[Peace] JFP alert: Anderson Cooper: Ask About #BertaCaceres at #DemDebate

[Robert Naiman]

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Subject: Anderson Cooper: Ask About #BertaCaceres at #DemDebate
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Dear Robert,

*Urge Anderson Cooper to ask how U.S. policy in Honduras should change
after the assassination of Berta Caceres. *
Take Action
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Honduras has lost one of its most courageous indigenous leaders, Berta
Caceres. Caceres was the General Coordinator of the National Council of
Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras. In 2015, she won the
Goldman Environmental Prize for her activism and leadership. She was
assassinated on March 2.



*Urge Anderson Cooper to ask Bernie Sanders & Hillary Clinton about U.S.
policy in Honduras during the Democratic debate Sunday in Michigan by
signing our petition at MoveOn:
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/DemDebate-Berta-Caceres
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At her memorial service on March 5, Berta's children read a statement from
Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy. In his statement, Leahy said: "*the
investigation of this crime must be independent and comprehensive*,
including the participation of international experts. Those responsible for
ordering and carrying it out must be brought to justice…the Rio Blanco and
the territory that Berta devoted her life to defend, should be protected.
The Agua Zarca dam project should be abandoned." [1]

U.S. government policy is implicated in Berta's death. The U.S. government
has financed and defended the Honduran government that failed to protect
Berta's life. [2] *Senator Leahy has said that future U.S. aid to the
government of Honduras should be tied to the outcome* of an *independent
investigation* into the assassination. [3]



*Urge Anderson Cooper to ask Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton how U.S.
government policy in Honduras should change following this crime by signing
and sharing our petition:
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/DemDebate-Berta-Caceres
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Thanks for all you do to help make U.S. foreign policy more just,

Robert Naiman, Avram Reisman, and Sarah Burns
Just Foreign Policy

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References:
1.
https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/remarks-of-senator-patrick-leahy-on-remembering-berta-caceres
2.
http://www.thenation.com/article/the-clinton-backed-honduran-regime-is-picking-off-indigenous-leaders/
3. http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/probe-assassination-berta-caceres

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