John Pilger travels throughout Latin America and the United States, to investigate the relationship between the two. Recent US foreign policy towards South & Central America has been destructive, at best, and this mainstream UK tv documentary film exposes the truth behind Washington's actions, whilst blowing apart some of the myths within the so-called War On Terror at the same time. This film uses archive footage to support its claim that democracy has been wiped out in country after country in Latin America since the 1950s, with testimonies from many of those involved and affected. Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, is one of those interviewed.