Repudio al asesinato de Jehry Rivera Rivera en Costa Rica

The document expresses solidarity with the Naso Bröran people following the murder of leader Jehry Rivera Rivera on February 24, 2020. It highlights a pattern of violence and state inaction in Costa Rica, noting that early warnings about armed non-indigenous intruders in the Térraba region were ignored by authorities. The statement links these killings to the struggle for indigenous autonomy and opposition to extractive projects, specifically citing the Diquís Hydroelectric Project, and demands the implementation of Inter-American Commission on Human Rights precautionary measures.

• Jehry Rivera Rivera, a leader of the Naso Bröran people, was murdered on February 24, 2020, after spending his life fighting for indigenous autonomy, opposing land usurpers, and resisting extractive projects such as the Diquís Hydroelectric Project.
• The Costa Rican government failed to respond effectively to early warnings issued on February 23 regarding armed non-indigenous people intimidating communities in Palmira de Cabagra and Crun D´bonn in Térraba, nor did it enforce the 2015 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) precautionary measures (MC 321-12-2015) intended to protect the Térraba and Salitre territories.
• The murder of Jehry Rivera follows a similar case on March 18, 2019, involving Sergio Rojas Ortiz, illustrating a broader state of vulnerability for indigenous peoples in Costa Rica and the criminalization of social and indigenous movements like the Frente Nacional de Pueblos Indígenas.

APA

admin (2020). Repudio al asesinato de Jehry Rivera Rivera en Costa Rica. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/es/repudio-al-asesinato-de-jehry-rivera-rivera-en-costa-rica/

Chicago

admin. Repudio al asesinato de Jehry Rivera Rivera en Costa Rica. Friends of the Earth International, 2020. https://www.foei.org/es/repudio-al-asesinato-de-jehry-rivera-rivera-en-costa-rica/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{admin2020repudio, author = {admin}, title = {{Repudio al asesinato de Jehry Rivera Rivera en Costa Rica}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2020}, month = mar, url = {https://www.foei.org/es/repudio-al-asesinato-de-jehry-rivera-rivera-en-costa-rica/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }