Listen "Episode 5: Interview with 2015 Óscar Romero Awardee Berta Cáceres"
Episode Synopsis
Interview with 2015 Óscar Romero Awardee Berta Cáceres, with translation by Ana Paula Hernandez.
Cáceres shares her involvement in Consejo Civil de Organizaciones Populares e Indígenas de Honduras, activism for campesino and indigenous Lenca descendant FPO communities of western Honduras. The 2015 Awardee discusses government corruption & economic investments (mining, energy, tourism, etc) that threaten Indigenous people; and how the US, Israel, & Honduras military were involved in the 2009 coup, among other examples of corruption.
Cáceres explores the relationship between Honduras Indigenous activism and international solidarity with other human rights movements, and their complex relationship with the Catholic Church.
Cáceres shares her involvement in Consejo Civil de Organizaciones Populares e Indígenas de Honduras, activism for campesino and indigenous Lenca descendant FPO communities of western Honduras. The 2015 Awardee discusses government corruption & economic investments (mining, energy, tourism, etc) that threaten Indigenous people; and how the US, Israel, & Honduras military were involved in the 2009 coup, among other examples of corruption.
Cáceres explores the relationship between Honduras Indigenous activism and international solidarity with other human rights movements, and their complex relationship with the Catholic Church.
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