MESA PÚBLICA This weekly show features guests, news, discussions, commentary and analysis about current and cultural events in Central America. Mon, Jan 30, ...

“Project Somos Children’s Village: Creating a Space for Children to Live and Learn” with Heather Knox and Greg Kemp. Heather Knox and Greg Kemp join us to discuss their ongoing project in the city of Tecpán, Guatemala. After serving as volunteers for years in non-profits in India, Honduras, Jamaica, and Guatemala they decided to start a children’s village called Project Somos in Guatemala.  We’ll speak to this couple from Canada who drove all the way to Guatemala to pursue their idea of creating a space for children to live and learn in an ecologically sustainable and supportive environment. 

L Aecid convoca la 25º edición del premio de teatro radiofónico margarita xirgu. hasta el 8 de febrero.

“The Power of Testimonies and Memory in Remaking the Past” with Laurie Levinger. A retired social worker and writer, Laurie Levinger joins us to discuss her book “¿Cual Guerra? Testimonios de Sobrevivientes Mayas [What War? Testimonies of Maya Survivors].” We’ll speak to Levinger about her work recording testimonies of students who were impacted by Guatemala’s civil war. Levinger will discuss how her book helps create a historical memory of the armed conflict in aims to bring hope for the future. Recollecting the past, we have a conversation with Levinger about the importance of documenting first-hand accounts of young survivors as a way of reminding us of the true cost of war.

Constantemente escuchamos en la radio la campaña de la Cámara de Radiodifusión de Guatemala, quien ataca a las radios comunitarias, criminalizando su derecho a hacer uso de las frecuencias, sin distinguir entre las que realmente son piratas y aquellas que representan un servicio, en su propio idioma, a las comunidades indígenas que con esfuerzo propio hacen posible que lleguen los programas educativos, la información, los análisis y las orientaciones a millares de personas.

In the past five years more than 500 bus drivers have been murdered and many more have been threatened and extorted in Guatemala. Producer and director Mark Kendall will be with us to talk about his documentary “La Camioneta – The Journey of One American School Bus.” Why did he choose to follow the journey of a bus from the United States to Guatemala and what did he learn in the process? We’ll be asking Mark those questions and more as he discusses the forthcoming release of his Sundance Institute-sponsored film.

Writer and photographer, Jean-Marie Simon joins us to discuss her book “Guatemala: Eternal Primavera, Eterna Tiranía [Eternal Spring: Eternal Tyranny].” We’ll speak to Simon about her work documenting human rights violations during Guatemala’s civil war in the 1980s, how her photos created a historical memory of the armed conflict and her use of the website Kickstarter to fund her new book’s publication. On eve of Guatemala’s Peace Accords, we have a conversation with Simon about what the future holds for a country where many still do not acknowledge its past.

En relacion a la invitacion para acompañarnos en  la Corte de Constitucionalidad agradecemos su buena voluntad, pero lamentablemente no se va a poder ya que dicha corte  concedió  audiencia privada el martes 20 de diciembre a las 8 de la noche por lo que pensamos no movilizar a las radios por las características y horario de audiencia.

Comparto a ustedes nuestro boletin No 25 de radios comunitarias.

Los beneficiarios de frecuencias de radio, televisión y telefonía que han sido otorgadas en usufructo por 15 años podrán ampliar ese plazo a 25 años con solo enviar una carta, si el Congreso aprueba una reforma a la Ley de Telecomunicaciones.