Freelance journalist Sandra Cuffe joins us to discuss the 1-year anniversary of Honduran indigenous & environmental rights activist Berta Caceres’ assassination. We also discuss the latest details of her case, which involves US-trained soldiers. In addition, we also talk about latest in human rights abuses, confiscation of land, and attacks against activists. You can find more from Sandra Cuffe at www.sandracuffe.com/
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Sept 23rd 2016: Central American Migration
Following this week’s UN Summit for Refugees & Migration, Laura Weiss talks with us about increased border enforcement on the Guatemala/Mexico border. Weiss is the web editor for the North American Congress on Latin America. (NACLA) You can learn more about her report on nacla.org/
2016: Berta Caceres Remembered
In light of recent upheaval in Honduras following the assassination of environmental rights activists Berta Caceres of Honduras; we speak today with Beverly Bell from the Institute for Policy Studies and Other Worlds org about the life, legacy and ongoing dangers activist face under the Honduran dictatorship.