Tertulia – Nina Lakhani on Who Killed Berta Cáceres?
In commemoration of the five-year anniversary of the assassination of Berta Cáceres, join Tertulias Fredericton and the Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network for a talk with Nina Lakhani on her book, Who Killed Berta Cáceres? Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet, on Wednesday, March 3 at 7:30pm (Atlantic Time) on Zoom. The talk will include an update on the struggle for justice for Berta and solidarity actions with COPINH, the organization that Berta co-founded and led at the time of her death.
Watch on Zoom here.
Watch on Facebook live here.
About Who Killed Berta Cáceres? Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet (Verso) –
The first time Honduran Indigenous leader Berta Cáceres met journalist Nina Lakhani, Cáceres said, ‘The army has an assassination list with my name at the top. I want to live, but in this country there is total impunity. When they want to kill me, they will do it.’
In 2015, Cáceres won the Goldman Prize, the world’s most prestigious environmental award, for leading a campaign to stop construction of an internationally funded hydroelectric dam on a river sacred to her Lenca people. Less than a year later she was dead. Lakhani herself endured intimidation and harassment as she investigated the murder. She was the only foreign journalist to attend the 2018 trial of Cáceres’s killers, where US-trained Honduran military officials, employees of the dam company and hired hitmen were found guilty of murder. Many questions about who ordered and paid for the killing remain unanswered.
Nina Lakhani has reported from a dozen countries including almost seven years covering Mexico and Central America. She is currently the environmental justice reporter for The Guardian based in New York. Her first book is Who Killed Berta Cáceres? Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet (Verso).
What is a tertulia? A tertulia can be described as a literary and artistic social gathering or philosophy café where participants talk about big thinkers, artists and ideas. This winter, Tertulias Fredericton has put together a series on activists and social movements that have shaped our lives and allowed us to imagine a better future.
Tertulias Fredericton is supported by the NB Media Co-op, publisher of videos of the Tertulia talks, the Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network, book publishers Fernwood,Between the Lines, Verso and Canadian Scholars | Women’s Press.
Upcoming Tertulias
March 10 – Harsha Walia, migrant justice activist and executive director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, on her book, Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism and the Rise of Racist Nationalism (Fernwood).
March 24 – Basil Alexander, Assistant Professor of Law, University of New Brunswick, on Dudley George and the Ipperwash Inquiry.
March 31 – Caroline Ennis, organizer of the 1979 Tobique Women’s March to Ottawa, on how she and other Tobique women organized to stop gender discrimination in the Indian Act.
April 14 – Jason MacLean, Assistant Professor of Law, University of New Brunswick, on Greta Thunberg, #FridaysForFuture and the Lessons of Youth Climate Activism.
For more information, visit the Tertulias on Facebook or contact: fredericton.tertulia@gmail.com.
