Introducing: Blood River
Blood River
Bloomberg
4.4 • 732 Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2020
⏱️ 4 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
The killers of Berta Caceres had every reason to believe they’d get away with murder. More than 100 other environmental activists in Honduras had been killed in the previous five years, yet almost no one had been punished for the crimes. Bloomberg’s Blood River follows a four-year quest to find her killers – a twisting trail that leads into the country’s circles of power.
Blood River premieres on July 27.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Liberty, Libertas, for Bertha for Luchar. |
| 0:09.0 | Bertha Cacaris was one of the most influential advocates for indigenous and women's rights in Honduras. |
| 0:15.0 | The discrimination and the racism that has committed |
| 0:20.0 | contra the people lenka, |
| 0:21.9 | contra the Coppil. |
| 0:22.8 | And in 2013, |
| 0:24.5 | when she began leading a protest campaign |
| 0:26.7 | against a proposed hydroelectric dam, |
| 0:29.4 | she became one of the most celebrated |
| 0:31.1 | environmental activists anywhere. |
| 0:34.8 | Honduras was known as the most |
| 0:36.3 | dangerous place in the world for environmental activists. |
| 0:40.8 | More than 100 had been reported killed in just the previous five years. |
| 0:46.1 | She told friends about threatening phone calls she'd get. She said strange cars followed her on the |
| 0:52.2 | road. She knew that she was very much still being targeted and still at risk of being killed. |
| 1:01.4 | Bertha was the most powerful activist in her country, but none of the accolades could protect her |
| 1:07.5 | in the end. |
| 1:11.7 | A prominent environmental rights activists was shot dead in Honduras on Thursday, |
| 1:16.3 | prompting protests in the capital. |
| 1:20.9 | My name is Monty Real, an investigative reporter for Bloomberg Green. |
| 1:26.2 | On the upcoming podcast, Blood River, we tell the |
| 1:29.9 | story of a murder, a murder in a place where murderers thrive, where about 97% of all homicides |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Bloomberg, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Bloomberg and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.