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No coups in Latin America
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6 July 2018 | Interviews | Free Honduras | Social activists at risk | Berta lives on!
Trial over Berta Cáceres murder to start on September 10th
Her daughter, Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres, told Real World Radio that this may be a “historical trial”, although the people who masterminded the murder won´t be tried. Read more
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15 May 2018 | News | Free Honduras | Social activists at risk
Risks experienced by human rights defenders in Honduras
Riesgos que sufren defensores/as de derechos humanos en Honduras
UN Special Rapporteur Michael Forst visited Honduras this week and met with different social and governmental actors about the Human Rights violations taking place in the context of militarization experienced in the Central American country. Read more
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3 May 2018 | Interviews | Free Honduras | No to the coup d’état in Paraguay | Social activists at risk
Environmental activists analyze links between systems of oppression and the control and exploitation of peoples, territories and women
Friends of the Earth International “has a clear vision of environmental and social justice”. “We can´t achieve justice in any way if we don´t talk and discuss about how women, gay people, black people and indigenous people are oppressed”, said Brazilian environmental activist Marília Gonçalves in an interview with Real World Radio. Read more
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2 March 2018 | News | Criminalization of COPINH | Free Honduras | Social activists at risk | Berta lives on!
Two years after the murder of Berta Cáceres in Honduras
COPINH´s position in response to arrest of David Castillo, president of DESA
By the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) Read more
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6 December 2017 | Interviews | Free Honduras
Honduras: interview with Carlos H Reyes of the Honduran trade union movement about the internal and external keys of the electoral fraud and the permanence of Juan Orlando Hernández in power
“If Juan Orlando Hernández remains in power through an electoral fraud, there will no longer be a Constitution that counts and the potential for a massacre against the people protesting in the streets will be huge”, said unionist Carlos Humberto Reyes from Tegucigalpa in an interview with Real World Radio. Read more
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29 November 2017 | News | Free Honduras | Social activists at risk
Concern over silence by authorities about elections in Honduras: Expressions of solidarity with the people in defense of their vote against the dictatorship
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (ATALC)
INTERNATIONAL ALERT Organizations member of Friends of the Earth Latin America and the Caribbean (ATALC), from over ten countries of the region, express their deep concern and alarm over the non-disclosure of conclusive information by the Supreme Electoral Court of Honduras about the outcome of the national elections that took place last Sunday. Read more
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11 September 2017 | Interviews | Free Honduras | Monitoring transnationals | Social activists at risk
The real Honduras: serious accusations against the government, the State and university authorities
“We want to express that we are living in a pseudo democracy, with embodiment of torture, trauma and terror, and this is due to the repressive policy of Honduras with the military government”, said Juan Almendarez, Executive Director at Movimiento Madre Tierra – Friends of the Earth Honduras. Read more
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8 September 2017 | Interviews | Free Honduras | Social activists at risk
Urgent international solidarity call against wave of detention of students who demand public education in Honduras
Approximately 16 people were arrested on the early morning of this Friday while they were carrying out a peaceful protest at Universidad Nacional Autónoma of Honduras, in Tegucigalpa, capital of the country, in defense of public education and to demand the release of several students prosecuted. Read more
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13 March 2017 | News | Criminalization of COPINH | Free Honduras | Environment for Peace | Social activists at risk | Berta lives on!
Participation of women: key for the building of peace with social and environmental justice
By CENSAT Agua Viva - Friends of the Earth Colombia
March is a month colored with strength and resistance, because in addition to the International Day of Women´s Struggles, we commemorate a year of Berta Cáceres´ murder and today, her legacy in defense of free water, sovereign territories and women leadership continues to be strengthened in numerous territories. Read more
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1 February 2017 | Interviews | Free Honduras | Social activists at risk | Berta lives on!
Interview with Joel Suárez, of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Center, Cuba
The 12th edition of the International Workshop "Berta Cáceres Lives On" held in Havana, Cuba, from January 10-14, aimed to promote unity for the struggle of the peoples. As stated in the call to the Workshop, the reflections, analyzes and proposals around the articulation needed to face the changing rhythms of international politics gave way to multiple projections and perspectives. Read more
