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Activist murders in Honduras continue
Fellow Honduran activist Nelson García murdered days after Berta Cáceres
Another indigenous activist has been murdered in Honduras amid an escalating wave of repression against the relatives…www.theguardian.com
Another indigenous activist has been murdered in Honduras amid an escalating wave of repression against the relatives…www.theguardian.com
Published 16 March, 2016 — excerpt:
Another indigenous activist has been murdered in Honduras amid an escalating wave of repression against the relatives and colleagues of renowned campaigner Berta Cáceres, who was murdered less than two weeks ago.
Nelson García, 38, an active member of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organisations of Honduras (Copinh) was killed on Tuesday after a violent eviction carried out by Honduran security forces in a nearby Lenca indigenous community.
It Takes Two Dead Activists for Banks to Suspend Funding for Honduran Project
By Megan AlpertMegan Alpert is a fellow at Foreign Policy. Her previous bylines have included The Guardian, Guernica…foreignpolicy.com
By Megan AlpertMegan Alpert is a fellow at Foreign Policy. Her previous bylines have included The Guardian, Guernica…foreignpolicy.com
Excerpt:
Nelson García, who worked with Cáceres before she was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen two weeks ago, was himself shot and killed outside his mother-in-law’s house at lunchtime Tuesday. His murder prompted two European development banks, Netherlands Development Finance Co., or FMO, and FinnFund, to suspend their funding of the Agua Zarca hydroelectric project that Cáceres spent a decade protesting.
FMO released a statement Wednesday saying that the company was “shocked” to hear of García’s murder and would suspend all activities in Honduras. “This means that we will not engage in new projects or commitments and that no disbursements will be made, including the Agua Zarca project,” the company, which has invested $15 million in the project, said in a press release.
