Environmental Activism in Latin America

Latin America is one of the deadliest places to be a defender of rights; despite the high rates of activist killings and high rates of impunity, many risk their lives to fight for their rights. In this episode, Carmen tells Cristina about the state of environmental activism in Latin America, as well as a few cases of environmental activists whose lives were taken for their activism.

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Music Credit: Hustlin (Instrumental) by Neffex

Petition mentioned: https://cispes.salsalabs.org/Alianzaarrests2024/index.html?eType=EmailConfirmation&eId=c8825587-5cf6-42e9-8655-21709b29ada8

Sources:

https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/almost-2000-land-and-environmental-defenders-killed-between-2012-and-2022-protecting-planet/

https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/who-killing-latin-americas-environmentalists

https://globalearthrepairfoundation.org/homero-gomez-gonzalez/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/he-told-me-of-his-battle-to-save-the-monarch-butterfly-from-illegal-loggers-now-hes-gone-missing/2020/01/23/353a6a94-3dea-11ea-afe2-090eb37b60b1_story.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-51304857

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homero_G%C3%B3mez_Gonz%C3%A1lez

The Guardian of the Monarchs documentary on Netflix

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/03/mexico-second-monarch-butterfly-sanctuary-worker-found-murdered

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/29/over-1700-environmental-activists-killed-in-past-decade-report

https://hrf.org/the-cost-of-defending-the-environment-in-latin-america/

https://www.foe.org.au/what_is_extractivism

https://latamjournalismreview.org/news/honduras-suspected-murderer-of-journalist-and-indigenous-leader-pablo-hernandez-captured/

https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/honduras-indigenous-community-radio-director-pablo-isabel-hern%C3%A1ndez-murdered-un-ohchr-calls-for-murder-investigation-to-include-his-work-as-human-rights-defender/

https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/honduras-lenca-environmental-defender-is-first-the-human-rights-defender-to-be-killed-in-2022-in-the-country/

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/mar/22/two-murders-in-a-week-honduran-activists-risk-death-to-defend-rights

https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/melvin-geovany-mej%C3%ADa-rodr%C3%ADguez-broad-movement-for-dignity-and-justice-madj-movimiento-amplio-por-la-dignidad-y-la-justicia/

https://www.irtfcleveland.org/content/rrn/2022-02-24-000000

https://www.mp.hn/publicaciones/exhuman-cadaver-del-lider-indigena-en-el-progreso-yoro/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/07/venezuela-indigenous-leader-killed-amazon-defenders

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/01/venezuela-indigenous-leader-defended-amazon-shot-dead

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