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Backers of Honduran dam opposed by murdered activist withdraw funding
Source: The Guardian
Backers of Honduran dam opposed by murdered activist withdraw funding
• International investors withdraw completely from Agua Zarca project
• Dam was one of hundreds of projects sanctioned after 2009 military coup
Nina Lakhani
Sunday 4 June 2017 11.30 BST
The international funders behind the hydroelectric dam opposed by murdered Honduran environmentalist Berta Cáceres are withdrawing from the project, the Guardian can reveal.
Three financial institutions had pledged loans worth $44m for the Agua Zarca dam on the Gualcarque river, which is considered sacred by the Lenca people and which Caceres campaigned against before her death.
Her murder last year triggered international outrage and piled pressure on the international backers to pull out of the project amid a campaign of intimidation against communities opposed to the dam.
The Civil Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (Copinh) - the campaign group Caceres co-founded – has long demanded that investors withdraw and make reparations for the human rights violations linked to the project.
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• International investors withdraw completely from Agua Zarca project
• Dam was one of hundreds of projects sanctioned after 2009 military coup
Nina Lakhani
Sunday 4 June 2017 11.30 BST
The international funders behind the hydroelectric dam opposed by murdered Honduran environmentalist Berta Cáceres are withdrawing from the project, the Guardian can reveal.
Three financial institutions had pledged loans worth $44m for the Agua Zarca dam on the Gualcarque river, which is considered sacred by the Lenca people and which Caceres campaigned against before her death.
Her murder last year triggered international outrage and piled pressure on the international backers to pull out of the project amid a campaign of intimidation against communities opposed to the dam.
The Civil Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (Copinh) - the campaign group Caceres co-founded – has long demanded that investors withdraw and make reparations for the human rights violations linked to the project.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/04/honduras-dam-activist-berta-caceres
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