. >> la dirigente indÍgena berta cÁceres fue asesinada hoy a tiros en la ciudad de la esperanza honduras, repoder jalan que dos hombres armados llegaron a su casa y le dispararon, era una de las activistas que defiende el medio ambiente y derechos humanos mÁs importantes de su paÍs. y habÍa recibido varias amenazas de muerte, uno de sus hermanos le pidiÓ hoy al presidente hondureÑo que vetsz debe este asesinato hasta que sea esclarecido que se castigue a culpables con todo el peso de la ley. >> la infanta cristina comenzÓ a testificar en un caso de fraude financiero que podrÍa costarle 8 aÑos de cÁrcel la hermana de rey invocÓ su derecho de responder solo a sus organizadores se limitÓ es decir que es su marido que se encarga de los dineros de la familia, se le acusa por defraudar al estado espaÑol por 35 m #65 mil dÓlares. >> al regresar en "noticiero telemundo" hoy abriÓ sus puertas la nueva estaciÓn de trenes de nueva york en el world trade center. >> pero hay quiÉnes dicen que no es mÁs que un esqueleto de ¡bienvenida! buscas un corolla azul, ¿verdad? sí, ¿cómo s

caceres. she was gunned down in her home last week, less than a year after she won the prestigious goldman environmental prize. the activists also demanded the release of gustavo castro soto, another well-known environmental campaigner, who witnessed the shooting and was shot twice himself. honduran authorities have barred him from returning to his native wasco, despite he accompanied by the mexican ambassador to the airport. he says his life may be in danger. honduran activist gregoria flores spoke out. >> we came here today to look for the united nations delegate from honduras, but they told us she was not here. we spoke with a person who reports to her and we gave them a letter to manning cliff occasions about berta's case, freedom from gustavo, freedom for the family of berta and the activists around the world as well. one more time, frito for gustavo for gustavo. we need assurances the safety of his life. we want the whole world to say, freedom for gustavo. freedom for gustavo. amy: in th

satisface a familiares del ambientalista berta cÁceres la condena de los acusados del asesinato en honduras. entre los culpables estÁ un gerente de la empresa energÉtica contra quienes se manifestaban por la construcciÓn de una hidroelÉctrica. las penas para cada uno de los acusados se conocerÁn en una audiencia en enero y serÍan de hasta 30 aÑos. cÁceres fue muerta en marzo de 2016 cuando dormÍa en su casa. continuamos por mÁs en "despierta amÉrica" y conocemos la segunda entrega de esta entrevista de nuestra querida lili stefan a michelle obama. karla: vamos a continuar con la segunda parte de esta exclusiva entrevista y vamos a ver la parte de esposa. carclos: vamos a ver los detalles muy personales que compartiÓ de su vida junto al ex presidente obama en la casa blanca. lili: michelle y barack obama siempre mostraron su amor ante el mundo pero a puertas cerradas han tenido problemas como cualquier matrimonio. como mujer te quiero agradecer porque hay algo de lo que hablas en el libro que ayudarÁ a muchas que han vivido lo mismo y me refiero a que hablaste sobre terapia de p

enrique: la investigación por el asesinato de berta cáceres continúa abierta. nueve personas han sido detenidas hasta hoy. la más reciente en marzo pasado cuando las autoridades detuvieron a un exoficial de inteligencia, quien dirigía la empresa encargada de la construcción de la represa a la que se oponía berta. olivia: ahí está mi mami, esta pintura la hicieron los artistas de aquí, aquí le hicieron otra. son los murales que han hecho aquí de mami. enrique: la realidad para muchos activistas en honduras y en otras partes de américa latina es que arriesgan sus vidas y las de los suyos por una causa en la que creen y por la que están dispuestos a morir. olivia: siento mucho miedo por mi hijo, verdad, por dejarlo solo, porque es un niño pequeño, tiene siete años y siento mucho miedo, pero a la vez me siento con un compromiso ético, moral y de principios, ¿verdad? enrique: es difícil exagerar la importancia que ha cobrado la figura de berta cáceres aquí en honduras y en américa latina. sus asesinos buscaban silenciarla, pero en vez de apagar s

