caceres was shot dead in her home but as manual appollo reports many questions about her death remain unanswered. it was one of the most high profile murders of an environmental activist in recent memory the death of forty four year old bet at the gas it has sparked international condemnation and an investigation that's lasted more than two years eight men are now set to stand trial over her death she was shot and killed in her home in two thousand and sixteen. gusset is let a campaign of indigenous activists to protest the construction of a hydroelectric dam on the side of a river a waterway in honduras that's considered sacred to the linkup people at least two of the men charged with got citizens murder are connected to the deaths of corp the company behind the sarkar river project the disagree peroration has denied any involvement in the murder but the family of bet the cost it is says the investigation has been full of irregularities and say they worry the trial won't produce a just outcome right now on during government is holding on to approximately a terabyte of evidence that t

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

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

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 have to understand why these projects are so important. the government has all of its institutions at the service of these companies because 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, the new general coordinator of copinh

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 has been crazy where gustavo was locked up in

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.

"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

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

and environmental leader berta caceres. berta was assassinated last year. her daughter was nearly assassinated last week. >> we did not expect the attack. we were traveling back when a vehicle blocked the road in front of us and men jumped out with machetes and threw rocks at us, trying to attack us. as we escaped, they pursued us. amy: we will speak with bertita zuniga caceres from her home in honduras. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in germany, more than 100,000 protesters flooded the streets of hamburg thursday, as leaders of the world's largest economies gathered for the g20 summit. marchers carrying banners reading "welcome to hell" and "the world is not for sale" were met by heavily armed riot police who used water cannons, teargas, and stun grenades to disperse the protests. protests resumed earlier today as demonstrators staged sit-ins at key intersections in the city in an attempt to disrupt the first day of the g20, where presid

amy: had you ever met berta caceres? >> not a person. it was after we were able to go to hundreds and learn about her legacy. i cried tears that are not about sadness, but the joy that her spirit continues to live on and created strength and a lot of us women. amy: you're reading a t-shirt that says "defend the sacred." >> because everything we believe in humidityneeded is sacred. the air, the water, and the soil with which we cannot live without. common sense dictates defend the sacred. amy: who will you be marching with? >> i will be marching with my ancestors today and my three-year-old daughter ayanna. she is here not fully understanding what it is about, but it is all about her. amy: tom goldtooth, you are standing beside kandi right now. talk about your activism that has led to this day, april 29, that it looks like it promises to be one of the hottest ever and washington, d.c., history. you have been listening to some of the voices out in the streets, this by the reflecting pool. kandi mossett, well known indigenous rights leader.

,f people googled berta caceres in every picture she is glowing. you can just feel her presence. this tremendous heartbreak for all of us. i want to make sure people understand this is the biggest assassination since the coup. there have been hundreds of people that have been assassinated, both high state security forces and by private actors and death squads, but they never touched the top leaders of the opposition. was a top leader of the opposition. in fact, when the resistance to the territories, she cap his beautiful speech welcoming everybody. one of the most beautiful speeches i have ever heard. what is going on now -- she was so internationally renowned. speaker of the house -- excuse me, ranking democrat in the house of representatives nancy pelosi gave a whole reception in her honor last year. everybody did everything they could to protect berta, and she was still assassinated. this is a clear message by the honduran elite, the honduran right, that they will kill anybody now. i want people to understand that everyone feels like they can be killed, no matter how famous t

>> yes, i agree with passage of the burda berta caceres -- berta caceres human rights act because e we need to have an investigation. amy: having the organization of american states, the oes alarm observation mission, said the tight margi -- president zelaya, what is your response to the former bolivian president? look, he is a mafrom the far right. of the cia. few works with them. he informs them. of as vice president dictator in bolivia. in bolivia, he appears to be critical of the system. here he has come to defend a dictator. a traitor forever. amy: in "the wall street journal," there was a opinion doingthat said you are the bidding of venezuela, president zelaya. it is also what the pr firms in washington that represent the honduran right are trying to say. what is your response to them? >> i did not know the venezuelans until i became president of honduras and i met hugo chavez. my record as a citizen is well known throughout my entire life in honduras. i am a democratic minded man. i am a pacifist. i don't use weapons. plus, i have a clean record throughout my life. my private l

