5 July 2021 AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Berta Cáceres had rallied indigenous Lenca people against the dam A court in Honduras has found a former energy executive guilty of helping plan the murder of a...GENEVA (11 April 2016) – More than a month after Berta Cáceres’ murder, United Nations experts* have reiterated their appeal to the Government of Honduras to provide justice and reveal the truth in the killing of the woman human rights defender, and to ensure the security and protection of all people defending the environment and human rights in the country.Jul 5, 2021 · Cáceres, winner of the Goldman prize for environmental defenders, was shot dead two days before her 45th birthday by hired hitmen on 2 March 2016 after years of threats linked to her opposition ... Yale Environment 360 reports from Honduras where Berta Cáceres fought to protect native lands and paid for it with her life – one of hundreds of victims in this disturbing global trend19 sept 2017 ... Berta Cáceres Flores) nació en La Esperanza, Honduras, el 4 de marzo de 1971. Activista por los derechos civiles y la defensa del medio ...3 mar 2016 ... Berta Cáceres era madre de cuatro hijas y tenía medidas cautelares de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH), por lo que debía ...El gobierno de Honduras dice investigar todo el entorno de la activista asesinada la medianoche del miércoles. Berta Cáceres había denunciado amenazas de muerte en su contra.March 2, 2021. Five years after Berta Cáceres was murdered, states are still failing to protect human rights defenders. It’s five years today since environmental human rights …Neben Berta Cáceres wurden 2016 in Honduras 13 weitere Umwelt- und Landrechts-Aktivisten ermordet. Im Mai 2022 verabschiedete der Nationalkongress ein Dekret, mit dem Berta Cáceres in den Rang einer Nationalheldin erhoben wird. Es ist außerdem die Schaffung eines Preises mit ihrem Namen vorgesehen, mit dem engagierte …19 sept 2017 ... Berta Cáceres Flores) nació en La Esperanza, Honduras, el 4 de marzo de 1971. Activista por los derechos civiles y la defensa del medio ...Honduras: man who planned Berta Cáceres's murder jailed for 22 years. This article is more than 1 year old. Roberto David Castillo sentenced for role in assassination of Indigenous ...Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbeɾtajsaˈβel ˈkaseɾes ˈfloɾes]; 4 March 1971 [1] - 2 March 2016) [2] was a Honduran ( Lenca) environmental activist, indigenous leader, [3] and co-founder and coordinator of the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH).Asesinada. Sobre la situación. El 3 de marzo de 2016, unos atacantes no identificados irrumpieron en la casa de la defensora indígena de renombre mundial Berta Cáceres y le asesinaron. El 30 de noviembre de 2018, el Tribunal Penal Nacional de Honduras condenó a siete hombres por el asesinato de la defensora de derechos humanos Berta Cáceres. Berta’s assassination marked an ominous new era. As early as 2002, police or military-affiliated death squads in Honduras—resurrecting the tradition of state killings carried out by groups such as Battalion 3-16 in the 1980s—would execute low-level political activists or teenagers accused of gang activity. But Berta was different.10 oct 2016 ... Berta Cáceres fue una indígena lenca, una luchadora feminista y una muy destacada activista en defensa del medio ambiente en Honduras, ...A remembrance wall for Berta Caceres featuring different moments of COPINH's fight for justice at their headquarters in La Esperanza. Honduras, August 28, 2020. Photographer: Tomas Ayuso for ...Berta Cáceres. Berta is being intimated and threatened because of her work as general coordinator of the Civic Council of the Indigenous and Popular Organizations of Honduras (COPINH). The organization has been fighting for over 20 years for better standards of living of her community in Río Blanco, north-western Honduras.Después de siete años del sonado asesinato de Berta Cáceres, Honduras se mantiene como uno de los países más letales en el mundo para personas defensoras. De acuerdo con la información de Global Witness, al menos 48 personas defensoras han sido asesinadas entre la muerte de Berta, en 2016, y fines de 2021. Y los números siguen …Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbeɾtajsaˈβel ˈkaseɾes ˈfloɾes]; 4 March 1971 – 2 March 2016) was a Honduran environmental activist, indigenous leader, and co-founder and coordinator of the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH). Jared Olson. June 23 2022, 5:00 a.m. T wo days before Berta Cáceres was killed in Honduras, a bank in the Netherlands released just over $1.7 million to a concrete company through an offshore ...La ecologista Berta Cáceres, conocida activista de Honduras, fue asesinada este jueves en la madrugada en La Esperanza, en el oeste del país.La historia de Berta Cáceres es una historia de resistencia contra la privatización, la colonización y el capitalismo. Es una historia de defensa de la tierra y el agua, de subsistencia de la vida. Berta Cáceres nos ha mostrado un modo de vida y lucha. O, para decirlo en sus propias palabras: “Despierten, ¡se acaba el tiempo!”