As the culture in Latin America is still largely male dominated, especially in rural areas, the producers decided to make gender equity a major focal point by creating The Lola Adventures, a series of segments that chart the experiences of a four-year-old girl Muppet.
Mexico's first educational television series for children.
Many, if not all, famous Mexican, novelas stars begun on Plaza Sesamo.
Of all of Sesame Street's international co-productions, Plaza Sesamo is the one that airs in more countries (46). Since March 2008, Plaza Sesamo airs in: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, United States, Uruguay, US Virgin Islands and Venezuela.
When updating the set in 2003, the producers decided to base their new set around a mercado, which is a small market that is central to life in towns all over Latin America.