Primary Sources: People - Central, Latin, South America & The Caribbean: Menchú, Rigoberta

"Dr. Rigoberta Menchu addresses the University of Massachusetts Boston on April 6, 2009"

"Nobel Peace Prize winner and presidential hopeful Rigoberta Menchu said Thursday, that her candidacy is opening doors for Guatemala's Mayan Indians and shows how far the country has advanced in building democracy and battling racism."

"Rigoberta Menchú Tum (born 9 January 1959, Laj Chimel, El Quiché, Guatemala) is an indigenous Guatemalan, of the K'iche' ethnic group. Menchú has dedicated her life to publicizing the plight of Guatemala's indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War (1960--1996), and to promoting indigenous rights in the country. She received the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize and Prince of Asturias Award in 1998. She is the subject of the testimonial biography I, Rigoberta Menchú (1983) and the author of the autobiographical work, Crossing Borders."

"Rigoberta Menchu is a Guatemalan civil rights activist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992. Through the years, she has done a lot to fight for indigenous rights in Guatemala, and is also passionate about women's and environmental rights. She is currently a partner of One Billion Acts of Peace."

"Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu shares the challenges she has faced in maintaining peace in Guatemala with the audience gathered by the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego. Series: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Distinguished Lecture Series [1/2010] [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 17670"

"Rigoberta Menchú is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, indigenous woman and survivor of genocide in Guatemala. She seeks the observance of a code of ethics for an era of peace, as her contribution to humanity. [12/2005] [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 11321]"

Includes an English translation by Beth Baltimore.

 Finally, after thirty-five years, the Guatemalan military is being held responsible for murdering forty Mayan peasants.