The new millennium in Latin America began with innovation in the policies of Communication recovering the debate about media laws. This process followed the democratic revolutions on the continent in the 2000s. But what normative advances the new left governments brought to the Media Community? With the goal to understand the relationship between progressive governments and regulation of Community Media, this study analyzed the normative disputes in Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela in the past decade based on studies of documents, interviews etc. We compared the laws, from the perspective of the actors involved in the subject. The result indicates that the adoption of rules most progressive in the industry is not a priority option of the left parties involved in the theme. The new laws are the result of a complex balance of forces, in that the participation of counter-hegemonic actors is crucial to building new ways.
Comunity Communication; Law; Communication's Public Politic; Latin America