cÁceres. flavio mendoza desde tegucigalpa nos dice lo que sucediÓ en la audiencia. flavia: bajo un fuerte resguardo militar fueron trasladado los cuatro acusados del asesinato de berta cÁceres. el ministerio pÚblico tambiÉn anunciÓ la ampliación de requerimentos fiscalcontra un quinto implicado. >> una vez que se encontrÓ el arma, la persona que la tenÍa en su poder va a ser requerido dentro del procedimiento. flavia: dos de los sospechosos trabajaban para la empresa constructora de la represa contra la que trabajaba cÁceres. >> hay prueba pericial, prueba documental y testifical. recoge allanamientos de morada. testigos que van a declarar. sobre todo hay un informe tÉcnico de intervenciÓn telefÓnica. flavia: la audiencia inicial aÚn no culmina, sin embargo la familia de cÁceres insiste en una demanda puntual. >> profundizar y llegar a los autores intelectuales. flavia: insisten en que se investigue a los socios de esta empresa que segÚn denuncias podrÍa haber girado la orden d

cÁceres and other murdered land and water defenders, and said her government will not continue to loot honduras. >> poverty increased by 74% to make us the poorest country and it latin america. this figure by itself explains the migrant caravan of thousands of people who flee to the north, mexico, and the united states looking for a place and a way to subsist regardless of the risk it applies to our lives. amy: castro's presidency marks the end of a brutal 12-year regime by the u.s.-backed right-wing national party, which first came to power after the 2009 u.s.-backed coup that overthrew castro's husband, president manuel zelaya. this comes as many are demanding outgoing honduran president juan orlando hernÁndez be indicted and extradited to the united states to face charges of aiding drug traffickers. like his brother. in japan, six people who developed thyroid cancer in the aftermath of the 2011 fukushima nuclear meltdown have filed a landmark lawsuit against the tokyo electric power company. the plaintiffs were aged from six to 16 at the time of the devastating earthquake and tsuna

y les dieron el Último adiÓs a la lÍder indígena berta cÁceres en honduras, los indÍgenas cargaron el cuerpo de la mujer que por aÑos defendiÓ sus derechos, luego de recorrer mÁs de 6 millas la multitud estuvo en una misa en su nombre, fue asesinada por hombres armados que irrumpieron en su casa y le dispararon en 4 ocasiones, su familia pide justicia. >> sabemos con certera claridad que lo motivÓ de su asesinato fueron su resistencia y lucha en cuanto a la explotaciÓn de los bienes comunes de la naturaleza y en defensa del pueblo... satcha: la indignaciÓn aumentó luego que autores hondureÑas impidieron salir del paÍs al activista mexicano gustavo castro que fue testigo y resultÓ herido durante el atentado. nuevo capÍtulo de tensiones escribiÓ la historia de la penÍnsula coreana, el rÉgimen de corea del norte advirtiÓ que lanzarÍa un ataque nuclear contra corea del sur y estados unidos. las amenazas son constantes, son mÁs intensas cuando washington realizan ejercicios militares de primavera que corea del norte considera ensayo para invadir su territorio. un atrincher

. >>> detienen a 4 sospechosos del asesinato de la inversionista berta cÁceres. >>> el colegio mÉdico de estados unidos propone nuevos tratamient

cÁceres. fue asesinada en la esperanza en marzo de 2016, provocando inmigraciÓn nacional e internacional. y la cÁmara de seguridad de una tienda captÓ el momento en que un ladrÓn tropieza en su intento por huir con el botÍn en la mano. el dueÑo del comercio explica que el sujeto pasÓ 45 minutos hablando con uno de los empleados, y luego esperÓ frente a la caja como si estuviera listo para pagar. pero en un descuido del personal, emprendiÓ la fuga, llevÁndose cientos de dÓlares en mercancÍa. la policÍa estÁ tras la pista del sospechoso. vamos ahora con ana patricia, quien tiene los detalles del tiempo. locutor: este segmento del tiempo en "despierta amÉrica" es presentado por los fabricantes de zyrtec. ana patricia: asÍ es, chicos. hay que estar bien informados en el clima. en texas tenemos un aire caliente que va a estar llevando lluvias todo el fin de semana. podrÍa haber avisos de inundaciÓn. todo esto que ven de color azul, podrÍa haber nieve y precipitaciones en el Área

a caceres. we're going to continue the fight and say no, this is not a great guy as john kelly calls him. this is someoeone who is tryingo escalate collapsed democracy and take over that country in a very autocratic way. juan: i'm wondering, sarah kinosian, can you talk about the opposition? this was an alliance of political parties to the current president that are b backing nasralla. can you talk about that coalition? >> yeah. in the simplest form, salvador , thella has had a party anticorruption party. he has paired with mel zelaya of the liberte party. together.d what i am hearing is that alliance, while it did give salvador nasralla the support he needed to get this far with this support, it also presented problems because a lot of people are not distinguishing between nasralla and mel zelaya. so what you will hear from a lot of hernandez supporters is, one, we are going to have -- either orlando, they're one a try to stay in power because of 2009. or you hear this repeated line that the he

