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Radio Insurgente is the official voice of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN).The radio station has been operating since August 2003 and it is independent from the Mexican government. Its broadcasting location is unknown.〔http://www.clandestineradio.com/crw/news.php?id=236&stn=693&news=556〕 Radio Insurgente's content is focused on promoting the ideas and struggles of the Zapatista movement. Radio Insugente transmits programs in Spanish and in the indigenous languages tzotzil, tzeltal, chol and tojolabal. According to their (website ), they transmit "from various places in Chiapas directed to the Zapatista bases, the insurgentes and milicians, the commanders and local people in general".〔http://www.radioinsurgente.org/index.php?name=whoweare〕 No new programs have been posted on the website since 2009, but CDs are on sale on the site and users can listen to previous content. Some argue that Radio Insurgente broadcasts daily on the FM dial — "an hour long short-wave program (6.0 megahertz on the 49 meter band) Friday afternoon at 3:00 PM Zapatista time to the rest of the world" ==History== There was a prior attempt to create a Zapatista radio network in 1998 with Radio Rebelde to cover human rights violations and provide political commentary that does not seem to have ever gained much traction. The radio station was first transmitted via short wave frequency in 2001 during a high profile Zapatista gathering in Ovente, Chiapas. With the start of Radio Insurgente in 2003, many people arranged meetings and brought their own radio sets to mark the occasion and hear the first words "broadcast" by the network, which actually came via a CD that was played through loudspeakers: This is Radio Insurgente, voice of the Zapatista National Liberation Army, broadcasting from the mountains of the Mexican Southwest. Radio Insurgente broadcasts in the 5.8 MgHz, in the 49 meter band. And when we are interfered by the supreme government, then we circulate in pirated CDs. Radio Insurgente also used criticism and humor since its first broadcast, when it mocked U.S. foreign policy, Silvio Berlsuconi, Tony Blair, José María Aznar, the King of Spain, and Judge Baltasar Garzón. It also made fun of its own lack of power, stating that "We broadcast with such little power that not even electronic Viagra can raise it." Since it launched it has experienced technical glitches. Prior to the launch of Radio Insurgentes, the EZLN transmitted content over clandestine FM stations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】first=Mäkeläinen )〕 To get started, the Zapatistas built a "egg carton-lined studio" to transmit their programs. They have also trained themselves on how to operate the radio station; the group has especially trained young women insurgents on producing radio content. The radio station is also completely portable; insurgentes will take it up to the mountain in the morning and back down at night. Mexican broadcast laws require individuals to have a permit or concession to broadcast a radio signal, but the government makes it difficult for individuals to get a permit through red tape and other provisions. It is not uncommon for tiny wattage radio stations to pop up in Mexico, but they are subject to the military coming in and destroying the equipment. The station was not sanctioned by any national laws and lacked a proper license, yet the San Andrés Accords between the EZLN and the Mexican government held that the indigenous communities had a right to broadcast their own content. In 2004, the station started a (website ) where they archived recordings of their programs and sold CD copies. The (website ) also archives the communiqués and speeches given by the EZLN leader, Subcomandante Marcos. In July 2006, Subcomandante Marcos refused to appear on the airwaves of XENK-AM Radio 620 in Mexico City because state advertising spots with the company were dependent on him no longer participating in the Radio Insurgente program. Hosts of the show expressed shock at the incident, and a group of individuals with placards and banners protested outside of the radio station's offices. This has been cited as the most direct form of censorship by the state that the radio station had ever experienced. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Radio Insurgente」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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