Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I would like Bertha to take this question if possible.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Say an investor wants to make money. An investor wants to do it with the least amount of difficulty possible, in whatever country they want to invest in. In Honduras, unfortunately, investors already know that they need to earmark 30% of the overhead of any business for what we w

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you. Bertha Zúniga has already spoken to these difficulties. The case of the crime against Berta Cáceres is one example of international coordinated action and social pressure by the citizenry and other governments. In fact, yesterday in the hearing, the European Union am

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Organized crime in its different manifestations is no doubt an actor that creates fear in Honduras and creates limitations and restrictions. When we speak about organized crime, we're talking also about human trafficking for labour, such as in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. We are

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I didn't say that. We do have evidence that links the political class and the narcos. This has been presented by the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Court in New York, who have has requested testimony from different people, because they know there are linkages with the narcos. In

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much for opening this space to us. I was here in March 2012 as a journalist, and I spoke to the MPs. I told them how hard it was for journalists who worked in Honduras in 2009, after the coup, especially when we were covering community-based, grassroots organizatio