"justicia: berta" justice for berta. a shocking new report looks at who killed berta caceres. we will get an update from "new york times google reporter elisabeth malkin in mexico city. republicans cancel a hearing with san juan mayor carmen yulin cruz who was set to testify alongside fema chief brock long today. >> we received a statement by the congressman thompson stating that the majority of the republicans for the second time in a row has canceled the with no date for it to be rescheduled. i'm just wondering, what are they afraid of? amy: than a federal judge blocked part of president terms transgender military ban. we will speak with the former trans marine who is the challenging the ban. all of that andore, coming up. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in new york city, eight people were killed and 11 more injured when a driver intentionally drove a pickup truck down a bike path along manhattan's hudson river tuesday. officials are calling it an act of terror. police say the attacker was

cáceres, declararon a roberto david castillo coautor del crimen contra cáceres que no quería una represa sobre un río importante de la comunidad. >> para su familia el reclamo de justicia continúa . >> solo es un paso en este camino de búsqueda de justicia, pero nos queda un largo recorrido que dar para la responsabilidades de la autoría telectual del crimen. >> la sentencia será dada a conocer el 3 de agosto, otras personas han sido condenadas en 2019 por estmismo crimen. >> al regresar. >> un judor de los dodgers de los Ángeles destaca por usar un saco de mariachi en la casa blanca, peroablamos ♪ ♪ ♪ in the sunshine ♪ ♪ everybody loves the sunshine ♪ el sueño olímpico continúa (música) (música) (música) (música) (música) kelly uno de los jugadores más populares de los dodgers, luó un saco de mariachi e la visita del equipo de la casa blanca, seguramente vio la imagen, cómo llegó esto a la casa blanca? días antes kelly intercambió la camiseta de su equipo con el saco de robert castro, mariachi y fanático de los dodgers . >> no le pregunté para qué lo q

we are here today outside of the honduran consulate to bring justice to berta caceres for mother's day. she was fighting for all of the environmental rights that everybody deserves. today is a day to celebrate the motherhood of all days outside the honduran consulate. >> we are gathered here today to demand an independent investigation of her murder, to end u.s. military aid to honduras, and to stand against the coup in 2009 at led -- amy: in mexico, mothers of children who have disappeared gathered in mexico city to demand justice for their loved ones. two. mothers of missing sons spoke out about why they do not celebrate mother's day. >> no, we don't celebrate, we search. we search for justice and look for our children. our children who were taken away in the government does nothing to look for them. >> the authorities should make an effort to return our missing who are not just the 43. thousands of missing people. the figure goes up every day. amy: in alberta, canada, a massive wildfire continues to spread in the sprawling forest outside the city of fort mcmurray after all 88,000 re

they are calling for justice in the case of berta caceres. gunmen broke into her home on thursday and shot her four times. she received the 2015 goldman envioronmental prize for her role in fighting a dam project. but that came with a price. caceras complained of death threats from police and the army in the past. her daughters says her mother was killed because today: decreasing clouds & remains cool. highs in 5-10mph. tonight: mainly clear with lows in the mid 30s. wind: sw light. mixed with sunshine. highs near 60 degrees. wind: sw 5-15mph. an area of low pressure isolated showers before sunrise. as the low continues to slide away from our area, the sky will gradually turn partly cloudy this afternoon. high pressure takes over from that point (both at the surface and in the upper levels). an upper level ridge of high pressure will anchor itself over the east as a southwesterly wind prevails at the surface. so, afternoon highs will be well above average...reaching the 70s by tuesday. next chance for showers will be with a cold front that mo

amy: to see our coverage of berta caceres' life and death and our 2019 interview with her daughter laura zÚniga cÁceres, at the u.n. climate summit in madrid, visit our website democracynow.org. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. the senate voted thursday to open debate on president biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. the final vote was 51 to 50 with vice president kamala harris breaking the tie after every republican senator voted against advancing the legislation. democrats are hoping to pass the bill before march 14, when extended unemployment benefits run out. the legislation has widespread support from voters. one new poll shows 77% o americans support the bill, including nearly 60% of republicans. but senate republicans are attempting to slow the process to a crawl. thursday, wisconsin republican senator ron johnson forced senate clerks to read the entire text of the stimulus bill aloud -- more than 100,000 words filling 628 pages. the house has already approved a $1.9 trillion relie

