A new station in Panama allows marginalised groups to speak out about their lives and communities.
The high-rises and glass towers of Panama City gleam in the sunlight.
"Historically we've been bombarded with information from outside, and now we want to speak for ourselves," he says. "We want to show the needs of our peoples."The modernity of the centre of Panama City is in marked contrast to how rural most of Panama the country remains They see the radio station as an important tool to defend the culture, land and social and economic rights, of indigenous people.is a new series exploring how businesses, trade, economies and working life are changing fast.
Mr Nada is a Guna from Guna Yala, an indigenous territory spread across hundreds of islands off the Caribbean coast of Panama. He's worked voluntarily for years in community radio, and is now travelling to indigenous communities across the country, teaching people how to make radio programmes. Arimae has a population of 997. Many residents live in wooden houses with thatched palm rooves, while others homes are made of breeze blocks and corrugated iron.The people in Arimae are from two different indigenous groups, the Emberá and the Wounaan. They came together and founded this community in 1969 to defend themselves from road builders. The Pan American Highway, which began construction here in the early 1970s, was built right through the rainforest where they lived.
"The forest is what gives us life. It gives us oxygen. Without it we wouldn't be able to breathe. So, we have to care for nature because nature cares for us." The country's largest mine opened in 2019 and the government is considering several more mining concessions.
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