The Unfinished Work of Berta Caceres

[Judi Lynn]

The Unfinished Work of Berta Caceres
March 17, 2016
by Dan Beeton

At the present time several international organizations are pressuring us to build “megaprojects” on indigenous lands — refineries, tourist resorts, and hydroelectric dams — that threaten to displace our people.

But we ask, “Who are the people that make these proposals? We are the people who live in those areas, and we should have a right to decide what kind of projects are built on our lands.”

– Berta Cáceres, writing in 1999

The assassination of Berta Cáceres in the pre-dawn hours of March 3 came as a shock to Honduras and to Latin America watchers around the world. Berta, a vibrant woman with a glowing smile, was still young — and seemed too full of life, too driven and too determined, to be cut down.

But Berta’s assassination one day before her 45th birthday, and just five days before International Women’s Day, should have been expected. Berta had received numerous death threats in recent years, as she had explained to the many media outlets that interviewed her after she received the Goldman Environmental Prize last year. She had also been subject to a campaign of harassment and persecution by the Honduran authorities, including sedition and other bogus charges leveled at her in 2013 (subsequently dropped). Not yet the recipient of such a prestigious international award, she received little international attention for her plight then.

More:
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/03/17/the-unfinished-work-of-berta-caceres/

Good Reads:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016147356#post3

[juxtaposed]

1. Maybe Hillary needs to work on this..

[Judi Lynn]

2. She'd get right on that, trying to see justice done, wouldn't she? Oh, you bet. n/t

[juxtaposed]

3. I wish us well... WE have killed so many great people in the last 8 years. Thank you Hillary and

obama