Guatemala Radio News & Events

Guatemala Radio Project March Update

Date: 03/25/2009 Training workshops have continued in Guatemala to help community radio volunteers gain crucial skills in Internet use and radio content acquisition.

Guatemala Radio Project Update

Date: 02/18/2009 There has been further legislative progress on Cultural Survival's efforts to change Guatemala's telecommunications law, as the Guatemalan Presidential Commission on Human Rights has resumed bi-weekly roundtable meetings to discuss and plan for the future of community radio. This development, in conjunction with news that the Indigenous Caucus in the Guatemalan Congress has expressed their intent to co-sponsor the bill for the legalization of community radio, brings promise of many positive opportunities for the project and the indigenous peoples of Guatemala.

Becoming a Yuwipi - Part 1

Date: 02/17/2009

One of the newest elements in the Guatemala Radio Project is a series of programs in which indigenous spiritual leaders from around the world talk about their people's traditions. The talks are part of a lecture series sponsored by the Ringing Rocks Foundation, and the audio portion of the talks is translated into the four principal Mayan languages and broadcast on the radio stations through a partnership between Ringing Rocks and Cultural Survival. This video clip is from the first of these programs, by Lakota healer Gary Holy Bull.

Becoming a Yuwipi Pt. 2

Date: 02/05/2009

One of the newest elements in the Guatemala Radio Project is a series of programs in which indigenous spiritual leaders from around the world talk about their people's traditions.

Radio Station Raids

Date: 10/09/2008

If there's a model of hope for the world's indigenous peoples, it is the town of Todos Santos Cuchumatán in northwestern Guatemala. The Mayans who live here still wear their traditional clothing with pride and practice their traditional ceremonies and customs, and 95 percent of the population still speaks Mam. At the same time, the people of Todos Santos also participate vigorously in the larger society and have a thriving economy. The key to this indigenous success story is Radio Qman Txun, the town's community radio station.

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