Radio Indígenas y Estado en Colombia ¿Herramientas “políticas” o Instrumentos “policivos”?

Abstract

Base on the case of the indigenous radio stations Namuy Wam of the Misak (Guambiano) and Radio Payumat of the Nasa (Paez), this article shows the effects of the interventions of the state in the development of indigenous radio stations in Colombia. These media projects, especially those resulted from the political process in which members of the Catholic church and external collaborators participated actively, have contributed in different ways to the strengthening the collective political projects of those communities. However, due to the intervention of the estate, these projects also brought new challenges, especially economic ones, restraining their political potential.