Maria suspects that her husband is being unfaithful. "And have you thought about AIDS?," her friends warns her. The development of the story is juxtaposed by documentary elements filmed in Argentina, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and the United States. "Morir por Amor: Latinas and AIDS" is a story of hope in the middle of the threat by the increase of AIDS among women. It doesn't present women as victims, but as active agents in the transformation of their lives.