“The Fight against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras: Justice for Berta and Beyond”
Monday, Oct. 10, 6–7:30 p.m., Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center
Martín Fernández, national coordinator of the Movement for Dignity and Justice, will discuss how the 2009 military coup in Honduras cemented the Central American nation as a hotbed of human rights abuses, the new frontier in the U.S.-led War on Drugs, and an all-out plunder of national territory and resources. Those who resist are targeted and killed with a level of impunity unheard of in the 21st century in Latin America; the March 2 assassination of beloved indigenous leader Berta Cáceres is an example of state crime and impunity amongst many. For the Honduran people, the results are violent and devastating, but their inspiring resistance continues. This lecture is co-sponsored by Witness for Peace and The Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship at Drake.
International Film Series: Hija de la Laguna (Daughter of the Lake)
Wednesday, Oct. 12, 7–9 p.m., Meredith Hall Room 101
At the height of the Peruvian gold rush, Nelida, an Andean woman able to communicate with water spirits, uses her powers to prevent a mining corporation from destroying the body of water she considers her mother. A gold deposit valued at billions of dollars lies just beneath Nelida’s lakes and leads farmers and Latin America’s biggest gold producer into conflict. (See http://www.daughterofthelake.pe/)
