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SPANISH - AP (Heroes or Villans): Rigoberta Menchú (Guatemala)

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Rigoberta Menchú - Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Rigoberta Menchu

Human Rights Activist

Who Was Rigoberta Menchu?

Benedict Library Database Resources

Rigoberta Menchu

Contemporary Heroes and Heroines, vol. 3, Gale, 1998. Gale In Context: Biography.

Rigoberta Menchú

Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, Gale, 1998. Gale In Context: Biography.

Guatemala: Indian Testimony to a Genocidal War

Pérez, Carlos. "Guatemala: Indian Testimony to a Genocidal War." History Behind the Headlines: The Origins of Conflicts Worldwide, edited by Sonia G. Benson, et al., vol. 2, Gale, 2001. Gale In Context: Biography.

Rigoberta Menchu and Her Epic Narrative

Gossen, Gary H. “Rigoberta Menchu and Her Epic Narrative.” Latin American Perspectives, vol. 26, no. 6, 1999, pp. 64–69. JSTOR.

Manuel González Prada and Rigoberta Menchú: Measuring "Indigenismo" through Indigenous Thought

Ward, Thomas. “Manuel González Prada and Rigoberta Menchú: Measuring ‘Indigenismo’ through Indigenous Thought.” Hispania, vol. 95, no. 3, 2012, pp. 400–23. JSTOR.

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