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Berta Cáceres was a Honduran activist who was murdered in March 2016 because she was interfering with a large, internationally-financed, hydro-electric dam. She was an important humanitarian leader for indigenous populations. Her organizing successes and direct action campaigns made certain well-placed people very upset. She was murdered in her home by seven paramilitaries.

Honduras has been judged as the most dangerous country in the world for environmental activists according to Global Watch. Two more activists were murdered within a month after Berta. The year 2014 saw the murder of 12 activists. Despite all this persecution, they were successful in stopping the dam, which was never built.

Check out this article to get the story on how they found and convicted Berta's killers after a 5 year investigation and a 49 day trial:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/05/berta-caceres-assassination-roberto-david-castillo-found-guilty

Justice for Berta Cáceres, Finally - Arbor Assets Berta Cáceres was a Honduran activist who was murdered in March 2016 because she was interfering with a large, internationally-financed, hydro-electric dam. She was an important humanitarian leader for indigenous populations. Her organizing successes and direct action campaigns made certain well-pl...

Latin America's rural and Indigenous communities have seen their incomes drop sharply as COVID-19 inflicts economic havoc across the region. With the coronavirus raging out of control in some parts of the continent, its poorest are finding difficulty making ends meet. And even the news of promising vaccines is of little comfort.

Extreme poverty is set to rise this year for the first time in 22 years, with the coronavirus expected to push up to 115 million people into that category, according to the World Bank. Extreme poverty is defined as living on less than $1.90 a day. The projected increase would be the first since 1998, when the Asian financial crisis shook the global economy. Before the pandemic struck, the extreme poverty rate was expected to drop to 7.9% in 2020. But now it is likely to affect between 9.1% and 9.4% of the world's population this year, according to the bank's biennial Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report.

Check out this video from Aljazeera explaining how COVID-related economic depression is impacting rural and indigenous communities across Latin America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TTuc9F3OWQ

And this article from the BBC explains how the impact of COVID-19 is threatening the reduction of extreme poverty worldwide: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54448589

Extreme poverty set for first rise since 1998, World Bank warns Covid-19 is expected to cause a big rise in those living on less than $1.90 a day, says the World Bank.

Check out this video about what would happen if the polar ice caps melted.

The main ice covered landmass is Antarctica at the South Pole, with about 90 percent of the world's ice (and 70 percent of its fresh water). Antarctica is covered with ice an average of 2,133 meters (7,000 feet) thick. If all of the Antarctic ice melted, sea levels around the world would rise about 61 meters (200 feet). But the average temperature in Antarctica is -37°C, so the ice there is in no danger of melting. In fact in most parts of the continent it never gets above freezing.

At the other end of the world, the North Pole, the ice is not nearly as thick as at the South Pole. The ice floats on the Arctic Ocean. If it melted sea levels would not be affecte­d. There is a significant amount of ice covering Greenland, which would add another 7 meters (20 feet) to the oceans if it melted. Because Greenland is closer to the equator than Antarctica, the temperatures there are higher, so the ice is more likely to melt.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF1edSg5VP4

What Happens if the Polar Ice Caps Melt? - Arbor Assets Check out this video about what would happen if the polar ice caps melted. The main ice covered landmass is Antarctica at the South Pole, with about 90 percent of the world’s ice (and 70 percent of its fresh water). Antarctica is covered with ice an average of 2,133 meters (7,000 feet) thick. If a...

In the United States, Native Americans experience disproportionately high amounts of violence from law enforcement.

Native Americans ages 20–24, 25–34, and 35–44 are three of the five groups most likely to be killed by police (the others are Black people 20–24 and 25–34). This makes Native Americans more likely than any other racial group to be killed by police despite the fact that they only make up 1.2% of the population of the United States.

Native Americans are 3.1 times more likely than white Americans to be killed by police. Police brutality, especially killings, are underreported, however, because officer's frequently visually assess race and Native Americans are often mistaken for Black, White, or Hispanic.

Check out this compelling CNN article discussing the controversial police killings of Jason Peron, Paul Castaway, Benjamin Whiteshield, Loreal Tsingine, Corey Kanosh, and Zachary Bearheels.

https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/10/us/native-lives-matter/index.html

Native Americans at Greatest Risk of Police Violence ~ Native Lives Matter - Arbor Assets In the United States, Native Americans experience disproportionately high amounts of violence from law enforcement. Native Americans ages 20–24, 25–34, and 35–44 are three of the five groups most likely to be killed by police (the others are Black people 20–24 and 25–34). This makes Native...