caceres, who was killed by armed gunmen in her home on march 2, as she was leading a struggle against hydro-electric dams threatening the ancestral land of the lenca people. ecuador is likely headed for a run-off vote in its presidential election as front-running candidate lenin moreno appears to have narrowly failed to capture 40% of the vote. moreno served as vice president to outgoing president rafael correa. with nearly 90% of the votes counted, he's leading his rightwing rival, former banker guillermo lasso, 39% to 28%. ecuador's election is seen as an indication of whether latin america's left-leaning pink tide is over as argentina, brazil, , and uruguay have all seen right-wing administrations rise to power in recent years. lasso has that if you were elelected, he would throwow wikileaks founder julian assange out of the ecuadorian embassy in london. the ununited nati's childrdren's agency, , unicef, is warning as many as 1.4 million children could die this year from famine in nigeria, somalia, south sudan, and yemen. on monday, famine was declared across parts of south sudan,

amy: that was berta caceres, criticizing the honduran military. only hours, berta was killed in her home by armed gunmen. earlier this month, four people were arrested in connection with her murder -- including army major mariano diaz chavez and edilson duarte meza, who is reportedly a retired captain. press accounts report diaz chavez graduated from the prestigious u.s. ranger-supported honduran special-forces course teson -- raising questions about whether u.s.-trained were involved in carrying out berta's murder, and her family continues to call for an indepennt investigation into her death. for more we're joined by annie bird. she's the director of rights and ecology, a project of the center for political ecology, which tracks the connections between economic and development policy and human rights violations. annie, welcome back to democracy now! can you talk about the latest in honduras, what you understand the homeland security secretary was doing in honduras and the latest on those arrested for caceres' murder? >> secretary johnson was vis

all of these dels, unfortunately, have been part -- in the ce of berta cÁceres. the family has strgled for many years and cfronted many threats, attacks, violence, arbitrary detention. her daughters were detained a couple of days before the trial started this week. impunity remains the norm. ere the thorities ar not providing protections for those -- because of the human rights they are doing. those who are fighting the right to land and access to terrories protecting the vironment e the ones who e faci even more violence. government is not protecting the human rights defenders. we are -- [indiscernible] [indiscernle] amy: can you talk about how this country, the united states, sees migration and why people are making noise to the border, so desperate, refugees, to lead countries that they love? people are fleeing violence and poverty and the effects of the climate crisis. not only the united states, but several governments areenying the rights of asylum and people to seek protecon. with the particular early on in the context of the pandemic how migrts have been

this is berta cÁceres speaking in 2015 after being awarded the prestigious goldman environmtal prize for her work protecting indigenous communities and for her environmental justice campaign against that massive dam on the sacred gualcarque river in honduras. she was assassinated inside her home in la esperanza, honduras, about a year later. >> in our worldviews, we are beings sue come from the earth, from the water. i people are concessional guardians of the rivers, in turn protected by the spirits of young girls to teach us that giving our lives in various ways for the protection of the rivers is giving our lives for the well-being of humanity and of this planet. amy: in 2019, we spoke to one of berta cÁceres's daughters, laura zÚÑiga cÁceres, while democracy now! was in madrid covering cop25. laura was there to receive a human rights award and to speak at the social summit for the climate, an alternative climate summit hosted by activists. i asked her about the risks indigenous women face in honduras as they fight to protect the earth. >> just the land and air turn tory is vio

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.>> los cuatro asesinos de berta cÁceres han sido condenados a 50 aÑos en prisiÓn. >> otros tres implicados en su crimen fueron sentenciados a 30 aÑo la familia de cÁceres venÍa esperando este dÍa desde que su cuerpo sin vida apareciÓ en una vivienda en el 2016 despuÉs de meses recibiendo amenazas con su trabajo en defensa de los der derechos ambientales e indÍgena sin embargo la hija de cÁceres dice que los verdaderos culpables siguen libres. >> justicia. y no hay justicia. precisamente porque los autores hay condenas justicia y no hay justicia precisamente porque los autores intelectuales de este asesinato siguen gozando de impunidad, aÚ no estÁn en la carcel las personas que diseÑaron, que ejecutaron, que financiaron este vil y cobarde asesinato. entre los sentenciados hay un ex militar de honduras y un ex empleado de una empresa de energÍa. >> acÁ de vuelta en estados unidos la gran tormenta invernal que al cruzado de costa a costa cobrando siete vidas ahora tiene paralizado el noreste del paÍs se han cerrado escuelas y oficinas y mÁs de 700 vuelos ha sido cancelados debi

