Piece Description

In January 2006, I traveled to Caracas, Venezuela to learn about the bourgeoning community radio movement. I spoke with Sujatha Fernandez, a researcher from Yale, who was studying the movements of people producing their own media at the community level. She shared some of her experiences of traveling around the country and her encounters with different stations. We then travel to Macarao, Venezuela to Radio Macarao. Where we see what a community station looks like and how money from the community radio association helped them to find a new broadcast station. Finally, we experience Barrio Veinte Trec de Enero. It is a revolutionary barrio where the community has experienced extreme levels of political repression. We hear from the Director of Viente Trec's Radio Station, listen to some of the music they play and learn about the history of the political movement in the community.