. >> 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

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

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

,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

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

>> 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

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,

>> 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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 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

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

"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

the berta caceres hearing comes as afro-indigenous garifuna community in honduras demands the safe return of five garifuna land defenders and a member who was kidnapped last month in the caribbean coastal town of triunfo de la cruz. witnesses say the abductors wore police uniforms and forced them into three unmarked vehicles at gunpoint. among the abducted men was 27-year-old alberth snider centeno, president of the triunfo de la cruz community board member of the group black , a fraternal organization of honduras. this is centeno in a recent video testimony prior r to his forced d disappearan. we have witnessed people bebeing killed. we are being criminalized having rightful owners of this rich territory. amy: and this is garifuna leader miriam miranda, the executive director of the black fraternal organization of honduras, speaking to democracy now! from her home in honduras last month. >>>> what happened is a a reflen of systemic persecution. systemic repression but t also a well-crafted b blend to extetene garifuna commumunity. it i is important underststand s pressure i is suppressio

this is berta caceres' daughter bertha zuniga caceres speaking outside the court in tegucigalpa. >> the road to justice does not end here for us because impunity will not end with the sentence for the main perpetrators of the crime. we continue to demand justice, including all people involved in this crime to be tried and put away. amy: honduras is one of the most dangerers countrieies in the wod for environmental activists and land protectors, with at least 24 environmental leaders killed since march 2015. in more news from honduras, tv host jose arita was murdered last week in the northern coastal city of puerto cortes. shortly after the broadcast of his nightly political show "the hour of truth," four unidentified individuals in a car shot at arita outside a convenience store, killing him instantly. their motives are unknown. the honduran college of journalists says that over 80 journalists have been killed in honduras since 2001 and at least eight in 2019 alone. their murders, many of them, are unsolved. in guatemala, another former top militaryfffficiawillll btriedd for genodede an

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

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