Who Killed Berta Caceres?
Book • 2020
Nina Lakhani's 'Who Killed Berta Cáceres' investigates the assassination of Lenca leader Berta Cáceres, tracing how corporate, state, and military actors conspired against her.
The book chronicles Cáceres's organizing to stop a dam project, the harassment and surveillance she endured, and the legal and political fallout following her murder.
Lakhani draws on court documents, interviews with survivors and insiders, and years of reporting to map the networks of power and impunity behind the crime.
It examines the roles of the dam company, Honduran state actors, international banks, and foreign military training in enabling repression.
The book situates Cáceres's story within broader regional patterns of extractive violence and environmental struggle.
The book chronicles Cáceres's organizing to stop a dam project, the harassment and surveillance she endured, and the legal and political fallout following her murder.
Lakhani draws on court documents, interviews with survivors and insiders, and years of reporting to map the networks of power and impunity behind the crime.
It examines the roles of the dam company, Honduran state actors, international banks, and foreign military training in enabling repression.
The book situates Cáceres's story within broader regional patterns of extractive violence and environmental struggle.
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