Berta Cáceres
Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores (4 March 1971 – 2 March 2016[1]) was a Honduran environmental activist and indigenous leader of the Lenca people.[2] 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.
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| Born | Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores 4 March 1973 |
| Died | 2 March 2016 (aged 44) La Esperanza, Honduras |
| Cause of death | Assassination (gunshot wounds) |
| Nationality | Honduran |
| Occupation | Environmentalist |
| Years active | 1993–2016 |
| Known for | Goldman Prize |
Assassination
On March 2, 2016, two armed intruders shot Cáceres to death in her home in La Esperanza, Honduras, after years of threats against her life at age of 44.[6]
References
- 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". 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.
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