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Oggetto: Murdered
Data: Wed, 09 Mar 2016 19:05:45 +0000
Mittente: Carys Afoko, SumOfUs.org <us@???>
Rispondi-a: us@???
A: Sandra Cangemi <sandra.cangemi@???>
SumOfUs
Berta Caceres was killed because she was *defending her community from a
mega-dam project* in Honduras.
Dam investors think that with Berta out of the way, the project is a
done deal -- let's prove them wrong.
*Call on the FMO Dutch Bank, one of the largest investors in the dam, to
withdraw its investment in the Agua Zarca dam. *
Sign the petition
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http://act.sumofus.org/go/90245?t=1&akid=17700.769582.NcNv4j>
Sandra,
*Today we mourn the tragic assassination of Berta Caceres, *a prominent
Honduran indigenous rights activist.
*Berta stood up to corporations and helped delay the construction of the
Agua Zarca dam* that would destroy her community's land and the
Gualcarque River in Honduras. The dam was delayed due to protests for so
long, that*investors started pulling from the project.*
As a result, *Berta became a target for corporate spying, intimidation,
and ultimately murder,* simply because money wasn’t being made.
This is why we are calling on the largest remaining investor of the dam,
FMO (a Dutch Development bank) to join the Chinese investors Sinohydro
and the International Finance Corporation in *withdrawing financial
support for this project immediately.*
Ask the FMO bank to withdraw investment of the Agua Zarca project.
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http://act.sumofus.org/go/90245?t=2&akid=17700.769582.NcNv4j>
According to FMO’s own website, the bank has a long standing commitment
to environmental and social sustainability. This commitment alone should
have led them to stay away from the Agua Zarca dam, proposed to be built
in sacred indigenous land and the Gualcarque River, but *now FMO is
complicit in Berta’s assassination.*
51% of FMO’s shares are held by the Dutch government. Unless FMO is
prepared to face both a domestic and international outcry, it *cannot
afford to see through its investment in the Agua Zarca dam.*
Let FMO know that its reputation is at stake, and tell it to withdraw
its investment from the Agua Zarca dam.
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http://act.sumofus.org/go/90245?t=3&akid=17700.769582.NcNv4j>
Since the right-wing coup against Manuel Zelaya in 2009, activists have
been systematically persecuted by the Honduran government, making
*Honduras one of the most dangerous places in the world to be an
activist or community organiser.*
*This was certainly true for Berta.* Just last year she won the Goldman
Environmental award for her successful campaign against the Agua Zarcao
dam, and she has now paid with her life.
*This isn’t the first time that the SumOfUs community has stood with
brave activists* defending their homes, lands and livelihoods against
corporate giants. Thanks to our generosity, Máxima Acuña, the Peruvian
anti-mining activist, was able to contract private security to protect
her from possible corporate-sponsored assailants. And thanks to us
coming together and supporting Máxima, the Yanacocha mine will not been
able to go ahead without a community consultation.
Berta’s death hurts so many of us who want to see a fair and equitable
world. These corporations think that by taking her out, the resistance
to the dam is dead. *Let's prove them wrong and push FMO out of this
unethical deal!*
Call on FMO to withdraw its investments from the Agua Zarco dam now and
protect sacred indigenous land
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http://act.sumofus.org/go/90245?t=4&akid=17700.769582.NcNv4j>
Thanks for all that you do,
Carys, Ledys and the rest of the team at SumOfUs.org
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More information:
Berta Cáceres, Honduran human rights and environment activist, murdered,
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http://act.sumofus.org/go/90178?t=5&akid=17700.769582.NcNv4j> The
Guardian, 3rd of March 2016
Berta Cáceres, Honduran Activist, killed
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http://act.sumofus.org/go/90279?t=6&akid=17700.769582.NcNv4j>, CNN,
March 4th 2016
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