Digital Smear Campaigns Target Honduras's Environmental Defenders

Published on Honduras Daily · Aug 19, 2026 · Originally reported August 18, 2026 by Contracorriente

Environmental activists in Honduras face coordinated online attacks branding them as fake environmentalists, terrorists, or opponents of development, along with legal persecution and displacement, according to a regional investigation presented at a Tegucigalpa forum.

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