Radio Kawsachun Coca, also known as RKC and by its

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channel name Kawsachun News, is a

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n online and

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network. It was founded on November 7, 2007 by the campesino workers unions and focuses on

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n politics. It has a pro-

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editorial line. It has both English and

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language channels.

History

The network was criticized in January 2020 by the former Bolivian Minister of Communication Roxana Lizárraga, who became part of the interim government after

Jeanine Áñez Jeanine Áñez Chávez (; born 13 June 1967) is a Bolivian lawyer, politician, and television presenter who served as the 66th president of Bolivia from 2019 to 2020. A former member of the Social Democratic Movement, she previously served two ...

declared herself next in line to assume the presidency. Lizárraga accused the Kawsachun news network and several community radio stations of not informing, but broadcasting "seditious voices".Restrictions on freedom of expression in Bolivia
Civicus, February 26, 2020 Under Lizárraga were with this reasoning many community radio stations shut down, other journalists restricted and a list of seditious journalists created, resulting in attacks on journalists.Violations of the right to life, right to freedom of expression, right to assembly & association, and others. Submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions from Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic
2020, p. 7–8 Lizárraga announced to Kawsachun that the freedom of expression has limits, however she did not also close Kawsachun, the station was in this conflict supported by the Movement Toward Socialism. Kawsachun reported in 2020 a recording in which

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, who was exiled after the political conflict that resulted in his resignation as

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, called for the creation of armed militias. Morales confirmed to Reuters it's his voice and defended his words, saying "if the armed forces are shooting the people, killing the people, the people have the right to organize their security".

References

External links

* {{official website, https://kawsachuncoca.com/ News and talk radio stations Radio in Bolivia