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March 22, 2017

Washington, D.C.: Honduran President Faces Protests over Cáceres's Murder
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Back in the United States, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was
confronted by protesters when he arrived in Washington, D.C., to meet
with lawmakers Tuesday. The protesters chanted "asesino"-the Spanish
word for "murderer"-and held photographs of the murdered environmental
activist Berta Cáceres. She is one of more than 120 environmental and
human rights activists who have been murdered in Honduras since the 2009
U.S.-backed military coup. Dozens of lawmakers have signed on to
co-sponsor the Berta Cáceres Human Rights in Honduras Act, which seeks
to withhold U.S. military aid to Honduras until the Honduran government
addresses human rights violations by its police and security forces.


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