Menchú
Americannoun
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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 ● Nov. 11, 2022
Mario Menchú, president of the 14 Communities of San Cristóbal Totonicapán, said protesters demanded Porras’ resignation.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
Nobel laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum, who has fought for Indigenous rights in Guatemala, makes a cameo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2020
Despite charges of genocide, laid before the Spanish Audiencia Nacional by Nobel peace prize-winner Rigoberta Menchú, Ríos Montt became president of congress in May 2000.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 2, 2018
Ms. Menchú is running, as she did four years ago, but the leading candidate is Otto Pérez Molina, a retired general and former head of military intelligence who has been accused of human rights abuses.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2011
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