¡Libertad para Berta Cáceres!
Summary
A statement by Friends of the Earth International calling for the release of Berta Cáceres and other activists in Honduras, alleging state-sponsored violence and corporate persecution of indigenous and peasant defenders of ancestral territories.
Key insights
- Berta Cáceres, General Coordinator of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), has been targeted by the state's military, repressive, and legal systems for defending the legal rights of indigenous territories.
- The document alleges that Honduran military and police forces act as instruments of violence for an oligarchic state linked to international financial capital, which promotes an extractive mining model and 'dirty energy' policies.
- Indigenous peoples (Lenca, Misquito, Garífuna) and peasant families face daily intimidation and terror from private guards and assassins hired by multinational mining, oil, and dam companies.
Cite the original document
- APA
- admin (2013). ¡Libertad para Berta Cáceres! Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/es/libertad-para-berta-caceres/
- Chicago
- admin. ¡Libertad para Berta Cáceres! Friends of the Earth International, 2013. https://www.foei.org/es/libertad-para-berta-caceres/.
- Wikipedia
- {{cite press release |last1=admin |title=¡Libertad para Berta Cáceres! |publisher=Friends of the Earth International |date=30 September 2013 |url=https://www.foei.org/es/libertad-para-berta-caceres/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}
- BibTeX
- @misc{admin2013libertad, author = {admin}, title = {{¡Libertad para Berta Cáceres!}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2013}, month = sep, url = {https://www.foei.org/es/libertad-para-berta-caceres/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }
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