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Rigoberta Menchú Tum (Spanish: [riɣoˈβeɾta menˈtʃu]; born 9 January 1959) [1] is a K'iche' Guatemalan human rights activist, feminist, [2] and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. . Menchú has dedicated her life to publicizing the rights of Guatemala's Indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War (1960–1996), and to promoting Indigenous rights international
Rigoberta Menchú (born 1959) Guatemala "for her struggle for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples." [92] 1993 Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) South Africa "for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South ...
Rigoberta Menchú (born 1959) – Guatemalan indigenous rights advocate, anti-war activist, and co-founder of Nobel Women's Initiative Chico Mendes (1944–1988) – Brazilian environmentalist, trade union leader, and human rights advocate of peasants and indigenous peoples; assassinated in 1988
In 2004, When the Mountains Tremble was digitally remastered to commemorate its 20th anniversary. [9] The special edition released is updated after Menchú was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and includes a filmmaker commentary as well as a never-before-seen introduction from Susan Sarandon and an illuminating epilogue reflecting on the country's events a decade later.
In 1996, Rigoberta Menchu became a UN Ambassador for the world's Indigenous peoples [23] and helped promote the first International Decade of the World's Indigenous People. [25] Since then, she has run for President of Guatemala in both 2007 and 2011 as a member of the left-leaning Winaq party but lost both elections by a large majority. [24]
The party was founded in 2007, in the run-up to that year's 9 September general election.Its presidential candidate was Rigoberta Menchú, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning indigenous activist, running on a ticket with businessman Luis Fernando Montenegro as her vice-presidential hopeful.
Rigoberta Menchú (born 1959), activist, Nobel Peace Prize; Chico Mendes (1944–1988), trade union leader and environmentalist; Antonio Nariño (1765–1824), political and military leader; Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (1920–2020), United Nations Secretary-General; Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (born 1931), activist, Nobel Peace Prize
Rigoberta Menchú (VP: Luis Fernando Montenegro) for the Encounter for Guatemala (EG) party. Menchú is a K'iche' Maya and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Press reports in late August reported that she had withdrawn from the race because of financial constraints and low levels of support; [2] these reports were false. [3]