Hasta la fecha son nueve personas que esperan desde la cárcel su juicio por el asesinato de Berta Cáceres. La mayoría tiene nexos o con la empresa o con las Fuerzas Armadas de Honduras.

Trained in Honduras and in the United States by Green Berets from the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), the TIGRES receive substantial support from the U.S. State Department. And they have been active participants in government repression during the current political crisis in Honduras.

Around the country, Hondurans are demanding justice for the protesters and bystanders killed in the ongoing crackdown on opposition protests by the US-backed government of Honduras. Two months after general elections were marred by widespread reports of fraud, and one month after the US government stood by the contested results, repression and militarization continue unabated.

Nighttime road blockades have been springing up in neighborhoods around the Honduran capital as opposition alliance supporters continue to protest against election fraud.

Amid the ongoing electoral crisis in Honduras, rank-and-file police officers engaged in a brief work stoppage and claimed they would not crack down on protests. What's the backstory? And have they kept their word?

As Nicaragua's government doubles down on transnational gold extraction, the stage is set for grassroots resistance.

The crisis in Honduras is escalating. More than two weeks after general elections, the country is still without a president-elect. Nationwide marches, highway blockades, and neighborhood and community rallies continue to pop up around the country. As evidence of electoral fraud mounts, so does attention to the US role in the crisis.

In Honduras, coastal communities are embracing native plants as a means to mitigate climate impacts.

The clouds of tear gas began to dissipate, and the crisp sounds of gunshots punctuating the chaos halted. Someone was lying in the middle of the road.

La Gremial de Pescadores Artesanales de El Estor realizará una marcha pacífica el día 7 de julio en el pueblo de El Estor en Izabal. Invitan a la población a sumarse para elevar una vez más sus denuncias sobre la contaminación del Lago Izabal y las actividades mineras sin consulta, y para exigir justicia por el asesinato de Carlos Maaz Coc.

El 22 de junio en Guatemala, llegaron más que 200 agentes de la policía y fuerzas especiales a Casillas para reprimir a la manifestación pacífica contra la minería, relatan vecinos.

Almorzó en casa. Carlos Maaz Coc pasó la mañana del sábado en una reunión de los pescadores de El Estor, pero regresó a casa para almorzar antes de salir a la manifestación pacífica, dijo su esposa, Cristina Xol Pop. Unas dos horas después, su esposo, un pescador maya q’eqchi de 27 años de edad, estaba muerto.

Cientos de vecinos de El Estor acompañaron ayer al entierro de Carlos Maaz Coc, el pescador asesinado el sábado en medio de la represión policial. Ese mismo día, el gobierno declaró que "se determinó que no hay persona fallecida".

Empresarios, líderes comunitarios, y otros habitantes de Río Dulce se están uniendo para respaldar a los pescadores artesanales de El Estor, y para denunciar los impactos que sufren a causa de las actividades mineras.

Rural communities and environmental activists in Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador unite to create a new front of resistance against mining projects across the region.

La Gremial de Pescadores Artesanales del municipio de El Estor presentó una denuncia formal ante el Ministerio Público por la contaminación del Lago de Izabal. Directivos de la organización entregaron el martes 16 de mayo el escrito en el despacho de Fiscalía de Sección de Delitos contra el Medio Ambiente en Puerto Barrios.

Rodrigo Tot and his Maya Q’eqchi’ community have been working to secure title to their land and protect it from mining interests. Mongabay contributor Sandra Cuffe reports on his work from the disputed lands in Guatemala.

The Guatemalan government declared a 30-day, nationwide state of emergency Tuesday to facilitate efforts to combat and control forest fires.

The Maya Biosphere Reserve is on fire. Government officials issued a red alert yesterday for the Peten department due to forest fires inside national parks.

A Guatemalan judge acquitted the former head of security of a mining project of homicide and assault charges related to attacks against Mayan community residents.