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Rigoberta Menchú Tum

Rigoberta Menchú Tum

Rigoberta Menchú Tum

Human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Guatemala

Rigoberta Menchú Tum is an indigenous Guatemalan, of the K'iche' ethnic group. Menchú has dedicated her life to publicizing the plight of Guatemala's indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War (1960–1996), and to promoting indigenous rights in the country. She received the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize and Prince of Asturias Award in 1998. She is the subject of the testimonial biography I, Rigoberta Menchú (1983) and the author of the autobiographical work, Crossing Borders. Menchú is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. She has also become a figure in indigenous political parties and ran for President of Guatemala in 2007.

"Although we have different main goals, we can not achieve them without each other. There will be no peace in the world while the drugs keep on poisoning our world and while our children will have their minds obscured by the narcotic illusions. But the drug addiction can not be erradicated either without peace, external and internal, for the spiritual turbulences are the ones that lead to the perdition that the drugs are. With all our hearts we are with you, and we hope that together we will be able to create a peaceful world without drugs!"

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