Jeannette Kawas, Slain Environmentalist, Remembered 30 Years On

Published on Honduras Daily · Aug 30, 2026 · Originally reported August 29, 2026 by TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

Jeannette Kawas, the Tela activist murdered in 1995 for opposing illegal development of the Punta Sal peninsula, is remembered through the national park bearing her name—though no one has been arrested for her killing despite a 2009 Inter-American Court ruling against Honduras for negligence.