.Sun 4 Jun 2017 06.30 EDT. Last modified on Wed 19 Oct 2022 12.01 EDT. The international funders behind the hydroelectric dam opposed by murdered Honduran environmentalist Berta Cáceres are ...Mar 3, 2016 · Story highlights. Indigenous environmental activist Berta Cáceres was shot dead inside her home. "This is a crime against Honduras," the country's President says. Activists say the government ... AQUI EN ESPAÑOL. The Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras COPINH makes public the following: In the midst of the trial against the convicted murderer David Castillo, co-author of the assassination of our comrade Berta Cáceres, it was made public that the FICOHSA Bank of Camilo Atala, hired a firm of lobbyists in the United States to act against the Berta Cáceres ...A woman holds a picture of Honduran Human Rights activist, Coordinator of the Civil Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) Berta Caceres Flores, reading "Justice for ...Last modified on Wed 25 Aug 2021 09.57 EDT. The murder of environmental and indigenous rights activist Berta Cáceres has sparked violent clashes in Honduras despite promises by President Juan ...A court in Honduras has sentenced a former energy executive to more than 22 years in jail over the murder of an environmental activist in 2016. Berta Cáceres led protests against the Agua Zarca ...Usando esa clave, el documental arma el rompecabezas para ayudar a Berta a resolver su propio asesinato. Hours before her death, the social activist Berta Cáceres wrote down for us the names of the corrupt interests that conspired to kill her. Using that key, the documentary puts together the puzzle to help Berta solve her own murder.Berta fue una de las defensoras más reconocidas de los derechos humanos, los pueblos indígenas y el medioambiente. Al mismo tiempo, fue una de las figuras más amenazadas en Honduras. La feminista indígena lenca, recibió en 2015 el prestigioso Goldman Environmental Prize por su destaca lucha en defensa de los recursos naturales.Mar 3, 2016 · Gunmen broke down the door of the house where the activist, Berta Cáceres, was staying in La Esperanza, in western Honduras, and shot her early Thursday, human rights groups said. Ms. Cáceres ... In a country with growing socioeconomic inequality and human rights violations, Berta Cáceres (d. 2016) rallied the indigenous Lenca people of Honduras and waged a grassroots campaign that successfully pressured the world’s largest dam builder to pull out of the Agua Zarca Dam. Meet Berta Cáceres Read in:Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores, nata e cresciuta nello Stato centroamericano dell’ Honduras, è stata una delle più note attiviste della regione negli ultimi 20 anni. Era una figura centrale per il popolo indigeno Lenca, leader e co-fondatrice del COPINH, il Consiglio delle organizzazioni popolari e indigene dell’Honduras.3 mar 2016 ... The InterAmerican Commission for Human Rights had called on Honduras to give Cáceres protection. Local media cite police as saying she was ...A US-trained former Honduran army intelligence officer who was the president of an internationally financed energy company has been sentenced to 22 years …Intibucá, Honduras. La laureada dirigente indígena ambientalista Berta Cáceres, de 43 años, fue asesinada a tiros la madrugada de este jueves por desconocidos que invadieron su casa en La ...Honduran indigenous and environmental organizer Berta Cáceres has been assassinated in her home in Honduras. She was one of the leading organizers for indigenous land rights in Honduras. In 1993 ...By Martha GrevattJuly 12, 2021. Roberto David Castillo Mejía, accused by prosecutors of “masterminding” the assassination of beloved Honduran environmentalist and Indigenous leader Berta Cáceres, was found guilty of homicide July 5 by a three-judge panel. Feminist Encampment Viva Berta, set up and maintained during the trial of …Last modified on Wed 25 Aug 2021 09.57 EDT. The murder of environmental and indigenous rights activist Berta Cáceres has sparked violent clashes in Honduras despite promises by President Juan ...Guevara Rosas se reunió esta semana en Honduras con altos funcionarios del gobierno para entregarle más de 80.000 firmas de personas que demandan justicia para el caso de Cáceres.Story highlights. Indigenous environmental activist Berta Cáceres was shot dead inside her home. "This is a crime against Honduras," the country's President says. Activists say the government ...Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbeɾtajsaˈβel ˈkaseɾes ˈfloɾes]; 4 March 1971 [1] – 2 March 2016) [2] was a Honduran ( Lenca) environmental activist, indigenous leader, [3] and co-founder and coordinator of the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH).Evidence of Broad Plot Is Found. Students at the National Autonomous University of Honduras carried a banner of the environmental activist Berta Cáceres, who was killed in March 2016. Gustavo ...Stories of attacks and harassment against activists like Bertha are common in Honduras and authorities rarely investigate them. “We have nowhere to go and feel helpless and vulnerable, because we have no trust in the judicial system in Honduras,” Berta explained. Defending human rights in Honduras is a crime. They are …Una foto enmarcada de Berta Cáceres se exhibe en un altar en su honor mientras los activistas exigen justicia el 15 de junio de 2016 en la Embajada de Honduras en la Ciudad de México después de ...Fue hija de José Doré Cáceres Portillo 8 y de María Austra Berta Flores, que fue partera, enfermera y alcaldesa, quien dio amparo a muchos refugiados de El Salvador durante la guerra civil de ese país. 9 Además, sometió la moción de la firma de Honduras del Convenio 169 de la OIT sobre pueblos indígenas y tribales, el cual fue firmado ...May 14, 2021 · ZY: Last month a man named David Castillo, an executive at a company called DESA, went on trial in Honduras. BBC Reporter: A senior official at a construction company in Honduras has been arrested ... There are four countries that start with the letter H: Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, and Hungary. Two are located in Europe, one in Central America and one is on an island in the Caribbean Sea.21 June 2022. Getty Images. Berta Cáceres was shot dead by hitmen in 2016. By George Wright. BBC News. A court in Honduras has sentenced a former energy executive to more than 22 years in...Dec 3, 2019 · La ambientalista y líder indígena Berta Cáceres fue asesinada a balazos en su casa en marzo de 2016. Este lunes un tribunal en Honduras condenó a siete hombres a entre 30 y 50 años de cárcel ... Last modified on Wed 25 Aug 2021 09.57 EDT. The murder of environmental and indigenous rights activist Berta Cáceres has sparked violent clashes in Honduras despite promises by President Juan ...She looked and sounded exhausted but agreed straight away to give me an interview in her home town of La Esperanza, in western Honduras, a couple of days later.She wouldn’t give me her address ...Usando esa clave, el documental arma el rompecabezas para ayudar a Berta a resolver su propio asesinato. Hours before her death, the social activist Berta Cáceres wrote down for us the names of the corrupt interests that conspired to kill her. Using that key, the documentary puts together the puzzle to help Berta solve her own murder.Berta cofounded the National Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) to address the growing threats posed to Lenca communities by ...Oct 28, 2017 · Evidence of Broad Plot Is Found. Students at the National Autonomous University of Honduras carried a banner of the environmental activist Berta Cáceres, who was killed in March 2016. Gustavo ... Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores nació el 4 de marzo de 1971 en el departamento de Intibucá, Honduras. Desde niña vivió en un hogar dirigido sólo por su madre, doña María Austra Berta Flores, quien, además de ser partera, enfermera y alcaldesa, desde muy joven se involucró en la defensa de los derechos humanos.Berta Cáceres, Honduran Indigenous Rights Leader, Is Murdered. In December 2019, seven men were sentenced to prison for Cáceres' murder. Four men …Oct 4, 2018 · El juicio por el asesinato contra Berta fue suspendido recientemente, su familia y los movimientos de lucha social temen que todo quede en la impunidad. Berta Cáceres fue una de las defensoras más reconocidas de los derechos humanos, los pueblos indígenas y el medioambiente. Al mismo tiempo, fue una de las figuras más amenazadas en Honduras. Murder of activist Berta Cáceres sparks violent clashes in Honduras. Read more. The co-founder of the Council of Indigenous Peoples of Honduras (Copinh) was …A US-trained former Honduran army intelligence officer who was the president of an internationally financed energy company has been sentenced to 22 years …Those responsible are rarely brought to justice. Although some have been convicted of Berta Cáceres’ killing, others believed to have been involved have still not been brought to account. It’s a familiar and continuing story, in Honduras and across the world, where those responsible for the murder of a human rights defender often enjoy ...W hen Bertha Zuñiga heard that a former Honduran army intelligence officer and businessman had been found guilty of collaborating in the murder of her