they are calling for justice in the case of berta caceres. gunmen broke into her home on thursday and shot her four times. she received the 2015 goldman envioronmental prize for her role in fighting a dam project. but that came with a price. caceras complained of death threats from police and the army in the past. mother was killed because she refused to expolit natural resources at the expense of the native people. l/ la esperanza, honduras :02 today: decreasing clouds & remains cool. highs in the upper 40s. wind: ne 5-10mph. tonight: mainly clear with lows in the mid 30s. wind: sw light. monday: high clouds mixed with sunshine. highs near 60 degrees. wind: sw 5-15mph. an area of low pressure brought just some isolated showers before sunrise. as the low continues to slide away from our area, the sky will gradually turn partly cloudy this afternoon. high pressure takes over from that point (both at the surface and in the upper levels). an upper level ridge of high pressure will anchor itself over the east coast for most of this upcoming week.

. >> los 4 asesinatos de berta cÁceres han sido condenados a 50 aÑos, otros tres implicados fueron sentenciados a 30 aÑos, la familia venÍa esperando ese dÍa desde que su cuerpo sin vida apareciÓ en una vivienda despuÉs de meses de recibir amenazas por su trabajo, sin embargo, la hija de cÁceres asegura que los verdaderos culpables estÁn libres. >> hay condenas pero no hay justicia y no hay justicia precisamente porque los autores intelectuales de este asesinato siguen gozando de impunidad, aÚn no estÁn en la carcel las personas que diseÑaron y ejecutaron este asesinato. >> entre los sentenciados hay un exmilitar y un exempleado de una empresa de energÍa. >> el presidente donald trump se dejÓ oÍr hoy al inicio de la cumbre de la otan en londres, se mostrÓ molesto con el presidente de francia, emmanuel macron quien en un comentario anterior opinÓ que la alianza atlÁntica cruza una crisis que la hace aparentar un estado de muerte cerebral donald trump dijo que siguen paÍs del mundo es precisamente francia en referencia a los hechos unda ndial. nancy pelos anunciÓ que estados uni

for that they killed berta caceres. amy: one of berta caceres'three daughters resolved her mother's fight would continue. not beenher has killed. my mother has been planted and she is born and reborn in this, which they tried to put out today, this fire that is the struggle of the people. the only thing they did was ignite it more because they try to put out the fire with gasoline. amy: that was berta caceres's daughter speaking after her mother's death in honduras. when we come back from the break, we will be joined by berta's daughter berta zuÑiga caceres and we will be joined by lilian esperanza lopez benitez with copinh. that is the group that berta caceres founded. we will be back in a minute. ♪ [music break] amy: "the house of justice." this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are talking about honduras where another indigenous environmentalist has been murdered. this less than two weeks after the killing of the renowned environmental activist berta caceres. nelson

we're going to in with the words of berta cÁceres herself. she was assassinated a year after she won the goldman environmental prize for her work protecting indigenous communities and for her environment of justice campaign against the massive dam on the states they could gualcarque river. this is berta in 2015. >> in our worldviews, we're beings who come from the earth. from the water and from corn. the lenca aren't sessional guardians of the rivers, in turn protected by the spirits of young girls who teach us that giving our lives in various ways for the protection of the rivers is giving our lives for the well-being of humanity and this planet. amy: the great environmentalist berta cÁceres receiving her goldman environmental prize in 2015. in 2016, she was assassinated in her own home in honduras. this weekend, monday, david castillo was one of those found guilty of her murder. we also want to thank suyapa portillo, honduran scholar and associate professor at pitzer college and the author of the new book "roots of resistance: a story of g

activist berta caceres. protesters are gathering to call on the u.s. to stop funding the honduran military over accusations that state security forces have been involved in human rights violations, extrajudicial killings, and the murder of environmentalists like berta caceres. before her death, berta and her organization, copinh, was long the target of repression by elite honduran security forces and paramilitary groups. only hours before she was killed, berta caceres accused the military, including the u.s.-funded special forces tigres unit, of working on behalf of international corporations. >> we haveve to understand whyy these projects are so important. the governrnment has a all of is inststitutions a at the seservif theseompanies bececause they're , because these businesses are capable of moving anti-terrorism command is like the tigres, military police, national police, security guards, hitmen, etc. amy: to talk more about honduras, we're joined by tomas gomez membreÑo, ththe new generl coordinator o

