Essay On Rigoberta Menchu

Rigoberta Menchu is a humans rights and activist from Guatemala. She was born on January 9th, 1959.When she was a young girl, her father and brother, along with others, were captured, tortured, and killed by security forces which had invaded a spanish embassy. Her mother was arrested, then raped and killed. Her father was accused of killing many people, including a local plantation owner and her family was accused with taking part in guerrilla activities. Due to these unfortunate events, in the same year she joined the CUC (Committee of the Peasant Union), 1979.
Young Menchu authored two books titled “I, Rigoberta Menchu” and “Crossing
Borders”. Her stories were first told by word of mouth by Menchu herself to Elizabeth
Burgos-Debray who helped

Menchu served as an irreplaceable motivation after the war, as she helped everyone that she could. By teaching herself multiple native mayan languages, she was able to relate more closely to those whom she assisted in recovery from the tragedies

RIGOBERTA MENCHU 3 that befell their families. “She joined the radical 31st of January Popular Front, in which her contribution chiefly consisted of educating the Indian peasant population in resistance to massive military oppression.” (1992, 1992). Due to her lovable nature and willingness to extend compassion, she was quickly adopted by the world and honored by most. She was looked up to and spoke press conferences in order to better convey her message of sincerity.
Menchu entered into hiding in Guatemala in 1981 until she was able to escape to
Mexico later that year. She was then chased to France, only to return to her beloved
Guatemala in 1994. During her time in exile, she would receive death threats if she ever tried to return to her country. Rigoberta had a passion for the mayan culture and people and her exile could not put put the fire that she had begun. She is a huge inspiration