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Webinar: Who Killed Berta Cáceres?

Who Killed Berta Caceres? - a book event with author Nina Lakhani

Organized by IFCLA - St. Louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America

Guardian journalist Nina Lakhani discusses her new book Who Killed Berta Caceres: Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender's Battle for the Planet.Why was this powerful leader killed? Who was behind it? Why does her fate matter to the world?

Comments by Karen Spring, Honduras Coordinator for the Honduras Solidarity Network, based in Tegucigalpa and Q&A from the audience.

1 person, text that says 'WHO KILLED BERTA CÁCERES? A TALK WITH AUTHOR NINA LAKHANI Environmental and Cáceres, was by Lenca indigenous people and freedom- Hondurans. In her life, she fought asa guerrilla El Salvador and firmly believed in international solidarity. dared to the oligarchs and foreign corporations who came to pillage her land, and, 2015, she world's most prestigious environmental award, the Goldman Prize. She was also the first name on the Honduran government's hit list. In 2016, Berta Cáceres was assassinated the middle of the night. And still today, several questions remain unanswered as to who killed Berta Cáceres.'