Rigoberta Menchú

created in 1923, is an organization that does not support any kind of war and nonviolently protests for the removal of all causes of war. In relation to works from the likes of Henry David Thoreau, Aimé Césaire, and the power of women like Rigoberta Menchu, Malala Yousafzai, Wangaari Maathai, and Vandana Shiva, the War Resisters League, which is the oldest secular pacifist organization in the United States, perfectly demonstrates that war is not a viable solution to the problems today’s…

Latin America October 19, 2015 Granito documentary Mayans Suffering Guatemala has gone through a lot of suffering in the past and it is still striving to recover. Pamela Yates, narrates about the struggles along with the help of others including Rigoberta Menchu. Granito is a documentary and more than that is a living testimony of the injustice that exists in our countries, in this case Guatemala. After watching the documentary of Granito how to capture a dictator, I've learned many things that…

a lot of injustice in the fincas. In the testimonio of I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala Elisabeth Burgos-Debray narrates Rigoberta’s struggles and oppression that many Guatemalan Indian communities have experienced. In Guatemala, historically speaking Ladinos have always dominated indigenous communities and indigenous people have always lived in poverty. The government and Ladinos took advantage of the indigenous…

Part of the peace process that began in 1991 required an investigation on the killings of civilians, particularly the supposed genocide that had taken place with the purpose of eliminating the Mayan population. Through the Accord of Oslo on June 23, 1994, the United Nations with the cooperation of the Government of the Republic of Guatemala formed the Commission for Historical Clarification (CEH) in order to “clarify with objectivity, equity and impartiality” the acts of violence and potential…

The Mayan people did not only suffer through numbered deaths during the army's Genocide, but the had to deal with oppression and fear worse than what they had been dealt for centuries by Europeans. During the horrors, many Mayans had to hide in fear just to survive. In The Return of Guatemala’s Refugees, a Mayan man remembered how he survived during the attacks. “We were always afraid, because at the time, if they thought a family was hiding out in their parcela (tract of land), the army would…

Continuing to close in on the modern era, we can take a look at how this oppression continued within a powerful text written by Rigoberta Menchú, who uses her personal story, I, Rigoberta Menchú, to bring people together and fight back against a corrupt government that belittles the indigenous population of Guatemala. And finally, by looking at articles written in even more recent times, such as a speech in 2005…

Non-traditional migrations to Guatemala City and to the United States. 3. Joining the military. Listing includes income to the family of the soldier. Housing, clothing and food to the soldier for 30 months. 6. Who is Rigoberta Menchu? Rigoberta Menchu is an indigenous women from Guatemala. She was born in Chimel. She believed that it was a problem for government to try to control the people. She was against cheap labor supply. 7. Who are the CUC? What were their motives? The CUC…

“Writing a story”, showing them how easy is to create and write an original story. A two minutes video clip “Nahuales Mayas” will be watched by the class https://youtu.be/3gvOyFRe0h8 Using a Power Point Presentation the text “A Nahual” by Rigoberta Menchú, will be read aloud by the teacher. The students will follow along their own text highlighting the important information. Stress, intonation, and brief pausing will be used to explain the new vocabulary word meaning and for students…

Beginning centuries ago, holding onto land was a symbol of power and wealth because of how important land was, and still is, to indigenous populations. Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú is a Quiché Indian woman from Guatemala, and in her memoir, I, Rigoberta, she discussed the importance of land to her native people. For them, the land directly connected to their culture and family traditions, so it was very important to fight for the right to remain on their land…

forward. “The Indian women who have a clear political vision and participate in the leadership of the organization are realizing this. We’re seeing change, revolution, taking power, but this isn’t the profound change within society,” says Rigoberta Menchu (Menchu, 260). Hondagneu-Sotelo further states that “the interaction of massive population movements from Latin America to the United States and the concomitant demographic revolution that has resulted in what is arguably a significantly more…