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

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

. >> 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

berta: nuestras conciencias serÁn sacudidas por el hecho de estar contemplando la autodestrucciÓn, basada en la depredaciÓn capitalista, racista y patriarcal. claudio: esa lucha le trajo encarcelamiento y amenazas a muerte, que hoy se concretÓ cuando la asesinaron en su casa. >> justicia, justicia justicia! claudia: el asesinato ha conmocionado al paÍs y ha generado la movilizaciÓn de organizaciones humanistas. >> yo no pido nada mÁs que justicia, mi hermanita por favor. claudia: la lucha de cÁceres trascendiÓ las fronteras. >> la policÍa de investigaciÓn estÁ dedicada completamente en la zona y en otros lugares a encontrar los responsables y ponerlos a la orden de la justicia. claudia: cÁceres habÍa recibido medidas cautelares y se reclama la falta de protecciÓn del estado hacia la lÍder. >> yo creo que este asesinato no puede quedar impune, no queremos falsos, no queremos que castiguen a gente falsa queremos a los verdaderos asesinos, a ellos que la han estado persiguiendo durante aÑos. claudia: la lucha continuaba en medio de enfrentamientos constantes que ha dejado tres

pasamos a honduras, manifestante enardecidos por el asesinato de la lÍder indÍgena berta cÁceres, rompieron vidrios, incendiaron un restaurante de comida rÁpida frente a la universidad autÓnoma en tego ci galopa en su paÍs. la dirigente fue ultimada en su casa y serÁ enterrada este sÁbado. la comunidad internacional ha condenado enÉrgicamente este crimen. cientos de estudiantes venezolanos, se enfrentan a la policÍa en la calle de san cristÓbal en el estado tÁchira. ni los gases lacrimÓgenos ni las balas de goma y las piedras que de volvÍan los efectivos paraban a los inconformes, la protesta se desatÓ a raÍz de la decisiÓn de la corte suprema de venezuela, de limitar los poderes de la asamblea nacional controlada por la oposiciÓn. los activistas contratan abrigado >>>s para eliminar las tuberÍas de momento del suministro de agua a las viviendas. se comprometieron a tomar carta en las retiradas de la antiguas tuberÍas. las autoridades municipales reportaron que 15 mil hogares necesitaban su reemplazo. un centro de detenciÓn sienta un precedente en la defensa de los derecho

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

. >> berta caceres was shot in her home. kristen sze is here with the worldwide reaction. >> reporter: riot police fired tear gas at students throwing rocks today after the murder of this woman, berta caceres. it is truly stunned the world, even hollywood. leonardo dicaprio tweets, incredibly sad news this morning. we should all honor the brave contributions of berta caceres. today the indigenous rights activist would have turned 43. berta caceres is seen here working with a group to stop the building of a hydroelectric dam that would have cut them off from food, water, and medicine. her life was under constant threat. >> we were struck by her fearless nature, her bravery, her courage. she acknowledged the risks and recognized the risks that she was taking, and said that she wasn't going to stop. >> reporter: in fact, she was working to stop the dam project again. she was actually under government protection when killed in her home. police call it robbery. her family suspects assassination. >> we do believe the government en

. >>> y bueno en honduras se registraron protestas por el homicidio de berta cÁceres, las personas caminaron por un cÉntrico boulevard de la ciudad pidiendo justicia para la ambientalistas y defensora de los derechos humanos. visiblemente el molestos rompieron vidrios y prendieron fuego a un restaurant y tambiÉn se frenteron con la policÍa que terminÓ respondiendo con gases lacrimÓgenos. >>> y la policÍa de brasil detuvo al ex presidente luiz inazio lula da silva allanÓ propiedades por presunta corrupciÓn en petrobras, la investigaciÓn estÁ impactandose rÍa la imagen del que fue uno de los presidentes mÁs populares de la democracia brasileÑa, arturo amplÍa desde rio de janeiro. >>> fue un operativo espectÁculo llar un golpe duro contra lula da silva los oficiales llevaron al ex mandatario a una sede policial de sao pablo donde declarÓ por tres horas sobre su participaciÓn en el cobro de sobornos a cambios de contrato para la empresapetrobras. >>> despuÉs se mostrÓ enojado por el operativo y dijo que no tiene nada que ocultar. >>> si querÍan escucharme, tenÍan que llamarm

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

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.

