Guatemala: tomatoes, cotton, and fruit. Mexico manufactures Radio San Antonio, 4940, 1000-0200. autos for multinational makers. Radio Santa Rosa, 6047, 1800-1230. Guatemala has the highest popu- Radio Sicuani, 4827, 0900-0300. lation in . Roughly Radio Tacna, 9505, 1000-0005. 65% of the country is mountainous. Radio Educación. 6185, 2200-1130, occa- Radio Tarma, 4775, 1000-0200. sional English. English page: www.radioedu- Guatemala has western uplands, Radio Tawantinsuyo, 6173, 1000-0300. cacion.edu.mx/about-radio-educacion/ Radio Tropical, 4935. www.radiotropicalperu.com/radio/ the Pacific coastal area south of the Radio Insurgente, 6000, 2000-2100 Sat. Radio Unión/La Rompe, 6115, 0200-1700. mountains, and the Petén territory north Radio Mil, 6010, 24 hours. Radio Victoria, 6019, 2145-1300. 9720, 2145-1200. www. of the mountains. The landscape varies XEQM, 6105, 0000-1100 Spanish, and 1100- radiovictoria.pe/ 2400 Maya. from the Sierra Madre range with a peak Radio Visión, 4790, 24 hours. www.visionradioperu.com/ Radio Transcontinental, 4800, 2130-1600. frecuencias.php reaching almost 14,000 feet, to lush tropi- http://radiomil.com.mx/v3/paginas/programacion. php cal lowlands, fertile valleys, and rainforest. Suriname: Guatemala’s climate ranges from hot coastal Radio UNAM, 9599, 24 hours. Radio Universidad, 6045, 1200-0400. Culturally not part of , Surina- plains to cold mountain peaks. me was a dependent of The Netherlands. It is on the Most of the population lives in the high- Paraguay: north coast of between Guyana and lands, with about two million in Guatemala Paraguay is landlocked in south-central South French Guiana. The population is of Asian Indian, City. Half or more of the country’s population is America. Portions of the country are an alluvial Creole, and Indonesian heritage. Few indigenous Maya, distinct from those with mixed Spanish and plain which stretches into Brazil, Argentina, and inhabitants remain. Most live in Paramaribo. indigenous heritage. Guatemala exports bananas, Bolivia. The plain includes scrubby woodlands, Suriname’s topography includes marshy coffee, sugar, cardamom, timber, and textiles. swamplands and grasslands. In the east a plateau coastal plains; central tablelands with savannah, Radio Verdad, 4055, English at 0300-0400 Mon, 0500- gives way to verdant foothills. Paraguay’s climate woodlands and dunes; and southern mountains cov- 0610. Other hours in Spanish. www.radioverdad.org/ is subtropical, it being hottest in the west and north. ered in forests. The climate is tropical. Suriname’s Paraguay’s population is mostly of mixed economy is based on the mining of bauxite. Exports Guyana: Spanish and indigenous races and lives primarily in are aluminum, alumina, and bauxite. They produce Guyana, between Venezuela and Suriname the west. An agricultural country, Paraguay exports rice, fruit, cacao, bananas, coffee, and sugarcane. on the north coast of South America, was a Dutch timber, cotton, oilseeds, sugarcane, corn, oranges, bananas, and soybeans. Radio Apintie, 4990, 24 hours. Dutch, some English. www. colony and later part of the British Empire. It has apintie.sr/ cultural similarities to the islands of the West In- dies which were not settled by the Portuguese or Radiodifusión América, 7370. Info on frequencies: www. dxing.info/profles/paraguay_america.dx Uruguay: Spanish. The coastal , most of it below sea Uruguay is on the east coast of southern South level, is sheltered by dikes and dams. South of the Peru: America. The south is made of rolling prairielands. coastal area, forest stretches into highlands peak- Peru is on the west coast of central South Along the coast, sandy stretches and lagoons reach ing at 9,340 feet. Beyond the forests is savannah. America. Its coastal plain is part of the Atacama inland for several miles. In the north are tablelands Several rivers have some of the largest waterfalls Desert. To the east are the , with massive and low hills. The eastern part of the country is in the world. The climate is tropical; the coastal mountains, high tablelands, and deep valleys. In hilly. Its highest point is 1,644 feet above sea level. area is milder. the northeast the forest slopes down to a tropical Uruguay’s climate is mild. Nearly 90% of Guyana’s population lives in jungle reaching to Brazil. Peru’s climate