Murder of activist Berta Cáceres sparks violent clashes in Honduras
Source: The Guardian
Murder of activist Berta Cáceres sparks violent clashes in Honduras
Students clashed with riot police Thursday night amid anger over
failure to protect a high-profile campaigner who had repeatedly received
threats on her life
Jonathan Watts Latin America correspondent
Friday 4 March 2016 16.02 GMT
The murder of environmental and indigenous rights activist Berta Cáceres has sparked violent clashes in Honduras despite promises by President Juan Orlando Hernández to swiftly find and punish the killers.
Rock-throwing students clashed with riot police firing tear gas in the University of Honduras on Thursday night amid anger over the authorities’ failure to protect a high-profile campaigner who had repeatedly received threats on her life.
International NGOs called for foreign investors and engineering companies to withdraw from the Agua Zarca hydropower project that Cáceres had been opposing at the time of her death.
The US government also came under fire for supporting a government that came to power in a coup and has since pushed forward with the controversial cascade of dams and failed to prevent Honduras from becoming the most murderous country in the world for environmental campaigners.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/04/berta-caceres-murder-protests-honduras-environmental-indigenous-activism
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