Rigoberta Menchú

Rigoberta Menchú
Rigoberta Menchu in 2009.
Born	Rigoberta Menchú Tum (1959-01-09) 9 January 1959 (age 65) Laj Chimel, Quiché, Guatemala
Nationality	Guatemalan
Occupation(s)	Activist, politician
Parent(s)	Juana Tum Kótoja Vicente Menchú Pérez
Awards	Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 Prince of Asturias Awards in 1998 Order of the Aztec Eagle in 2010.
Website	Rigoberta Menchú Tum profile

Rigoberta Menchú Tum (Spanish: [riɣoˈβerta menˈtʃu]; born 9 January 1959) is a Guatemalan political and human rights activist. Menchú is known for her life to publicizing the rights of Guatemala's indigenous feminists during and after the Guatemalan Civil War (1960–1996), and to promoting indigenous rights in the country.

She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 and the Prince of Asturias Award in 1998.^[1] Menchú is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. She has also become a figure in indigenous political parties and ran for President of Guatemala in 2007 and 2011.

References

1. "Rigoberta Menchú Tum - Biographical". Nobelprize.org. 2013. Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2013.

Other websites

• Biography at the official Nobel site
• Nobel Peace Prize lecture Archived 2004-06-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Salon.com: Rigoberta Menchú meets the press
• "Peace Prize Winner Admits Discrepancies", AP story in New York Times, 12 February 1999 (Subscription only.)
• "Spain may judge Guatemala abuses", BBC News, 5 October 2005
• "Liar, Rigoberta Menchu" by Dinesh D'Souza, Boundless webzine, 1999.