Guatemala’s Jayro Bustamante, whose feature “Mountains of Fire” (“Cordillera de Fuego”) screens at the 14th IFF Panama, is in ...

Come learn, reflect, and connect with the values of justice, culture, and advocacy that define her extraordinary impact. Stampcard Alert: Attending this event counts toward your Honors College ...

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, ...

A first-of-its-kind meeting will ask indigenous women what obstacles are in their way of good health and educational opportunities–and how they think governments should address their needs. MEXICO ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, will become the third recipient of the Olympic Laurel. This was announced today by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President ...

Guatemalan activist Rigoberta Menchu Tum and Mexican politician and businessman Victor Gonzalez Torres have been honored with the prestigious Gandhi-Mandela Award for their exceptional contributions ...

Rigoberta Menchú Tum was born in Laj Chimel, a village in the remote central highlands of the department of El Quiché. Without electricity or roads, the village felt far away from the Guatemalan Army.

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 ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Rigoberta Menchu Tum is a President for the Indigenous Initiatives for Peace with five videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1998 Speech. Most ...

The “largest multicultural celebration on the West Coast” brought crowds and lots of cultural color to the Mission District over the weekend. The Carnaval San Francisco Festival and Parade honors the ...