Loyola Cultural Action Foundation

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

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.

  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.