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After traveling almost 2,000 miles to attend a hearing with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington D.C.

March 9-10, the Cultural Survival team completed our final of a series of exchanges between 12 community radio stations here in Guatemala.

Prey Lang has been seriously destroyed by many companies who invest in Cambodia. Many organizations and Cambodians have shown their concern towards this problem. And now lets hear the voices of Cambodia youths with regards to their impression of this complex problem.

On February 22, 2013, in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, Cultural Survival and local community radio association Mujb'ab'l yol held a forum aimed at spreading the word regarding the role of community radio in the

Cambridge, MA (March 14, 2013) - On March 15, in Washington D.C., the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will hold a hearing during its 147th Period of Sessions concerning the freedom of expression of Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala. The hearing will address the status of community radio in Guatemala, which despite being guaranteed to Indigenous Peoples by the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the 1996 Peace Accords, and the Guatemalan Constitution, is not legal under the country's current telecommunications law. Cesar Gomez will represent the Guatemalan community radio movement and Cultural Survival.

Race is still an axis of exclusion in 21st century American public sphere. The symposium on "Racist Stereotypes and Cultural Appropriation in American Sports," held at the National Museum for the American Indian in Washington D.C. on February 7 was a comprehensive dialogue on this phenomenon.

Today, February 21, is International Mother Language Day, first proclaimed in 1952 as "Language Movement Day" by Dhaka University students in Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) who were protesting suppression of their Bengali language.

Smokin’ Fish is a film about the complexities of modern indigeneity, the ills of colonialism and capitalism, and what it means to smoke salmon. Through his welcoming narration, Cory Mann, a Juneau businessman, recounts the story of his return to his family’s hometown of Klukwan for a summer of smoking fish and reconnecting with his past, all the while maintaining his sales business and keeping the IRS off his back.