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Honduras/Director of Berta Cáceres’ assassination found guilty By Martha Grevatt posted on July 12, 2021 Roberto David Castillo Mejía, accused by prosecutors of “masterminding” the assassination of beloved Honduran environmentalist and Indigenous leader Berta Cáceres, was found guilty of homicide July 5 by a three-judge panel. Feminist Encampment Viva Berta, set up and maintained during the trial of Roberto David Castillo Mejía, who was found guilty of homicide in the assassination of Berta Cáceres. Credit: COPINH Cáceres was the leader of the Civic Council of Popular and Indige...

A group of senators is calling for a suspension of U.S. security aid to Honduras. Will Biden heed them?

A Honduran migrant carries her baby into Penitas, Texas, after crossing the Rio Grande River from Mexico March 10. (CNS/Adrees Latif, Reuters) At a March 8 online panel hosted by Pax Christi for International Women's Day, speakers representing Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua discussed the role of U.S. intervention in creating political and economic crises in Central America, emphasizing the impact of these crises on women. Before the discussion began, Code Pink, a nonprofit dedicated to peace activism, premiered a video featuring interviews with three women who had been ...