Costa Rican and Ecuadorian radio personalities pass away

Costa Rican journalist Édgar Houed Retana has died at the age of 70. Retana was a prominent figure in the country's media landscape, serving for over 20 years as the director and voice of the cultural radio program ‘Horizontes’ on Radio Centro 96.3 FM. Radio Centro issued a statement expressing condolences and noting his significant legacy in the field of communication.

In Ecuador, DJ and Radio Canela co-founder Carlos Fraga has died at age 48 following a traffic accident in San Antonio de Pichincha, north of Quito. The incident, which involved three vehicles and resulted in one overturned car, occurred in the early hours of Sunday, October 25. Fraga, known in the industry as the ‘surgeon of mixes,’ was confirmed as a victim of the crash by Radio Canela founder Jorge Yunda.