# Documentary: Breaking Silence - Femicide in Latin America

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In Latin America, where machismo still predominates, there are frequent cases in which women’s lives are ended intentionally, premeditatedly and, in general, with much cruelty, just because they are women. This documentary tells the story of three women from Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru who were affected by feminicide or attempted feminicide and whose cases are considered emblematic.

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*[View in Spanish](https://comvomujer.org/books/femicidios-muerte-de-las-mujeres-por-ser-mujeres/page/reportaje-regional-muertes-anunciadas-feminicidios-en-america-latina) |* [*View in German*](https://comvomujer.org/books/feminizid-tod-von-frauen-weil-sie-frauen-sind/page/reportage-das-schweigen-brechen-frauenmorde-in-lateinamerika)