mother, Berta Cáceres, she breathed a big ...25 feb 2019 ... Berta Cáceres fue una líder indígena hondureña de la comunidad lenca, feminista y activista medioambiental. Cofundadora y directora del ...On 3 March 2016, unidentified gunmen entered Berta Cáceres’ home in La Esperanza and shot her dead. They have never been arrested. Although Cáceres had long lived in fear for her life, her murder shocked her many supporters both in Honduras and around the world. Naomi Klein, the Canadian author and environmental campaigner, tweeted:News of the arrest broke while protests took place across the country to demand justice for the slain leader – who is one of at least 130 environment and land defenders murdered in Honduras ...A woman holds a picture of Honduran Human Rights activist, Coordinator of the Civil Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) Berta Caceres Flores, reading "Justice for ...In 2020, Honduras had a shockingly high per capita murder rate of 38 per 100,000 people, even compared to its neighbors in Central America’s Northern Triangle, with El Salvador at 20 per 100,000 ...Berta Cáceres was an internationally recognized, award winning, Honduran environmental and civil rights activist who was assassinated in March 2016. Cáceres dedicated her life to fighting injustices that occurred in Honduras, a nation notorious for its human and environmental rights violations [1]. Born into humanitarian activism, Cáceres ...July 5, 2021 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A former top executive of a Honduran construction firm was found guilty on Monday of being a collaborator in the 2016 murder of the Indigenous environmental...Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores nació el 4 de marzo de 1971 en el departamento de Intibucá, Honduras. Desde niña vivió en un hogar dirigido sólo por su madre, doña María Austra Berta Flores, quien, además de ser partera, enfermera y alcaldesa, desde muy joven se involucró en la defensa de los derechos humanos. Honduras: 50 años de cárcel para asesinos de Berta Cáceres La condena llega casi cuatro años después de perpetrado el crimen de la líder lenca y ambientalista. (03.12.2019)Nina Lakhani. The international funders behind the hydroelectric dam opposed by murdered Honduran environmentalist Berta Cáceres are withdrawing from the project, the Guardian can reveal. Three ...Sobre Berta Cáceres. Nacida el 4 de marzo de 1971 en La Esperanza, Intibucá, en su juventud, cofundó el Consejo Cívico de Organizaciones Populares e Indígenas de Honduras (COPINH), que en la actualidad representa a 300.000 personas de las siete etnias hondureñas. Cáceres destacó en su activismo medioambiental, especialmente su actividad ...En noviembre de 2018, el Tribunal de Sentencia de Honduras declaró culpables a siete personas por el asesinato de Berta Cáceres, lideresa indígena y ...El juicio por el asesinato contra Berta fue suspendido recientemente, su familia y los movimientos de lucha social temen que todo quede en la impunidad. Berta Cáceres fue una de las defensoras más reconocidas de los derechos humanos, los pueblos indígenas y el medioambiente. Al mismo tiempo, fue una de las figuras más amenazadas en Honduras.Berta Cáceres was one of the most prominent human rights defenders in Honduras and a Lenca indigenous woman who, for the past 20 years, had been …Berta was fighting for their right to live in Honduras, empowering those who are underrepresented because it is their last hope. The same reason my parents left over 40 years ago. Berta Cáceres ...Mar 3, 2016 · Story highlights. Indigenous environmental activist Berta Cáceres was shot dead inside her home. "This is a crime against Honduras," the country's President says. Activists say the government ... Last modified on Wed 25 Aug 2021 09.57 EDT. The murder of environmental and indigenous rights activist Berta Cáceres has sparked violent clashes in Honduras despite promises by President Juan ...A court in Honduras has sentenced a former energy executive to more than 22 years in jail over the murder of an environmental activist in 2016. Berta Cáceres led protests against the Agua Zarca ...Desde que en 2009 la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos obligase a Honduras a protegerla, el amparo de la vida de Berta Cáceres corría a cargo del Estado. Aguiluz, directora para ...Matador is a travel and lifestyle brand redefining travel media with cutting edge adventure stories, photojournalism, and social commentary. MY FRIEND HAD QUIT HER JOB and was taking a year to drive alone from California to Panama. Before s...Feb 9, 2022 · In 2020, Honduras had a shockingly high per capita murder rate of 38 per 100,000 people, even compared to its neighbors in Central America’s Northern Triangle, with El Salvador at 20 per 100,000 ... 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