Rigoberta Menchu

By smccullough21

  • Rigoberta Menchu birth

    Rigoberta Menchu was born on January 9 1959 to a poor indian peasant family and she was raised in Quiche branch of the Mayan culture. She was raised with her family.

  • Rigoberta Menchu family

    That year her brother was arrested, tortured and killed by the army. The following year, her father was killed by security forces. Shortly afterwards, her mother also died after being be arrested in 1979.

  • Rigoberta Menchu joining a church

    Rigoberta Menchu joined a catholic church and became socially involved in 1979.

  • Rigoberta Menchú went on strike

    In 1980, she figured in a strike the CUC( which means the Committee of the pleasant Union) organized for better conditions for farm workers on the Pacific coast. On May 1, 1981, she was active in large demonstrations in the capital.

  • Rigoberta Menchu fleeing

    In 1981, Rigoberta Menchú had to go into hiding in Guatemala, and then flee to Mexico. That marked the beginning of a new phase in her life as the organizer of resistance to oppression in Guatemala and the struggle for Indian peasant peoples' rights.

  • Rigoberta has an interveiw

    It was in France in 1982 that Rigoberta met Elizabeth Burgos-Debray. Burgos-Debray convinced Rigoberta to tell her compelling story and made a series of taped interviews.

  • Rigoberta Menchú joins

    In 1982, she took part in the founding of the joint opposition body.The United Representation of the Guatemalan Opposition.

  • winning a nobel prize

    It was this work as much as the famous book that earned her the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize, and it is no accident that the prize was awarded on the 500th anniversary of columbus famous voyage.

  • Stoll's book

    There is no question that Rigoberta Menchú’s credibility took a serious hit with Stoll’s book and an investigation by the New York Times that turned up even more problems . Nevertheless, she has remained very active in native rights movements.

  • she is continuing with her journey

    She continues to make news and create controversy. In September 2007, Menchú was a presidential candidate in her native Guatemala. Running with the support of the encounter for Guatemala party.