Wikileaks: who is Bradley Manning ?

As ripples from the latest Wikileaks disclosure continue to be felt the world over, just who is Bradley Manning ... the young ex-US army private who's suspected of handing over the information. Brazilian police move into Rio slums and seize control from the drug lords. And a war of a different kind in Mexico City; authorities battle to turn what was once the world's most polluted city into a green paradise.

THE WEEK IN THE AMERICAS

Laura Baines

Presenter

11/05/2009 - THE WEEK IN THE AMERICAS

Portrait of a Chrysler dealer

The H1N1 virus may seem under control in Mexico but the country is now looking at the political and economic fallout. Also: Chrysler, the troubled Detroit automaker, has filed for bankruptcy protection. Tough times for factory workers lie ahead.

01/05/2009 - THE WEEK IN THE AMERICAS

Mexico traumatised by H1N1 virus

In this edition: Mexicans live in fear of the deadly H1N1 virus; Ecuador's president is comfortably re-elected; Barack Obama is still as popular after 100 days in the job; and the affair of the CIA torture memos.

11/05/2009 - THE WEEK IN THE AMERICAS

Obama gets friendly with leaders of the Americas

In this edition: Barack Obama and Hugo Chavez meet at the Summit of the Americas; the US president releases secret Bush-era CIA memos; and America remembers the deadly high school shooting in Columbine, ten years on.

11/05/2009 - THE WEEK IN AMERICAS

How a Guantanamo prison guard discovered Islam

'The Week in the Americas' focuses on a prison guard at Guantanamo Bay who converted to Islam; tells the story of Bolivian President Evo Morales' hunger strike; and explains how a US commando rescued a US captain held hostage by Somali pirates.

08/04/2009 - THE WEEK IN THE AMERICAS

Fujimori: a president going to prison

In this edition: The rise and fall of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, sentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes against humanity; ways to stash your cash across the Americas and could nuclear weapons soon be a thing of the past?