we have the berta caceres, which we are pushing forward right now. we would like to see that phil enacted. if enacted, it would suspend aid until it can be certified that the rights of folks have not -- are no longer being trampled upon as they try to seek a more democratic honduras. image of congressman keith ellison, thank you for being with us, recently back from honduras, long concerned about the situation there. when we come back from break, we will be joined by hundred human rights activist zenaida velasquez, one of the founders of the founders of the committee of relatives of the disappeared in honduras, lost her sister. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: honduran musician karla lara performing here on our democracy now! studio. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as we continue on the crisis in honduras, where tens of thousands of protesters poured into the streets sunday two to announce the alleged election fraud and to support opposition presidential candidate salvador nasralla. last week,

and i repeat it again, taking the life of berta caceres is a hit on the honduran state. amy: the suspects have been identified as sergio rodriguez orellana, a manager for social and environmental issues for desa douglas geovanny bustillo , who had worked for a security firm hired by the dam project. the other two are reportedly an army major and retired captain. berta caceres' family has called for an independent investigation, saying they have been excluded from the honduran government's probe. in a statement, the family said -- "because we have been denied our right under honduran law to participate in the investigative process from the beginning, we have no way of knowing if these arrests are the product of an exhaustive and diligent investigation, nor do we know if they include those who ordered the assassination. the news of the alleged participation of active and retired members of the military linked to desa in the assassination should be investigated further and indicates involvement by state agents which is enough reason for the immediate suspension of and a def

reporter: berta caceres faces constant death threats. she and her family are members of the indigenous lenca community in honduras. they live along a river which is sacred to their people. in 2006, work began here to build a hydroelectric dam. it would have cut off the water supply to the lenca community and the land they live off. caceres organized peaceful protests. security forces turned out in force. the dam had wealthy international investors and the government was determined to push ahead. the protesters refused to be intimidated. they set up roadblocks to stop the work proceeding. some were detained and tortured. finally, one community leader was shot and killed. only then did some of the international funders pull out signaling the end of the dam. a victory for berta caceres, but one that came at a high price. she is one of today's recipients for the goldman prize. another is phyllis omido halfway around the world in kenya. when her son was just a baby she discovered that her own breast milk was making him sick. the reason -- lea

amy: that was honduran environmental activist berta caceres speaking in 2014. she was murdered last week in her home in la esperanza in honduras. last year, she won the goldman environmental prize. leading environmentalist in the world. >> and she criticizes hillary clinton's choices where clinton was holding up her actions in honduras as an example of a clear i pregnant is a. that book is effectively a confession. every other country in the world or latin america was demanding restitution of democracy and the return of manuel zelaya. it was clinton who barely -- basically relegated that to secondary concern. creating the nightmare scenario that exists today. it is also in her e-mails. the real scandal about the e-mails is not the question about process. she wanted to create off the books communication that cannot be foia'ed. the real scandal is the content of those e-mails. she talks about the process by which he works to legitimate the elections, which caceres talks about they took place under extreme village rest conditions, fraudulent, sick leave of democra

the pact was signed only days after the two-year anniversary of berta caceres' assassination. meanwhile, in more news from honduras, activist edwin espinal has launched a hunger strike to protest his ongoing imprisonment after he was arrested for protesting against the reelection of the u.s.-backed, right-wing president juan orlando hernandez. the organization of american states says the november election was marred by widespread election fraud. espinal has been jailed for nearly two months. sri lanka has declared a state of emergency amid violence against the muslim community in sri lanka. in recent days, members of sri lanka's buddhist majority have torched mosques, homes, and businesses owned by muslims. the state of emergency is the first to be declared since sri lanka's civil war ended in 2009. this is the president of sri lanka. >> i condemn all of the violent incidents that have taken place, not only do i condemn the violence, have also instructed the police to take maximum action against individuals, organizations, and/or groups involved in those violent acts. amy: in

he was a member of the indigenous organization founded by berta caceres. the suspect has been identified as didier enrique "electric" ramirez. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. saturday, vermont senator landslideders won victories in washington, alaska, and hawaii, chipping away at hillary clinton's lead in the race to win the democratic party's nomination for the white house. he won at least 71% of the vote in each state. he gave a victory speech in madison, wisconsin, head of wisconsin's primary on april 5. senator sanders: let me begin by thanking the people of alaska for giving us a resounding victory tonight. i believe that our campaign is the campaign of energy, of momentum, which will lead to a large voter turnout in november and victory. are you ready for a news alert? [cheers and applause] won thesanders: we just state of washington! with the three state sweep, bernie sanders was able to chip away at hillary clinton's delegate advantage, but he will still need to pull off a guy big upsets in wisco

