The media outlet Prensa Comunitaria KM 169, was born from an academic research project that began studying community consultations in 2005 and the community crisis caused by the imposition of the extractive model that in 2011, This resulted in the violent eviction of communities settled in the Polochic Valley, the installation of the San Gabriel plant in San Juan Sacatepéquez and a year later in a state of siege in Barillas Huehuetenango, to mention a few events in Guatemala. Throughout this time, we realized that the policy of dispossession, exclusion and discrimination also denied the right to freedom of expression of peoples and resistance movements that demand respect for their rights, customs, practices and territories.
Since the founding of Prensa Comunitaria, we have identified ourselves as an alternative digital media outlet, which seeks to give voice to communities with a focus on gender and identity through constructive and independent community journalism, which promotes citizen participation and social awareness about the national reality through the publication of truthful, objective and reliable information. Through our work we have sought to be the main source of reference for community news and investigative journalism that gives a voice to communities and groups historically excluded from the traditional media, thus contributing to the strengthening of democracy and accountability in the country.