The Christian Science Monitor reports that pro-Zelaya Honduran station Radio Globo, which was closed down by the authorities, is soldiering on by transmitting over the internet at a private home, the latest example of Latin American media using new technologies and social media to find a way around govermment censors. In Venezuela, opponents of President Hugo Chávez have used Facebook and Twitter to call for rallies against him – and blogs have created a space for alternative view points that have been stifled in the local press.
Radio Globo director David Romero says the station has over 400,000 listeners online, four times its regular following. “It is frustrating the government,” he says, laughing. “They can’t stop us.”
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
Full story at The Xhristian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1001/p90s01-woam.html
