Loyola Cultural Action Foundation

Loyola Cultural Action Foundation (Spanish: Acción Cultural Loyola; ACLO) is a network of radio stations in southeast and southcentral Bolivia founded by the Jesuits in 1966, with headquarters in Sucre. It serves the largely indigenous people of this region and has included literacy in its programming from the start. It is currently involved in advocacy and education for participatory democracy in a plurinational state.[4] It has undertaken direct action programs to strengthen community organizations and community-based media.

Loyola Cultural Action Foundation
Acción Cultural Loyola
AbbreviationACLO
Formation1966[1]
PurposeSocioeconomic development
of indigenous people
Location
Region served
Bolivia
Official language
Quechua, Spanish[2]
Director General
Fernando Alvarado[3]
AffiliationsJesuit, Catholic
WebsiteACLO

Programming

Programming is broadcast in the indigenous Quechuan language, but staff are required to prepare scripts in Spanish.[2] The programming is primarily entertainment oriented.[5] In 1990, the network started broadcasting the farmer education program Tornavuelta.[6]

History

ACLO's roots go back to the Catholic bishops of Latin America at Medellin adopting the option for the poor recommended by the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). In Bolivia in the 1960s the indigenous farmers were marginalized, with 69% illiteracy and little access to healthcare or government services. ACLO used literacy education to make the peasants aware to their own situation and their options. The education was carried on through ACLO's radio stations in Chuquisaca (1971), Potosí (1975), Yamparáeza (1977), and Tarija (1981), along with the newspaper En Marcha.[7]

ACLO has been described as one of the few independent media outlets that covered the 2006 Bolivian Constituent Assembly.[8]

Affiliates

References
  1. Gianotten, Vera (2006). CIPCA y poder campesino indígena: 35 años de historia (in Spanish). CIPCA. p. 48. ISBN 9789995435011.
  2. Villarreal, Gabriela Zamorano (2017). Indigenous Media and Political Imaginaries in Contemporary Bolivia. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9781496201706.
  3. Sur, Diario Digital Correo del. "ACLO Chuquisaca tiene nueva directora titular". correodelsur.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  4. "Fundación ACLO organiza foro para la celebración de sus 50 años". El Diario Digital de Tarija. 2016-03-17. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  5. Hornberger, Nancy H.; Coronel-Molina, Serafín M. (2004-01-28). "Quechua language shift, maintenance, and revitalization in the Andes: the case for language planning". International Journal of the Sociology of Language. 2004 (167). doi:10.1515/ijsl.2004.025. ISSN 0165-2516.
  6. Reyes Velásquez, Jaime (June 1999). "Una visión de la radio educativa en Bolivia". Revista Ciencia y Cultura (5): 22–30. ISSN 2077-3323.
  7. Michael Young et al. Distance Teaching for the Third World. Routledge.
  8. De la Fuente Jeria, José (March 2008). "Los alrededores de la Asamblea Constituyente". Tinkazos. 11 (23–24): 85–100. ISSN 1990-7451.
  9. "Red Aclo: Dos nuevas radios democratizarán la palabra". Erbol Digital (in Spanish). 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2018-08-02.

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