. >>> y miles de personas en honduras le dieron el Último adiÓs a la activistas berta cÁceres asesinada el jueves en su casa. >>> aunque no se ha aclarado su asesinato su familia lo atribuÓo a una empresa skroor que promueve un proyecto hidro elÉctrico que siempre se opuso cÁceres la mujer estaba amenazaado muerte por tal roob se encontraba bajo medidas cautelares por la comisiÓn interamericana del derechos humanos. >>> el grupo terrorista estado isla maquino se adjudicÓ el atentado que dejÓ a 50 muertos y 70 heridos en irak un ataque con explosivos, en un retÉn de la policÍa a la entrada de la ciudad fue que produjo esta masacre. >>> la agencia de noticias publicÓ en la web oportuna nota donde responsabilizaba de d de la acciÓn a isis, esta es la capital de la provincia de bobo lo nia. >>> y sube el nÚmero de casos en dengue en brasil ha generado preocupas esto en el paÍs por una posible epidemia de gran alcance de acuerdo con cifras del ministerio de salud nacional los casoss de dengue aumentaron en un 46% en comparaciÓn con este mismo periodo en el 2015 hasta la primera

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

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.

creemos que a pesar de tener esta pÉrdida fÍsica irreparable de nuestra compaÑera berta cÁceres, creemos que es esta la siempre con nosotros. bolivia y venezuela son junto con birmania los paÍses donde la lucha contra las drogas ha fracasado. autoridades bolivianas rechazaron el informe, mientras los legisladores de oposiciÓn lo respaldaron. >> una decisiÓn polÍtica, cada aÑo,, periÓdicamente descalifican nuestro trabajo pero los tiene sin cuidado. estados unidos hasta el aÑo 2012 no ha participado con un solo centavo en el marco de la responsable data compartida en la lucha contra el narcotrÁfico con el estado boliviano. si alguien se ha aplazado en la lucha, es el gobierno norteamericano. ♪ ♪ ilia: hoy tuvimos un dÍa resplandeciente, soleado y con temperaturas mÁximas en los 60. como si la primavera estuviese a punto de llegar. vamos con nuestro meteorÓlogo certificado. eduardo: la temperatura comenzÓ algo frÍa pero esta tarde hemos llegado a 61, 49 este promedio climatolÓgico. esta semana probablemente alcancemos rÉcord o rompemos el rÉcord de alta temperatura. la

vayamos juntos. ♪ (mÚsica) ♪ >>> en honduras el a asesinato de la ambientalista berta cÁceres sigue provocando raekz negociaciÓn. por el momento las autoridades no han dado con los sospechosos y ademÁs en eso han retenido en contra de su voluntad testigo que es mexicano, no la dejan salir del paÍs, y segÚn organizaciÓn que necesario organizaciÓnes de derechos humanos eso hace que corra peligro, vamos a ver quÉ pasa. >>> luego de la multitudinaria na manifestaciÓn para exigir justicia por la muerte de berta cÁceres se impide salir del paÍs a el Único testigo >>> entendemos que el compaÑero debe estar preocupado por su vida >>> castro quien se alojaba en la casa que la lÍder asesinada y segÚn su hermano para preservar su vida finjiÓ estar muerto, luego del impacto de una bala ahora es custodiado por orden de la fiscalÍa >>> estÁ en un lugar seguro, resguardar resec resec resguardado por la policÍa nacional >>> en la policÍa y el ministerio pÚblico hay total hermetismo, luego que el fiscal general dijera en un foro en televisiÓn que tras la muerte de la ambien talista hay dos

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

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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

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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 bary -- bacally regated th 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 democracy. they

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

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

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, vermontnt senator landslideanders 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 wisconsisin's primary on april . 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

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 a and are even acting people from their lands. -- evicting people from their lands. amy: in the philippines, far

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

,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 byby pririve 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