Final Statement of the Berta Cáceres Lives International Peoples' Summit
In this land of over 500 years
of struggle, with the sound of free-flowing rivers, the strength of mountains, barrios and villages, the fury and
tenderness of natural life, the spirit of the ancestors, the hopes and pain of
men, women and children, the people of Berta gather in memory of her rebellious
life.
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| Photo: Giorgio Trucchi |
WE DECLARE that we are completely conscious of the fact that Berta Cáceres’s assassination was due to her struggle and the
struggle of COPINH against the criminal, neocolonial, femicidal and extractive model
imposed by the Honduran and international ultra-right wing. They spread this
model through the continent through violent actions such as these
assassinations and through other strategies that undermine justice for the
people, such as the current attempt to carry out a coup d’état against the Brazilian
people. We condemn this coup attempt, which follows in the wake of the nefarious
2009 coup here in Honduras.
WE RECOGNIZE the immense ethical
and practical contribution of our compañera
Berta and her commitment to popular struggles around the world. She brought
her aspirations to life with her radical and honest words, with the depth of her
decolonizing thought, the spiritual strength of the indigenous peoples, a
profound knowledge of and great confidence in popular struggle, and the
international horizons of her vision of emancipation. We assume these elements
of her legacy today with joy and strength.
WE COMMIT OURSELVES to the
struggle, thought, actions and rebellions of this anti-patriarchal,
anti-capitalist, anti-racist vision so that it may continue nurturing the
diversity of struggles around the world that confront the neoliberal logic of death,
which are already being built throughout this continent.
During this summit we have
sought consensus on ideas, proposals and collective alliances between
organizations, countries and political initiatives in order to set in motion the
intentions and desires for transformation, starting at the roots.
Following the Honduran Social
Movement Platform (PMSH), the Berta Cáceres Honduran Grassroots Alliance,
COPINH and the family of Berta Cáceres Flores, we commit ourselves to struggle
for:
- Truth
and justice in the crime against Berta Cáceres Flores, which means pushing
for an investigation led by a team that takes the context of her political
practice into account and that identifies all of the perpetrators and
plotters of her assassination and others that are part of their project of
death.
- The withdrawal
of the DESA corporation from Lenca territory, the liberation of the Gualcarque
River, struggle for the confluence of collective energies, instruments of
communication, territorial actions, formation of a working group backed up
by international experiences to expel extractive projects from Honduran
territory.
- The
definitive withdrawal of military presence from indigenous territory and
grassroots communities, both rural and urban.
- The
recognition of COPINH as the organization responsible for watching over
and protecting its territory along with OFRANEH and other legitimate
organizations of the first nations.
Those present at this summit and organized in the Platform
of the Honduran Social Movement commit ourselves to continue the process of
internal unification and strengthening of our proposals for robust
internationalist action, with Berta and her actions as our inspiration and
horizon.
To all peoples of the world, men and women, we invite you
to intensify the struggle with energy and principled unity. We will never give up
hope nor will we wait to bring to life the utopia of justice, freedom and autonomy
that is our legitimate vision for life and happiness on this earth.
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| Photo: Giorgio Trucchi |
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