Radio Illimani moved several years ago to the main street of La Paz, also known as El Prado, and for those hard-core users who wish to dip into the present turmoil, listening to shots from firearms and excited people talking in Spanish and Aymara, there is a working real audio link at http://illimani.comunica.gov:8000
Henrik Klemetz --- Don Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev: > A news article tells of riots in downtown La Paz. > Several large government > buildings in the center of La Paz have been > abandoned to rioters. The > government broadcaster, Radio Illimani, was located > in one of those buildings > when I visited them in 1985, and they were still > there a few years ago... > probably still are. The article is at > > http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=589&e=5&u=/ap/20030213/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/bolivia_police_mutiny > > If that direct link is broken and does not work, try > this index link > > http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index2&cid=734 > > Such violence is not new to central La Paz. I > remember that a block away from > Radio Illimani and in front of the presidential > palace was a 1940s style > lamppost that merited a 24 hour military guard. In > 1947, rioters drug the > country's then dictator out of the presidential > palace and lynched him from > that lamppost. From what I've read, he probably > deserved what he got, but the > Bolivian army didn't take it too well, so the > lamppost became a shrine. The > presidential palace is called the "Palacio Quemado", > or "Burnt Palace" for what > should be obvious reasons. During the successful > 1952 revolution, Radio > Illimani was quickly captured and became the rebels' > communications center as > fighting continued just two blocks away for three > more days. For more on the > often violent history of Bolivian radio, see my > article > "Bolivia: Radio Under the Gun" at > http://donmoore.tripod.com/south/bolivia/miners.html > > > > ===== > Don Moore --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] <<<< > NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS > Radio & Latin American website: > http://donmoore.tripod.com > Other Highly Recommended: > http://www.commondreams.org/ > > http://www.tompaine.com/ > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- > > World Radio TV Handbook 2003 is out! Order it now! > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059677/hardcoredxcom > > ---[End Commercial]----------------------- > ________________________________________ > Hard-Core-DX mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www2.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx > http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ > _______________________________________________ > > THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be > copied, distributed > and/or modified under the conditions set down in the > Design Science License > published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt _____________________________________________________ Gratis e-mail resten av livet på www.yahoo.se/mail Busenkelt! ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2003 is out! Order it now! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059677/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www2.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt