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Democracy Now! : LINKTV : April 22, 2015 8:00am-9:01am PDT
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her name is berta caceres and and she is another winner of this year's goldman environmental prize. this is caceras describing how she helped organize the indigenous lenca community in honduras to resist the aqua zarca hydro-dam on the gualcarque river because it could destroy their water supply. berta: in more than one at 50 indigenous assemblies, our community decided that it did not want the hydroelectric dam. >> she filed complaints with the honduran government and organized peaceful protest in the nation's capital. as her visibility increased, she became a target for the government. berta: we denounce these dams and were threatened with smear campaigns, imprisonment, and murder, but nobody heard our voice until we set up a roadblock to take back control of our territory. >> for well over a year, the roadblock was maintained, withstanding harassment and violent attacks. tragically, the community leader was shot by the honduran military at a peaceful protest. berta: seen this man murdered, the community became indignant forcing a confrontation. the company was told they have to g
her name is berta caceres and and she is another winner of this year's goldman environmental prize. this is caceras describing how she helped organize the indigenous lenca community in honduras to resist the aqua zarca hydro-dam on the gualcarque river because it could destroy their water supply. berta: in more than one at 50 indigenous assemblies, our community decided that it did not want the hydroelectric dam. >> she filed complaints with the honduran government and organized peaceful...