Apparently the Honduran government arrested four people in her murder. They
included people that were working for the group she opposed. have been out of
town for a while so have lots of catching up to do.
Chuck
From: Miriam Vieni
Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 3:24 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] FW: TAKE ACTION: Justice for Berta Cáceres
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From: Helena Wong, GGJ [mailto:helena@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 5:01 PM
To: Miriam Vieni
Subject: TAKE ACTION: Justice for Berta Cáceres
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TAKE ACTION | May 3, 2016
Berta Cáceres with her mother, Austra Bertha Flores Lopez, together at
their home in La Esperanza, Intibucá, Honduras. | Photo: Goldman Environmental
Prize
The Honduran state criminalized my daughter using supposed
institutionality to level proceedings against her, because she played a role as
a defender of natural common goods and the rights of Indigenous and Black
peoples of Honduras.
-Austra Bertha Flores Lopez, mother of Berta Cáceres
Dear Miriam Vieni,
This month as we lift up the honor the mothers and caretakers in
our lives, join us standing with mother and community leader Austra Bertha
Flores Lopez, in her fight for justice for her daughter Berta Cáceres.
Take Action: Demand Justice for Berta
Berta Cáceres, a Lenca woman, grew up during the violence that
swept through Central America in the 1980s. Her mother, Austra Bertha Flores
Lopez, was a midwife and social activist, who took in and cared for refugees
from El Salvador, teaching her young children the value of standing up for
disenfranchised people. Berta followed in her mothers footsteps and became
one of the leading organizers for indigenous land rights in Honduras. Over 20
years ago, she co-founded the National Council of Popular and Indigenous
Organizations of Honduras, or COPINH, a grassroots organization of workers,
women, Indigenous people and campesinos. Cáceres led the successful campaign
that defeated one of Central America's biggest hydropower projects, the Agua
Zarca cascade of four giant dams in the Gualcarque River basin.
On March 3, 2016, Berta Cáceres's life was taken from her and those
who loved her when armed gunmen stormed into her home and shot her.
Berta's mother and her three daughters are calling for an
independent investigation into her assassination. While the Honduran
government is beginning to feel the mounting pressure and began a series of
arrests yesterday, Bertas family is still being shut out of the investigation
process. Our support is needed now more than ever to keep the pressure on.
Our movements in the US have an important role to play in holding
the US accountable for ongoing support of the military regime that took power
in the 2009 coup that led to this wave of violent repression against popular
movements. The US State Department is still supporting the Honduran government,
which has impeded the investigation into Bertas murder.
Sign and Share the Petition
Join the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance and the World March of
Women, US Chapter in calling on the State Department stop aid and training to
the Honduran military and support the familys call for the independent
investigators led by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
We honor Berta's life, her work as a mother, a feminist, an
environmental activist, a human rights defender, an Indigenous leader, and her
fight for everyone's right to be happy. We honor her mother and her daughters
who are vigilant in their demand for justice.
This Mother's Day, we stand with Austra Bertha Flores Lopez and all
mothers on the frontlines of the struggle for justice!
¡Berta Cáceres Vive! ¡La Lucha Sigue!
Helena Wong, National Organizer
Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, World March of Women US Chapter
PS: In addition to circulating this petition and gathering pressure
against the US State Department, we will also be Taking it to the the Streets
on Tuesday May 10th, Latin American Mother's Day, in NYC targeting the Honduran
government. Corre la voz!
Grassroots Global Justice Alliance
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