Radio Realidad: The Popular Voice in Honduras

In Honduras, campesinos are working with grassroots solidarity organizations to take the media into their own hands. Radio Realidad is one of a growing number of small FM stations that are popping up throughout Latin America to address community’s needs for information.

“What motivates youth to abandon the countryside and their homes, for the city or other countries?” asks Samuel, sitting in a small radio studio in a misty, mountain town in Honduras.

“The economy, youth have no opportunities,” answers Carlos, a young man dressed in denim, into the mic. “They end up on the road to other countries, looking for work, but they face many abuses” – including robbery, violence and horrific accidents while trying to hop freight trains. “Kids are coming back without arms, without legs, sick, it’s a disaster.””*

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