Berta Cáceres
Honduran environmental activist
Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores (4 March 1971 – 2 March 2016[1]) was a Honduran environmental activist and indigenous leader of the Lenca people.[2]
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| Born | Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores 4 March 1973 |
| Died | 2 March 2016 (aged 44) |
| Cause of death | Assassination (gunshot wounds) |
| Nationality | Honduran |
| Occupation | Environmentalist |
| Years active | 1993–2016 |
| Known for | Goldman Prize |
She was co-founder and coordinator of the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH).[3][4][5] She won the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2015.
Death
changeOn March 2, 2016, two armed intruders shot Cáceres to death in her home in La Esperanza, Honduras, after years of threats against her life. She was 44 years old.[6]
References
change- ↑ Roxanna Altholz, Jorge E. Molano Rodríguez, Dan Saxon, Miguel Ángel Urbina Martínez, and Liliana María Uribe Tirado (November 2017). "Represa de Violencia: El plan que asesinó a Berta Cáceres" (PDF) (in Spanish). Grupo Asesor Internacional de Personas Expertas. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (The Executive Summary in English) - ↑ Redacción/EFE. "Matan a Berta Cáceres, líder indígena hondureña". Diario La Prensa. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ↑ "To defend the environment, support social movements like Berta Cáceres and COPINH". Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ↑ "Berta Cáceres: "Green Nobel." Also, Galeano on The Right to Delirium". Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ↑ "Cáceres, Threatened Honduran, Wins Biggest Enviro Award". Radio Free. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ↑ Malkin, Elisabeth; Arce, Alberto (2016-03-03). "Berta Cáceres, Indigenous Activist, Is Killed in Honduras". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-03-04.