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Rigoberta Menchu

Peacemaking in the Face of Genocide – The Story of Rigoberta Menchú

Posted on August 18, 2021

On January 9, 1959, in Laj Chimel – a small indigenous community surrounded by unpaved Guatemalan mountain range — a Quiché Mayan child and future luminary for indigent natives across the Western Hemisphere was born.

Posted in Latin American BiographiesTagged biography, Guatemala, Maya, Mexico, Rigoberta Menchu

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