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Born
She was born in Chimel, Guatemala, the 9th of January of 1959. She had one young brother, mother and father. They are an indigenous family of Guatemala. They are in the Quiché's group -
Her family was murdered
Menchú’s younger brother was kidnapped, tortured, and killed by a military death squad in 1979, and her mother was kidnapped, raped, mutilated, and murdered by soldiers the following year and in 1981 her father was murdered by the Spanish Embassy in the City of Guatemala -
Her fled
Menchú fled to Mexico in 1981 and was cared for there by members of a liberal Roman Catholic group. The same year, his father was murdered at the Spanish Embassy in the City of Guatemala. -
She wrote 12 books
She wrote his first book in 1983 and his last bok in 2010. For example: Me llamo Rigoberta Mencú i así me nació la consiencia. El legado perfecto. El vaso de miel. and many more books that are very interesting -
She created a fundacion
With the money of the Nobel Prize she created a fundation it was called ´Fundación rigoberta Menchú Tum’ with based in Guatemala and offices in Mexico city end New York. Her objective was contribuate to recover and enrich human values. -
He won the Nobel Peace Prize
In 1992 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in recognition of his work for social justice and ethnocultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples. With the money of the prize she create a fundation called "Fundación Rigoberta Menchú" -
Why she got the nobel prize?
They gave him by his work, separately, in defense and dignification of women. he fought very hard for the rights of the indigenous people and weman rights. -
What happened coincidentally when they gave her the prize
In the year that they gave him the award (the Nobel Prize), he signed with the fifth centenary of Columbus' arrival in America, and with the declaration of 1993 as the International Year of Indian Peoples. -
One of his best speeches