the daughter of the murdered honduran indigenous and environmental leader berta caceres, has survived an attempted attacky a group men wielding machetes. this is democracy now, i am amy goodman. officials are meeting today amidst a diplomatic standoff with the gulf nation of qatar. they imposed sanctions on the small gulf country, claiming it destabilized the area by backing terrorist groups. the saudi-led coalition has issued 13 demands on qatar including the closing of the al jazeera tv channel. other demands on qatar include ending its support for the muslim brotherhood, downgrading diplomatic ties with iran and closing a turkish military base in qatar. on monday qatar responded to the demands but their response has not been made public. their defense minister spoke in germany. >> we have seen that it is unrealistic and we cannot see action. not talking about terrorism, it is mainly talking about shutting the freedom of speech, infringing the sovereignty of the country. any country would find these offensive within international law. amy: the diplomatic standoff began soon after pr

. ♪ [music break] amy: attribute to berta caceres. berta caceres them at the indigenous environmental leader who was murdered in honduras. her daughter bertita zuniga caceres was just the victim of an assassination attack. you can go online at democracynow.org to see our conversation with her from her home in honduras. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. nermeen: we turn now to the look at the crisis in syria one day ahead of president trump's meeting with russian president vladimir putin in hamburg. their meeting comes as thousands of syrians continued to flee raqqa as u.s.-backed militias intensify their assault on the isis-held city. some 200,000 people have been displaced from raqqa, with more expected to flee as fighting intensifies. u.s.-led airstrikes have killed hundreds of residents, in what u.n. investigators have called a staggering loss of civilian life. reports say as many as 50 airstrikes were hitting rock that each day. u.s. backed forces expect the fi

her name is berta caceres and and she is another winner of this year's goldman environmental prize. this is caceras describing how she helped organize the indigenous lenca community in honduras to resist the aqua zarca hydro-dam on the gualcarque river because it could destroy their water supply. berta: in more than one at 50 indigenous assemblies, our community decided that it did not want the hydroelectric dam. >> she filed complaints with the honduran government and organized peaceful protest in the nation's capital. as her visibility increased, she became a target for the government. berta: we denounce these dams and were threatened with smear campaigns, imprisonment, and murder, but nobody heard our voice until we set up a roadblock to take back control of our territory. >> for well over a year, the roadblock was maintained, withstanding harassment and violent attacks. tragically, the community leader was shot by the honduran military at a peaceful protest. berta: seen this man murdered, the community became indignant forcing a confrontation. the company was told they have to g

edb amy: before her death, berta caceres herself had singled out clinton for criticism over her role in the 2009 honduras coup. in the race for the democratic nomination, clinton leads in the delegate count, but her rival vermont senator bernie sanders has vowed to remain in the race until the final primaries in mid-june. sanders campaigned in west virginia thursday ahead of next week's primary there. >> we have a major crisis. we have an epidemic of opiate addiction and heroin addiction. when i heard this morning in mcdowell county was that almost all of the crime down there in one way or another was related moneygs, people needing to feed their habits and stealing a so forth and so on. this is a crisis which we cannot turn away from. with a deal with it. but in my view, the most effective way to deal with that is to understand that addiction is a health issue, not a criminal issue. amy: sanders remarks on the opiate epidemic come amid reports the late musical artist prince suffered from an addiction to painkillers. new reports say his friends sought urgent help from an addiction do

first sergeant rodrigo cruz told the guardian he was 100% certain that berta caceres was killed by the army. caceres was an indigenous lenca leader who won the prestigious goldman environmental prize for her fight against the agua zarca dam. she was shot to death on march 3 at her home in la esperanza, honduras. cruz said caceres' name was on a list distributed to a military police unit in the inter-institutional security force, or fusina, which received training from 300 u.s. marines and fbi agents last year. five people have been arrested includings' murder, hundred major. last year was the deadliest on record for environmentalists. the group global witness says killed last year, a 60% increase over the previous year. 50 of them were killed just in brazil alone where the summer , olympics are set to take place in august. the israeli military says its soldiers shot and killed a 15-year-old palestinian boy and wounded four other people by mistake. mahmoud rafat baderan was killed while he and his family were driving home from a swimming pool. the military said soldiers mistakenly belie

