Indigenous Mayans in Guatemala rely on pirate radio (fwd link)

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Indigenous Mayans in Guatemala rely on pirate radio

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Paul Riismandel

Costa Rica’s Tico Times recently published a profile of unlicensed
Guatemala radio station Radio Ixchel, as part of an examination of the
radio scene in that country. Guatemala has as many as 800 pirate
stations, where most radio licenses are auctioned for as much as
$100,000. While there are license categories for public stations,
there is no regime to license community stations. The 2009 Community
Media Bill would have permitted new community stations in some 300
municipalities, but the law failed to pass.

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