Rigoberta Menchú (born 1959) was a Guatemalan human rights activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992. Despite her youth she became an eloquent spokesperson for the rights of the indigenous peoples of the entire Western Hemisphere. Rigoberta M...

Rigoberta Menchú Born 1959 Chimel, El Quiché, Guatemala Human rights activist and author Rigoberta Menchú is a dedicated advocate for the human rights of indigenous (native) peoples of Latin America. Born to a peasant Mayan Indian...

Rigoberta Menchú Tum (b. January 9, 1959, Chimel, Quiché, Guatemala) is an indigenous Guatemalan, of the Quiché-Maya ethnic group. Menchú has dedicated her life to publicizing the plight of Guatemala's indigenous peoples during and after the...

MADRID--On December 2. Guatemalan indigenous leader Rigoberta Mench6 appeared before the National Court of Spain in Madrid to file charges of genocide. torture and state terrorism on behalf of 200,000 people killed by the Guatemalan government during the 1980s. Mench6, winner of the 1992...

Mi tierra Tierra mía, madre de mis abuelos, quisiera acariciar tu belleza contemplar tu serenidad y acompañar tu silencio, quisiera calmar tu dolor llorar tu lágrima al ver tus hijos dispersos por el mundo regateando...

In the following essay on I, Rigoberta Menchú, Sommer examines the “secrets” Menchú refers to in her autobiography, studying the role that language plays in forming and preserving an ethnic and cultural identity.

In the following essay, Canby summarizes Stoll's criticisms against Menchú and I, Rigoberta Menchú, and discusses the details surrounding the autobiography's editorial development.

In the following review, Brittin examines the dynamic that Me llamo Rigoberta Menchú—which is considered to be a Central American testimonio—creates between the subject and reader.