| LC control no. | n 2019069678 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cáceres, Berta, 1973?-2016 |
| Variant(s) | Cáceres Flores, Berta, 1973?-2016 Flores, Berta Cáceres, 1972-2016 |
| Associated country | Honduras |
| Birth date | 1973-03-04? |
| Death date | 2016-03-03 |
| Place of birth | La Esperanza (Intibucá, Honduras) |
| Place of death | La Esperanza (Intibucá, Honduras) |
| Field of activity | Environmentalism Indians of Central America--Civil rights |
| Affiliation | Consejo Civico de Organizaciones Populares e Indígenas de Honduras Lenca Indians |
| Profession or occupation | Political activists |
| Found in | Affect, ecofeminism, and intersectional struggles in Latin America, 2020: ECip title page (Berta Cáceres) The Guardian WWW page 2 February 2018: Honduras, Fri 4 March 2016 (Berta Cáceres, Honduran human rights and environmental activist murdered, barely a week after she was threatened for opposing a hydroelectric project; cofounder of the Council of Indigenous Peoples of Honduras (Copinh)) Wikipedia WWW page 2 February 2018: Berta Cáceres (Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores, b. 4 March 1971, 1972, or 1973, [sources vary as to her year of birth] La Esperanza, Honduras, d. 3 March 2016, La Esperanza, Honduras; environmentalist, indigenous rights activist, known for her work to defend Lenca people habitat and rights; born into the Lenca people; in 1993 co-founded Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH)) Encyclopædia Britannica WWW page 2 February 2018: Berta Cáceres (Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores, Honduran activist, v. March 4 1973?, La Esperanza Hond., died March 3 2016, La Esperanza; member of the indegenous Lenca people; co-founded (1993) the National Council of Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) and devoted 10 years to a campaign to stop the construction of the Agua Zarca Dam onthe Gualcarque River in the Rio Blanco area of Honduras, work for which she was awarded a 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize) La Prensa WWW page 2 February 2018: Más noticias 4 Mar 2016 , (Berta Cáceres will celebrate her birthday today, the indigenous leader was born 4 March 1973, she would have been 43 years old) https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/, viewed 2019-11-29 (Berta Cáceres, a Lenca woman, grew up during the violence that swept through Central America in the 1980s. Cáceres grew up to become a student activist and in 1993, she cofounded the National Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) and devoted 10 years to a campaign to stop the construction of the Agua Zarca Dam on the Gualcarque River in the Rio Blanco area of Honduras, work for which she was awarded a 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize) Valladares Ayestas, M.T. "Berta Cáceres", 2018: p.12 (born March 4, 1971, in the city of La Esperanza, Manto Blanco) |
| Invalid LCCN | no2018014449 |
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