Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen
Berta Caceres Trial Will Test Biden’s Central America Policy
When VP Kamala Harris went to Central America, Honduras was not on the list of stops. She has reason to not want to appear with their right wing president. He is supported by the powerful global extractive industries, but there’s a rising feminist demand for justice in the trial for the murder of activist Berta Caceres. As guest Laura Carlsen, director of Global Solidarity for Just Associates explains, international forces are used to US support for what they call “development,” while land defenders insist on self determination by the people who actually live in the areas to be “developed.” Biden has a rare opportunity to make real changes in US policy, enabling people to stay home, or the same old same old.