Tag Archives: Radio Victoria

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Apr
Defending Natural Resources

Violence Towards Environmentalists

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Since July of 2009 there has been a wave of violence and conflict in the communities opposing mining in the department of Cabañas.  To date there have been three anti-mining activists murdered, one who was eight months pregnant at the time.  We denounce the continued violence and threats towards anti-mining activists and community leaders in […]

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Defending Natural Resources, Politics, Protecting Sovereignty

Journalists and Priest recieve threats due to their advocacy: July 29, 2009

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The situation for political and social leaders in the Department of Cabanas has worsened since Marcelo Rivera’s disappearance and murder in early July. The week of July 27th, 2009, three to four journalists from Radio Victoria, a local radio station that was reporting on Rivera’s disappearance, received intensifying death threats. On July 28th, Father Luis […]

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