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Born
She borned on 9th of January at night specificly in 10 o’clock, in 1959. She borned in Guatemalenca located in the Department of El Quichéin a rural community with their parents. The birth was very good and her parents were very happy. -
maid
When rigoberta was 12 she worked for a rich family home but she didn’t lern anythink. She work because she saw that her mother could not be for everything and they didn’t have enough money for all of the family and she want helped her mother. -
some members of his family, including his parents, were tortured and killed by the government
In 1980, some members of his family, including his parents, were tortured and killed by the government. Because of this she made a peaceful campaign to denounce the guatemalan regime and violate the human rights of indigenous peasants. -
she published a famous autobiographical
Due to the repression he went into exile in Mexico, where he lived for a few years. Then he returned to his country where, in 1983, she published a famous autobiographical book named “I, Rigoberta Menchu”, which explains his experiences. -
she participated in the preparation of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations.
Due to the experiences she experienced when she was a girl, in 1991 she participated in the preparation of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations, a very important fact for a big part of society. -
she won a Nobel Peace Prize
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she awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation
in 1998 she was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, 6 together with Fatiha Boudiaf, Fatana Ishaq Gailani, Somaly Mam, Emma Bonino, Graça Machel and Olayinka Koso-Thomas "for their work, separately, in defense and dignification of the woman. -
She participated as ambassador in UNESCO
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she travel around the world
Rigoberta travel around the world to tell people about the unjustices that were happening to Guatemalan's Indians, the city that she and his family live. She do this because she want to protect his city because it was a enormous injustice.
