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The war against environmentalists and the indigenous people of Honduras continues. Last week, the body of Lesbia Yaneth Urquía was discovered in a garbage dump.
The indigenous Lenca was a member of COPINH, or the Civic Council of People’s and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras; it is the organization formerly headed by Berta Cáceres, too an indigenous Lenca member, murdered last March for her opposition to extractive industry practices, and especially the Agua Zarca Hydroelectric Project, a mega-scheme involving several dams along the Rio Gualcarque undertaken by mining interests, and supported by the right-wing coup government of Juan Orlando Hernández.
Laura Carlsen is Director of the Center for International Policy’s Americas Program in Mexico City, and serves as an advisor to Just Associates (JASS), an international women’s collective organization working at “building women’s collective power for justice.” She also hosts, Hecho en America, a Spanish language television program on Latin America.
Laura Carlsen in the first half.
And; what would you do? While eating with his family in their Denny Island home, off BC’s remote central coast, renowned environmental champion, Ingmar Lee got a message about a nearby Humpback whale in distress. Entangled in a fishing net, it seemed to Lee the weary animal would not have long survived without help. To any who know Ingmar, it’s no surprise he leapt to the rescue, but the shocking reaction by the government, and its media arm, should more than surprise.
Ingmar Lee and a whale for the saving in the second half.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher emeritus, Janine Bandcroft will join us at the bottom of the hour to bring us news of good goings on in and around our town and beyond planned for the coming week. But first, Laura Carlsen and violent days for grassroots movements in Latin America.
