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Latin America

peppertree

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3. Amazing history and context, Judi. Thank you for that.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 26, 2021, 01:20 AM

Apr 2021

It dawned on me that the agreement should be called the Berta Cáceres Treaty - since it was, in fact, her 2016 murder that inspired the Echazú Agreement.

But then, environmental activism (or any) has always been risky in Latin America - and, sadly, will probably be for the foreseeable future no matter how many local laws or international agreements are enacted.

Money talks.

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Escazu Agreement set to bring environmental justice down to earth [View all] peppertree Apr 2021 OP

Innocent people have needed protection from the exploiters of Latin American resources SO LONG. Judi Lynn Apr 2021 #1

Amazing history and context, Judi. Thank you for that. peppertree Apr 2021 #3

Brazil's famous rubber tree worker activist, martyred by business interests: Judi Lynn Apr 2021 #2

Brazilian rancher found guilty of ordering murder of U.S. nun and Amazon defender Dorothy Stang Judi Lynn Apr 2021 #4