{"id":31104,"date":"2018-03-08T08:36:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T12:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=31104"},"modified":"2018-03-08T08:36:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T12:36:45","slug":"the-importance-of-community-radio-in-guatemala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/the-importance-of-community-radio-in-guatemala\/","title":{"rendered":"The importance of community radio in Guatemala"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Aljazeera<\/a> via Mike Hansgen)<\/p>\n

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Despite the legal challenges, Indigenous communities use radio to ‘keep their language and culture alive’.<\/h3>\n

Sumpango, Guatemala – Sitting in a courtyard, wearing an indigenous huipil dress, Amanda Chiquito glows as she talks about the challenges and successes of working with the community radio station in Sumpango Sacatepequez, Guatemala.<\/p>\n

“There is no media that represents our community,” the 25-year-old says.<\/p>\n

“There wasn’t a media outlet that could inform us and keep our culture and language alive,” she tells Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n

Chiquito is a reporter and radio host at Ixchel Radio, the only community station in Sumpango Sacatepequez, a small town 42km from Guatemala’s capital.<\/p>\n

More than 95 percent of the town’s 50,000 inhabitants are indigenous, living in remote areas, where access to information and technology is limited.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read the full article at Aljazeera.<\/a><\/p>\n