In Latin America, HCJB Global has helped plant 60 stations in 14 countries since 2000. The mission works with 77 partners, broadcasting in a total of 18 languages.

Here are some examples of partner ministries:

Bolivia: HCJB Global Voice has worked with local radio partners to plant local AM and FM stations in the Bolivian cities of Santa Cruz and San Borja. Six stations with 10 transmitters in seven cities are also affiliated with the ALAS satellite network.

Cuba: HCJB Global Voice continues to air Spanish programs to Cuba via shortwave from South America. Hundreds of listeners have enrolled in the ministry’s Bible Institute of the Air, a Spanish correspondence program incorporating radio broadcasts. In addition, numerous pastoral training workshops, held in conjunction with Leadership Resources International, have been held in Cuba since the mid-1990s.

Honduras: Staff members from the HCJB Global Technology Center  in Elkhart, Ind., have worked with local partners to establish radio ministries in three cities of Honduras, Roatan, San Pedro Sula and Siguatepeque.

Mexico: HCJB Global Hands sent an emergency medical response team from Ecuador to Mexico in November 2007, joining with Samaritan’s Purse to provide relief to flood victims. HCJB Global Voice has also helped with training and Spanish programming for a pair of partner stations in Chihuahua, Mexico, and provides five hours of weekly programs for a station in Cuauhtemoc.

Nicaragua: HCJB Global Voice has worked with partner ministries in four cities of Nicaragua: Managua, La Trinidad, Puerto Cabezas and Pantasma. Radio VECA in Puerto Cabezas also receives programming from the ALAS satellite network.

Peru: HCJB Global Voice, together with local partners, has helped plant Christian radio stations in seven Peruvian cities. Affiliate stations with in eight transmitters in six cities also carry Spanish programming distributed by ALAS, the ministry’s Latin American satellite radio network. Radio programs in both Spanish and Quechua also air across Peru via shortwave from Quito, Ecuador. A disaster response team from HCJB Global Hands in Ecuador also spent a week in Peru, providing medical assistance, distributing supplies and counseling those affected by an earthquake that hit on Aug. 15, 2007.