Two high-profile murders in Honduras have led developers to suspend funding
Two high-profile murders in Honduras have led developers to suspend funding
Katherine Martinko
April 6, 2016
In a victory for Berta Cáceres' campaign against a major hydroelectric project, two European development banks have withdrawn support following her and a colleague's recent murders.
The recent murders of two Honduran environmental activists, Berta Cáceres and Nelson García, have tipped the scales for two European development banks that finally announced they would suspend funding for projects in Honduras.
Cáceres, winner of the 2014 Goldman Environmental Prize and founder of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations (COPINH), was killed on March 3. Another member of COPINH, Nelson García, was shot on his way home for lunch on March 15.
Cáceres had spent ten years protesting the construction of the Água Zarca hydroelectric project, which she believed would negatively impact the indigenous Lenca people, cutting off access to the river and threatening their livelihoods. García had spent the morning of the day he was killed assisting the Río Chiquito community dismantle their homes after being given an eviction notice by the government.
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