and in honduras thousands of , people gathered at the home of assassinated environmentalist berta caceres, to pay their final respects to one of the leading advocates for indigenous land rights in honduras. berta caceres, who won the goldman environmental prize last year, was gunned down at her home early thursday. she had received repeated death threats over her opposition to mining and dam projects, including the agua zarca dam. in a statement, vermont senator patrick leahy called for the dam project to be abandoned. caceres' supporters, including lesly flores, vowed to continue her struggle. >> i am saying goodbye to her for the last time, but the truth is, berta has not died. she lives on in our hearts. they have not actually killed her. berta is a seed we have left with. it will germinate day after day and we as women will continue the fight. we are not scared. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. on sunday night, hillary clinton and bernie sanders squared off at a cnn debate in flint, michigan.

dozens of lawmakers have signed on to co-sponsor the berta caceres human rights in honduras act, which seeks to withhold u.s. military aid to honduras until the honduran government addresses human rights violations by its police and security forces. the white house is facing questions and criticism after photos surfaced showing the head of an anti-muslim hate group visiting the white house tuesday. brigitte gabriel is the head of act for america, which the southern poverty law center says is the nation's largest grassroots anti-muslim group, whose mission is to "advance anti-muslim legislation at the local and federal level while flooding the american public with wild hate speech demonizing muslims." in february, gabriel also posted a photo of herself posing with president trump at mar-a-lago. and vigils were held across ireland tuesday to mourn the death of politician and former ira leader martin mcguinness. mcguinness served as the commander of the irish republican army during northern ireland's struggle for independence. he later served as the chief negotiator for sinn fein, the ira

>> i was recently at the carter center in atlanta and met berta caceres' -- one of her daughters. we talked about the work she was doing. and when she was working -- what you was working for was tried to protect their indigenous people against the hydroelectric plant their introducing. and what her daughter is saying is that it is love in community that can make the difference and it is an awareness that our sense of development is not behind her and sense of .evelopment the dislocation, the claiming of land, the pulling apart is the imposition of the u.s.-style development. and she is begging that it be stopped. we are certainly -- we have supported and advocated on capitol hill to say, please, sign on to this hill and make this happen. i look forward to the opportunity to get to the campaign and encourage them to take a similar position. amy: were you had from here? >>>> we're mentioning our people to go out across this nation and mende in conversation to the gaps. we the people have to be the leaders we have been waiting for. the politicians follow the people because they're do

indigenous organizations of honduras, which berta caceres co-founded 22 years ago. he was shot in the face and killed by gunmen on tuesday in rio lindo, about 100 miles south of la esperanza, where caceres was murdered on march 3. russia is continuing to withdraw its air force from syria, following russian president vladimir putin's announcement monday that russia was pulling -- would be ending the five-month bombing campaign. a reuters analysis estimates that russia has already withdrawn just under half of the jets it had stationed at a base in eastern syria. the u.s.-led coalition, meanwhile, has continued to launch airstrikes against isil inside syria. this comes as the syrian kurds say they will declare a semi-autonomous federal region across northern syria, as the group pushes for self-administration under a future decentralized government. the announcement comes in the midst of u.n.-sponsored peace negotiations in geneva. the syrian kurds have been excluded from the talks. meanwhile, in turkey, a breakaway faction of the kurdistan workers party has claimed res

first sergeant rodrigo cruz told the guardian his 100% certain that berta caceres was killed by the army. state department press secretary john kirby responded to questions wednesday about the new reports. >> we have seen media reports alleging the existence of a honduran activist hit list, as you have described it. the us government has not previously heard any credible allegations of hit list of deaths or by the military and do not have any information which would substantiate this report. >> you have not heard of these kill lists? >> that is what i said. informationve any that would substantiate this report. >> one human rights professor called this smoking gun evidence. what is credible evidence? >> we have not seen, in our view, credible evidence to back up these allegations. if we do, we will take it seriously. is introducedson a bill to stop all u.s. military funding to honduras. meanwhile, in new york city, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the mexican consulate and marched to times square to denounce sunday's deadly police attack on protesting teachers in oaxaca, which lef

