Legalize Community Radio in Guatemala Now!
It was an honor to host Lorenzo Mateo Francisco at the LCC on Thursday, November 12th for the last Zona Abierta program of the Fall 2015 semester. Lorenzo is a Q’anjob’al Indigenous leader in Guatemala and Director of the Snuq’ Jolom Konob’ community radio station in Huehuetenango, and member of Prensa Comunitaria. In his talk, “Testimonios: Roots of National Change,” Lorenzo talked about the closing of his community radio station, and how his community is using grassroots media and radio as tools to organize against systems of corruption and privatization.
The LCC, along with the Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America (CRLN), stand in solidarity with Indigenous communities in Guatemala fighting for environmental justice, human rights and access to community radio and freedom of press. The CRLN is collecting signatures to pressure the Guatemalan Congress to take action to pass the pending Community Media Bill (Initiative 4087); which is a bill that proposes legalization of community radio in Guatemala.
Stop by the LCC to sign the petition! #UIC #GHRC #LALS #PrensaComunitaria #Guatemala #IndigenousRights
To learn who is at the forefront of the international struggle for human rights in Guatemala, check out the GHRC’s homepage: