Menchú

American  

[men-choo] / mɛnˈtʃu /

noun

1. Rigoberta born 1959, Guatemalan author and social reformer: Nobel Prize 1992.

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Example Sentences

She compares Huerta to Guatemalan feminist and human rights activists like Helen Mack Chang and Rigoberta Menchú, the latter the K’iche’ Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

From Los Angeles Times

Mario Menchú, president of the 14 Communities of San Cristóbal Totonicapán, said protesters demanded Porras’ resignation.

From Seattle Times

The film also has the significant endorsement of activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú, who makes a cameo in a key courtroom scene.

From Los Angeles Times

The portraits of Rigoberta Menchú, Frida Kahlo, Nina Simone, Rosa Parks and seven more women were covered in paint, amid signs that read “terrorist” and “communist.”

From Washington Times

Carrillo-Ramos came to the United States when he was 17 in order to work and send money back to his mother, brother and daughter in Guatemala, said his cousin Yenifer Menchu.

From Los Angeles Times