she is a long-time friend and -- of both gustavo castro soto and berta caceres. she's currently the coordinator of other worlds, a social and economic justice organization. bell is also an associate fellow at the institute for policy studies. welcome back to democracy now! what is happening right now in the wake and the floor of the berta caceres assassination? what is happening to gustavo castro soto? >> the first thing to point out, gustavo is not only the sole witness, he also was a target for assassination. he was, as you mentioned, shot twice and in the one letter he is unable to get out to a few of us, he said they tried to assassinate me and they are still trying to assassinate me. igned death after having been shot twice. the death squads, who were sent, we're certain, by the honduran government, thought that he was dead. they left. gustavo's arms. he was a mean really picked up for questioning. he is now in his fifth day of questioning will stop it reads like the worst horror movie you could ever imagine. it h been crazyhere gusvo walocked up in hrible d

this is berta caceres's daughter berta isabel zuÑiga caceres. here to renounce the lack of justice. the authorities one us to feel the case has been resolved. on the contrary, we're saying the process is full of irregularities. amy: at thursday's demonstration in tegucigalpa, police in riot gear fed tear gas at protesters who responded by hurling rocks. protesters were demanding an end to impunity for the killers of more than 150 land rights activists in the aguan valley since 2009. we'll have more on the assassination of berta caceres after headlines. in rochester, new york, vandals toppled more than a dozen headstones at a jewish cemetery thursday, defacing some of the grave markers. new york governor andrew cuomo ordered police to investigate the vandalism as a possible hate crime. it was at least the third desecration of a jewish cemetery in the u.s. over the past two weeks. at the vatican, a prominent member of a commission advising pope francis on how to end clerical sexual abuse stepped down this week to protest what she described as inaction by the church. marie collins, an

then we remember the life of berta caceres. she was assassinated this week just months after winning the goldman environmental prize, the world's leading environmental award. >> our mother earth, militarized, poisoned, a place where basic rights are systematically violated, demands that we take action. amy: we will speak with her nephew, journalist in san francisco. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman juan gonzalez. i'm amy goodman. four republican presidential candidates faced off thursday night at the fox theater in downtown detroit. marco rubio, ted cruz and john , kasich all teamed up against frontrunner donald trump. meanwhile, outside the fox theater, hundreds of people rallied to protest the gop debate, and what they say is hateful and islamophobic rhetoric coming from the republican party. this is william antoun of the michigan muslim community council. >> we're here to protest the republican debate, the policies and things that some of the

slain indigenous and environmental leader berta caceres. in march, she was murdered in her home in la esperanza, honduras. for a decade, she led the struggle against the agua zarca dam planned along a river sacred to the lenca people. honduran authorities have charged five people in connection with her death, including a honduran army major and employees of desa, the company behind the dam.

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berta caceres was assassinated in march 2016. in november 2018, a court ruled her killing was ordered by executives of the honduran company behind the agua zarca dam, known as desa, who hired the convicted hit men to carry out the killing. at least two of the men involved in the murder were trained by u.s. military forces. berta caceres' assassination came a year after she won the goldman environmental prize for her work protecting indigenous communities and for her environmental justice campaign against the massive dam. this is berta caceres speaking in 2015. >> in our worldviews, we are beings who come from the earth, from the water, and from corn. people are ancestral guardians, in turn protected by the spirits of young girls who teach as that giving our lives in various ways for the protection of the rivers is giving our lives for the well-beieing of humanity and of this planet. amy: that was berta caceres giving her acceptance speech at the 2015 goldman environmental prize ceremony. ago, iust a few weeks had a chance to sit

they were building a dam that berta ca ceres they were building a dam that berta caceres letter campaign against. it would have cut off supplies to the local indigenous community. eight people have already been arrested and tried over the murder. desa says international pressure and smear campaign is by non—government organisations are behind the latest development. but on the second anniversary of her death, campaigners are still fighting for justice. they believe some responsible for her death have so far escaped punishment and have protested outside the office, demanding the arrest of more prominent local businessmen they believe are culpable. translation: today we are asking that they sentence those through prison. i believe there are eight. and that they captured the mastermind. and that the government is not recognised, because not only is not recognised, because not only is he an impostor, but he permits these murders in this country. berta ca ceres these murders in this country. berta caceres is more than 100 environmentalists that have been murdered in honduras in the last dec