World-renowned for her activism, Caceres won the the Goldman Environmental Prize last year for successfully stopping the construction of a major river dam. 
Akifahamika ulimwenguni kote kwa uanaharakati wake, mwaka jana Caceres alishinda Tuzo ya Mazingira ya Goldman kwa kufanikiwa kushinikiza kusitishwa kwa ujenzi wa bwawa kubwa la maji ya mto.