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Berta Cáceres
Honduran environmental activist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Cáceres and the second or maternal family name is Flores.
Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores (4 March 1971 – 2 March 2016[1]) was a Honduran environmental activist and indigenous leader of the Lenca people.[2]
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Born | Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores (1973-03-04)4 March 1973 |
Died | 2 March 2016(2016-03-02) (aged 44) La Esperanza, Honduras |
Cause of death | Assassination (gunshot wounds) |
Nationality | Honduran |
Occupation | Environmentalist |
Years active | 1993–2016 |
Known for | Goldman Prize |
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She was co-founder and coordinator of the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH).[3][4][5] She won the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2015.