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Defending the Communication Rights of the Quechua People, Coordinadora Nacional de Radio (CNR) |
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Peru
The Coordinadora Nacional de Radio (CNR) is an association created some 27
years ago by a group of six radio stations in southern Peru. Currently it
brings together 80 of the most representative and important community and
educational radio stations of Peru which are committed to the development
of their communities. For the last four years CNR has facilitated the
Peruvian Quechua Network of radio stations (RQP). This network is made up
of stations located in regions where the majority of the population is
Quechua. From Radio La Salle located in Urubamba, Cusco region, CNR
broadcast a daily programme via 20 stations. It also produces a weekly
programme, in Quechua, disseminated through the network of stations
associated to the networks of CORAPE in Ecuador and Erbol in Bolivia. Most
information and knowledge in Peru is offered in Spanish. Issues pertaining
to indigenous people's human rights and by extension to their communication
rights are no exception. This takes place in a context where most
indigenous people, whether in Peru or in other Latin American countries,
live in conditions of poverty and exclusion, ignored by mainstream media
and mostly portrayed in a negative way. This project seeks to produce and
disseminate educational and communicational resources in the Quechua
language for audiences in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador for the empowerment of
the Quechua people, but also as a way of presenting society at large with
information by indigenous people themselves.
Contact: Sr Jorge Luis Acevedo
Website: www.cnr.org.pe
E-mail:
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