Rigoberta Menchú Tum met all these mentors’in San Francisco in the early ‘80s. Now a renowned human rights activist, she was 23 at the time, and it was about a decade before she won the 1992 Nobel ...

The puzzling election loss of Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemala’s first indigenous presidential candidate. By Marc Lacey Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu scores murder of Guillermo Ovalle, ...

México, 11 dic (EFE).México, 11 dic (EFE). — La indígena guatemalteca y premio nobel de la paz de 1992, Rigoberta Menchú, fue nombrada hoy “investigadora extraordinaria” por la Universidad Nacional ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rigoberta Menchú Tum, right, in a scene from " La Llorona." (Shudder) Laced with cautious optimism, the firm voice of Guatemalan ...

Guatemalan activist Rigoberta Menchú (photo by Carlos Rodriguez/Agencia de Noticias Andes, CC BY-NC 2.0) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional ...

Days after Guatemala’s former U.S.-backed dictator, Efraín Ríos Montt, was convicted of genocide, we’re joined by a woman largely responsible for making sure he was brought to justice. Rigoberta ...

Rigoberta Menchú Tum, winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize, visited two at-risk Denver communities yesterday, not to preach peace but to preach “harmony.” For Menchú Tum and Mayan spiritual teachers ...

In 1492, Christopher Columbus reached the Americas, setting off centuries of oppression of native peoples. Five hundred years later, in 1992, Rigoberta Menchú was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dawn Engle is co-founder of PeaceJam, an international education program based in Arvada that brings young people into contact with Nobel Peace Prize winners ...

Rigoberta Menchu was kicked out of a Hotel for looking "Homeless" — -- Looks do matter. Dress to impress! Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and candidate for the Guatemalan presidency, Rigoberta Menchú ...