Outrage over Honduran environmental leader's killing (March 4, 2016)
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The horrific murder of indigenous leader Berta Lidia Cáceres yesterday morning has gripped Honduras. Her 45th birthday would have been today, and local and international media mourn the killing of an environmental leader who organized a grassroots mobilization of opposition to the Agua Zarca Dam, a hydroelectric project on a river sacred to the indigenous Lenca people that could cut off their water supply.
Outrage over Honduran environmental leader's killing (March 4, 2016)
Outrage over Honduran environmental leader's…
Outrage over Honduran environmental leader's killing (March 4, 2016)
The horrific murder of indigenous leader Berta Lidia Cáceres yesterday morning has gripped Honduras. Her 45th birthday would have been today, and local and international media mourn the killing of an environmental leader who organized a grassroots mobilization of opposition to the Agua Zarca Dam, a hydroelectric project on a river sacred to the indigenous Lenca people that could cut off their water supply.