Latin America is one of the deadliest places to be a defender of rights; despite the high rates of activist killings and high rates of impunity, many risk their lives to fight for their rights.

In this episode, Carmen tells Cristina about the state of environmental activism in Latin America, as well as a few cases of environmental activists whose lives were taken for their activism.

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Music Credit: Hustlin (Instrumental) by Neffex

Petition mentioned: https://cispes.salsalabs.org/Alianzaarrests2024/index.html?eType=EmailConfirmation&eId=c8825587-5cf6-42e9-8655-21709b29ada8 Sources:  https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/almost-2000-land-and-environmental-defenders-killed-between-2012-and-2022-protecting-planet/

Sources:  

https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/who-killing-latin-americas-environmentalists  https://globalearthrepairfoundation.org/homero-gomez-gonzalez/  https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/he-told-me-of-his-battle-to-save-the-monarch-butterfly-from-illegal-loggers-now-hes-gone-missing/2020/01/23/353a6a94-3dea-11ea-afe2-090eb37b60b1_story.html 
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-51304857  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homero_G%C3%B3mez_Gonz%C3%A1lez 
The Guardian of the Monarchs documentary on Netflix   https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/03/mexico-second-monarch-butterfly-sanctuary-worker-found-murdered 
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/29/over-1700-environmental-activists-killed-in-past-decade-report 
https://hrf.org/the-cost-of-defending-the-environment-in-latin-america/  https://www.foe.org.au/what_is_extractivism 
https://latamjournalismreview.org/news/honduras-suspected-murderer-of-journalist-and-indigenous-leader-pablo-hernandez-captured/ 
https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/honduras-indigenous-community-radio-director-pablo-isabel-hern%C3%A1ndez-murdered-un-ohchr-calls-for-murder-investigation-to-include-his-work-as-human-rights-defender/ 
https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/honduras-lenca-environmental-defender-is-first-the-human-rights-defender-to-be-killed-in-2022-in-the-country/  https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/mar/22/two-murders-in-a-week-honduran-activists-risk-death-to-defend-rights 
https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/melvin-geovany-mej%C3%ADa-rodr%C3%ADguez-broad-movement-for-dignity-and-justice-madj-movimiento-amplio-por-la-dignidad-y-la-justicia/ 
https://www.irtfcleveland.org/content/rrn/2022-02-24-000000  https://www.mp.hn/publicaciones/exhuman-cadaver-del-lider-indigena-en-el-progreso-yoro/  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/07/venezuela-indigenous-leader-killed-amazon-defenders 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/01/venezuela-indigenous-leader-defended-amazon-shot-dead