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

the daughter of murdered environmentalist and copinh leader berta caceres spoke out. great defender of mother earth was initially kidnapped. and we know this unofficially because there is no official version from the government. she was later found murdered with a blunt weapon and this coincides with the consultation that was going to take place on sunday. as coordinator of an organization, i was also planning to participate to say no to the construction of dams in la paz. amy: this comes as the u.s. says it's investigating reports by a former honduran soldier that berta caceres appeared on a hit list distributed to u.s.-trained special forces before her assassination. scientists have confirmed june was the hottest month ever recorded, making it the 14th straight month to smash global temperature records amid human-fueled climate change. this comes as the amount of arctic sea ice has hit an all time record low. scientists have confirmed that a vast stretch of ice, roughly twice the size of texas, has finished over the last three decades, and that the rate of the melti

gomez's predecessor was berta caceres, the internationally known environmental activist who was murdered in march. in cleveland, 32-year-old transgender woman brandi bledsoe has been found dead with a plastic bag around her head and reports of head trauma. if her death is ruled a homicide, bledsoe will be at least the 23rd transgender person murdered this year. 2016 is already considered the deadliest year for transgender people in the united states. in portland, police deployed pepper spray against black lives matter activists wednesday, amid protests at city hall during a vote over a controversial new police contract which activists say gives police officers too much power during investigations over police brutality. at least 10 people were arrested as the activists repeatedly disrupted the vote and shut down streets around city hall. an earlier version of the contract would have allowed police officers to review body camera footage before writing reports on all incidents, except involving fatal shootings. the city council voted to approve the contract 3-to-1. the winner of the nobel p

caceres appeared on a hit list distributed to u.s.trained -- u.s.-trained special forces before her assassination. georgia congressman hank johnson has introduced a new bill to stop all u.s. military funding to honduras. in denver, a woman has been shot and killed inside the alliance center by her estranged husband, -- by her estranged husband. 53-year-old cara russell was the executive director of the colorado association for recycling, and former mayor of one of the still, colorado. she was shocked by her ex-husband from whom she had , recently filed for divorce. her murder comes after the massacre of 49 people in orlando by omar mateen, who also had a history of domestic violence. meanwhile, "the orlando sentinel" is reporting that the fbi has asked law enforcement agencies to withhold public records in the wake of the pulse nightclub massacre. in a june 20 letter, the fbi asks other law enforcement agencies to quote "immediately notify the fbi of any requests your agency receives so the fbi can seek to prevent disclosure through appropriate chan

caceres. we're going to continue the fight and say no, this is not a great guy as john kelly calls him. this is someone who is trying to 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 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 hern

caceres dead. at the time of her death, caceres was campaigning against a hydroelectric project in honduras. castro said she and her indigenous activist group copinh were targeted for their political activity. anothere case of copinh example of how multinationals and major parties who have an interest in mining are involved --the criminal criminalization and death of indigenous peoples. we support the request of the family for a group of independent experts to have an exhaustive investigation, not just for berta's murder, but for the deaths and massacres against copinh. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the biggest leak in the history of dated journalism just went live, and it is about corruption. that is what nsa whistleblower edward snowden tweeted about the panama papers. released sunday, the panama papers reveal how the rich and powerful in numerous countries use tax havens to hide their wealth. some 11

caceres' murder nearly one year ago was planned by honduran military intelligence members who are linked to the country's u.s.-trained special forces. caceres was murdered by armed gunmen just before midnight on march 2, 2016. at the time of her murder she , was fighting hydroelectric dams threatening the ancestral land of the indigenous lenca people. the guardian investigation, published today, reveals that at least two men who have been arrested in connection with caceres' murder, mariano diaz and douglas giovanny bustillo, received military training in the united states. honduran prosecutors say phone records reveal extensive communication between diaz, bustillo, and a former honduran special forces sniper who has also been charged in the murder. prosecutors say this man, henry javier hernandez, may have also worked as an informant for the honduran military intelligence. prosecutors say one of the messages between the three men even includes a coded reference to a payment for an extrajudicial killing. in iraq, the u.s.-backed iraqi army says it's recaptured a key bridge in western mos

