Pulsar - Latin America

Pulsar began by producing a daily bulletin of 12 to 15 stories, 5 days a week. At the end of 1996, they added a monthly Comunicado and in 1997 & 98 created: En Linea, news stories edited and distributed on-line throughout the day (M-F); Compendio, sent at the end of the day - a collection of the news stories produced during the day; Ciberbrujas, produced in collaboration with the Bolivian NGO REDADA, a weekly service featuring news and information about Latin American Women; Nuqanchik, a daily news service in Quechua, a tongue spoken by 8 million people and the main native language in the Andean region; and Audio, a daily service of audio clips of 15-60 seconds in length.

Political Development, Rights.

From 38 subscribers, Pulsar grew to more than 1,000 subscribers in 2 years, Most are radio stations, but some are NGOs and individuals that use the information for different purposes - news, teaching, political analysis, etc. All services are provided free of charge. From the beginning, Pulsar has sought to: improve the programming, establish the credibility and increase the impact of independent and community radio in Latin America; contribute towards modernising the technology of independent and community radio stations; ensure better information and knowledge of regional and global issues, and promote topics related to democratic development, regional integration, peace and human rights and the right to communicate; and promote pluralism and participation at the local, national and regional levels, giving priority to those sectors that are often excluded.