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Media Reform – 2002

The accord contained provisions to reform the Radio Communication Law to make radio frequencies available for indigenous communities. Instead of making radio frequencies available for indigenous communities, the government created a public auction system for radio frequencies. As a result, the community groups were outbid by commercial operators and therefore community’s access was severely limited.¹

1. “2002 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – Guatemala,” State Department, 2003, accessed May 29, 2012, http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18333.htm.