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
In “Granito” Ms. Menchú, who filed the original genocide complaint against General Ríos Montt, has a much diminished role, as one of nine featured human-rights defenders, another being Ms. Yates herself.
From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2011
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