts...