Documentaries

What to Do With Our Waste

BBC World Service, (2020), multimedia radio and television documentary (in English and Spanish) broadcast on BBC World News (TV), The Documentary Podcast, and digital channels of BBC News Mundo and the BBC World Service.

An orchestra of instruments made from trash in Paraguay and a city in Sweden that converts its waste into electricity: in this documentary, we explore two different ways of addressing the problem of the enormous amount of trash we generate. This documentary is part of the BBC World Service's "Life Changes" series.

Explainers

Why the Berlin Wall was built and what caused it to fall

BBC News Mundo (2019), mini-documentary (in Spanish). Thirty years ago, the Berlin Wall fell, a barrier of concrete, spikes, and military checkpoints that divided not only the city of Berlin but also two warring worlds.

Its fall represented one of the most significant events of the 20th century and the beginning of the collapse of the Soviet model.

Series: Do You Speak Spanish? The Words Nahuatl Left to Spanish (and That You Use Without Knowing)

BBC News Mundo (2020), educational video (in Spanish). Nahuatl is the second most spoken language in Mexico and has had a huge impact on the Spanish-speaking and even English-speaking world.

In fact, there are more than 4,000 Spanish words that come from Nahuatl. Let's explore some of them.