Radio Kawsachun Coca
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| Frequency | 95.9 MHz 99.1 MHz 99.9 MHz |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Spanish, English |
| Affiliations | Six Federations of the Trópico of Cochabamba |
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First air date | November 7, 2007 |
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| Website | https://kawsachuncoca.com/ (Spanish) https://kawsachunnews.com/ (English) |
Radio Kawsachun Coca, also known as RKC and by its English channel name Kawsachun News, is a Bolivian online and radio news network. It was founded on November 7, 2007 by the campesino workers unions and focuses on Latin American politics. It has a pro-socialist editorial line. It has both English and Spanish language channels.
History
[edit]The network was criticized in January 2020 by the former Bolivian Minister of Communication Roxana Lizárraga, who became part of the interim government after Jeanine Áñez declared herself next in line to assume the presidency. Lizárraga accused the Kawsachun news network and several community radio stations of not informing, but broadcasting "seditious voices".[1] Under Lizárraga were with this reasoning many community radio stations shut down, other journalists restricted and a list of seditious journalists created, resulting in attacks on journalists.[2] Lizárraga announced to Kawsachun that the freedom of expression has limits, however she did not also close Kawsachun, the station was in this conflict supported by the Movement Toward Socialism.[3] Kawsachun reported in 2020 a recording in which Evo Morales, who was exiled after the political conflict that resulted in his resignation as President of Bolivia, called for the creation of armed militias. Morales confirmed to Reuters it's his voice and defended his words, saying "if the armed forces are shooting the people, killing the people, the people have the right to organize their security".[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Restrictions on freedom of expression in Bolivia, Civicus, February 26, 2020
- ^ Violations of the right to life, right to freedom of expression, right to assembly & association, and others. Submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions from Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic, 2020, p. 7–8
- ^ Los Tiempos: Afines al MAS en el trópico anuncian defensa de radio Kawsachun Coca y repudian declaraciones de Lizárraga
- ^ Heath, Maximilian (2020-01-13). "Bolivia exiled ex-president Morales calls on radio for armed militias". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-05-28.