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

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 elected, he would throw wikileaks founder julian assange out of the ecuadorian embassy in london. the united nation's children'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, amidst a

caceres, who was fighting the project when she was assassinated in 2016. the guardian reports dutch bank fmo and finnish finance company finnfund have announced they'll withdraw from the project entirely. the dam's largest financer, the central american bank of economic integration, says it has already stopped funding the project. in news from colombia amnesty , international is condemning the colombian government for its repression and excessive use of force in the port city of buenaventura, where afro-colombian residents on their 21st day of a general strike to protest the lack of basic services, including clean drinking water. amnesty says the colombian government has been dropping tear gas canisters from helicopters and breaking into people's homes. it also says children, elderly people, and protesters have been injured by security forces firing to excessive tear gas and live ammunition. in mexico, radio journalist and indigenous activist marcela de jesus natalia is in critical condition after she was shot in the head in the southern state of guerrero

the leader of copinh, berta caceres, was assassinated in march. thursday's protest came just days after two honduran campesino leaders were also assassinated. tension is escalating between washington and manila after newly elected filipino president rodrigo duterte announced a separation from the united states and realignment with beijing. and will realign myself maybe i will also [indiscernible] there are three of us against the world. [applause] only way. amy: the philippines is a former u.s. colony and longtime military ally. meanwhile, in other news from the philippines, dozens of protesters were injured during a demonstration wednesday outside the u.s. embassy in manila when a police van repeatedly rammed into the crowd. the protesters were calling for an end to the u.s. military presence in the philippines. for the first time in two decades a new nuclear reactor , has gone online in the united states. the tennessee valley authority announced watts bar unit 2 began generating energy on wednesday. construction on the $4.7 billion reactor began

caceres dead. early in the morning of march 3, armed gunmen entered caceres' home, killing her and shooting castro soto twice. he was then detained by honduran authorities for nearly a month without cause. many feared his life was in danger. on friday, he was allowed to return to mexico. this is castro soto, speaking with radio progreso about the indigenous land struggles in honduras after he returned home to san cristobal de las casas. what we are confronting our forces very powerful, obscure forces filled with ambition. these forces are what the movements are fighting. i think for this as well, this has been an example of the power of the struggle in the am breakable spirit of the comments of the indigenous communities who have marched, who have walked until exhaustion am all to demand respect to the territories and demand their land be free of these megaprojects that are being imposed and are even acting people from their lands. -- evicting people from their lands. amy: in the philippines, farme

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

a berta cÁceres no la tocan, pero este es honduras. el paÍs donde prevalece la impunidad, la corrupciÓn, y la muerte. >> cuando sale es cuidada por uniformados. una ironÍa con la que vive la familia cÁceres que desconfÍan de las autoridades encargadas de protegerlos. >> ser ambientalista se convierte en una firma, en una sentencia de muerte. es aceptar que lo maten. y aquÍ dicen, por ejemplo, no se meta eso que no defienda ese rÍo que le va a pasar lo que le pasÓ a berta cÁceres. enrique: berta seandedicado a difundir el mensaje de su madre. >> yo creo que es ni parte del trabajo, y obviamente decir hoy que es un gran compromiso y un gran desafÍo. incluso para la juventud. enrique: asegura que ha recibido amenazas. >> yo creo que los riesgos que se puedan correr estamos dispuestos a correrlos. enrique:amenazas que segÚn ellas en vez de callar las grasa hecho alzar su voz. >> como mi mami nos enseÑaba y le enseÑaba a la gente que luchaba. el miedo no lo puede paralizar a uno. >> por eso confÍa en el trabajo que hace desde

familiares y amigos de berta caceres. la hija denuncia que existen mÚltiples irregularidades. como se recordarÁ, fue acribillado a tiros el pasado 3 de marzo. >> nos ponemos a 19 dÍas para el inicio de la copa amÉrica centenario. buenas tardes. se completaron los minutos del clÁsico nacional mexicano. sÓlo habÍa un camino. era hoy o nunca. el primer aviso lo enviÓ chivas, la pelota dejÓ moviendo la porterÍa. desde fuera,golazo. era tiempo de remar contra la corriente. el encuentro fue mÁs ofensivo que los primeros 90 minutos. hernÁndez terminÓ de desconcentrar a martÍnez,golazo. el Árbitro comprÓ y pena mÁxima. llegÓ tarde hugo gonzÁlez, hizo la jugada mÁs aparatos del jugador pineda. lo intentaba de puntapiÉ, fallaba. a travÉs de todo el terreno de juego para uribe peralta. este juego se ha terminado. las Águilas han volado a semifinales, las chivas en ocasiones. vÁmonos al bÉisbol en busca de la barriga salieron los gigantes. brown saliÓ al rescate. rubbie el de santo domingo. mccain luciÓ bien. los gigantes anotaron la victoria. liga americana. fen

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

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