Rigoberta Menchú
Guatemalan · 1959–
Guatemalan indigenous rights activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize for her work advocating for the rights of indigenous peoples during Guatemala's civil war.
Wikipedia ↗“We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected.”
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I, Rigoberta Menchú ↗ (1983)
“Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith.”
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Nobel Peace Prize lecture ↗ (1992)