June 2009, that ousted a democratically elected
government and brought back to power the same
elites that for so long have dominated and abused
Honduras; who – once back in power - took all the
above and made it worse again, who use repression
as a tool of societal terrorism and control, hiring
sicarios to target and kill so many hundreds of
people since the coup, people like Berta.
The U.S. and Canada helped kill Berta. Seven years
after the coup, Honduras has the highest per capita
murder rate in the world, and amongst the highest
rates of repression, femicide, journalist killings,
corruption and impunity in the Americas. Ignoring
all this, the U.S. and Canadian governments sign
“free trade” agreements and promote the expansion
our mining, tourism, sweatshop, banana, etc.
companies and investments.
Berta was killed by all these people, institutions and
interests, because - as anyone will tell you who
knew her, learned from her, got strength, courage
and wisdom from her, followed her - these are the
things she lived against, stood and struggled
against, all her life.
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