varies The population is mostly of European the coastal region. Over half the population is East from tropical in the east to in the mountains. heritage, with few of European-native ancestry. Indian, with most of the rest of African descent. Nearly half of the country’s population is na- Virtually no indigenous peoples remain. Uruguay A small number of Chinese and Europeans reside tive, some of Inca heritage. Most of the remainder is highly urbanized. Most of the population lives there. Guyana exports rice, bauxite, coffee, rum, is of mixed Spanish and native ancestry. There are near the coast. Uruguay’s economy depends on the fruit, alumina, coconuts, sugar, cocoa, timber and some Africans, Chinese, and Japanese. Roughly raising of livestock, with exports being wool, meat, corn. half the population lives in the upland , with textiles, rice, fish and hides. Voice of Guyana, 3290, 0800-0400, English. www.voiceof- about 40% in the coastal territory. Many indigenous Emisora Chaná, 5831/5886, 0900-1440, 2300-0200. guyana.com/ tribes live in the jungle. 5925, 1300-1440, 2300-0110. Exports include fish meal, petroleum, coffee, Radio Artigas/La Voz de Artigas, 6075 kHz. Listed as hav- Honduras: silver, lead, sugar, iron ore and zinc. ing an irregular 31 meter-band frequency. www. Dual-coast Honduras has mountains, valleys, radioartigas.com/ plains, and extensive coastline. The western portion La Voz de las Huarinjas, 5060, 1000-0205. Radio SODRE, 6125. La Voz de la Selva, 4824, 0000-0400, 0930-2400. Radio Sarandi Sport, 6045. was at the southeastern edge of the Maya civiliza- Nueva Súper Sensación, 6536, 1200-0230. Radio Universo Internacional, 6055. tion. Honduras was part of New Spain. Roughly Ondas del Huallaga, 3330, 0930-0400. 90% of Honduras’ population is of mixed Spanish Ondas del Suroriente, 5120, 0955-0300. Venezuela: and native ancestry. The rest are indigenous, and Radio Altura, 5014, 0950-0340. Radio Bethel, 5921, 24 hours. Venezuela is on the north coast of South those of African and white European heritage. Most Radio Cultural Amauta, 4955, 0930-0108. America between Colombia and Guyana. The of the population is in the central and northern Radio Cusco, 6192, 0800-1230, 2130-0200. northern tip of the Andes is in the coastal zones. Honduras exports coffee, bananas, Radio Emisoras, Camargo, 3390, 2300-0300. northwest. Venezuela includes islands lead, timber, silver, shellfish, and zinc. Radio Emisoras Bolívar, 5460, 1000-0310. Radio Frecuencia Popular, 5486. 1000-0200. off its coast. There are lowlands in the Radio Génesis, 4850, 1000-1200, 2230-0130. northwest encircled by mountains. Tropi- Radio Luz y Vida, 3250, 1000-2100 Mon-Sat, 2100-0400. Radio Huanta 2000, 4747, 0955-0103. Some English. cal savannah covers the north central area. Radio la Hora, 4957. 0950-0315, in Quechua. The south is mountainous and remote. Radio Misiones Internacionales, 3340, 24 hours, some Radio JPJ, 3360, 1000-0410. www.radiojpj.com/ English. www.radiomi.com/ Radio Libertad de Junín, 5040, 1000-0205. www. The population is mostly of mixed rlibertadjunin.com/ Spanish and native heritage, the remainder Mexico: Radio Madre de Dios, 4950, 0900-0200. primarily of European descent. Most live in Mexico has tropical beaches, deserts, snow- Radio Manantial, 4986, 24 hours. the northwestern coastal region. Exports are Radio Marañón, 4835, 0930-0200. www.radioma- topped mountains, high tablelands between the ranon.org.pe/ petroleum, aluminum, chemicals, bauxite, two Sierra Madre chains, and tropical rainforests. Radio Melodía, 5939, 0900-0500. and steel. They produce sugarcane, oranges, About a fifth of the country’s population lives in Radio Oriente, 6188, 0900-1200, 2230-0030. bananas, coffee, plantains, rice, and cassava. Mexico City. Mexico’s climate is semiarid, though Radio del Pacífco, 4975, 9675, 24 hours. Radio Quillabamba, 5025, 0700-0300. http://quilla- the densely forested areas in the south are tropical. RNV, Radio Nacional de Venezuela. Formerly relayed by bambanoticias.org/radioquillabamba/ Radio Havana, Cuba. English webpage: www. Mexico exports silver, crude oil, sugar, coffee, Radio Reina de la Selva, 5485, 1000-0130. http:// rnv.gob.ve/noticias/index.php?s=6ac1b65c6 reinadelaselva.net/ eb061d84ad4c3925f195ebd&act=SF&f=31

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