Representatives of three Guatemala Radio Project partner organizations will be in Boston and Washington, D.C. from March 2–16 as part of the Project’s effort to promote changes to Guatemala’s telecommunications law. Antonio Barrios, President of Consejo Guatemalteco de Comunicacion Comunitaria (CGCC), Cesar Gomez, representative of Asociacion de Radios Comunitarias de Guatemala (ARCG), and Leslie Larissa Escobar Ruano, Director of La No que No radio station in San Marcos, San Marcos, will meet with US government officials as well as several nongovernmental organizations to gain support for the legalization of community radio in Guatemala.
Weekly Indigenous News readers can contribute directly to Cultural Survival’s Guatemala Radio Project by donating the following new or gently used items: PC laptops in working condition, small reporter-style tape recorders, and Sony mini-disk recorders. Items should be sent to:
Cultural Survival
Attn: Mark Camp
215 Prospect St.
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
Items should arrive at Cultural Survival prior to March 15 so that the visiting representatives can carry the items on the airplane and save shipping costs. Equipment donations are tax deductible.
