Gualcarque river in Honduras, sacred for the indigenous community.
Honduran environmental and indigenous rights defender Berta Cáceres, who was known internationally for opposing a major hydroelectric project, has been shot dead at her home. The murder of Cáceres has sent shockwaves throughout the world and once again highlights the dangers facing environmental campaigners in Latin America.
According to UK-based NGO Global Witness, which worked with Caceres, the director of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous People of Honduras (COPINH in the Spanish acronym), was gunned down as she slept in the eastern city of Esperanza on the evening of March 2.
