The indigenous peoples never had, and still do not have, the place that they should have occupied in the progress and benefits… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
It is said that our indigenous ancestors, Mayas and Aztecs, made human sacrifices to their gods. It occurs to me to ask:… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected,… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. There is no… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
Today the governments of Latin America should be ashamed of not havingexterminated the indigenous, at the end of the twentieth century, because… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
In the case of my country, Guatemala, 65% of the inhabitants are indigenous. The constitution speaks of protection for the indigenous. Who… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
I am deeply gladdened that 1993 has been delcared the International Year of Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations. It is the… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
The media and politics have never allowed our people to speak through them. The absolute marginalization of the indigenous peoples is a… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
It is not possible to conceive a democratic Guatemala, free and independent, without the indigenous identity shaping its character into all aspects… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
The problem in Guatemala is that there is no solution to the issue of human rights. The problem is militarization, it is… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
Racism in our countries is a fact in that the indian is not allowed to be a politician or aspire to being… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. There is no excuse for… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
This is why Indians are thought to be stupid. They can't think, they don't know anything, they say. But we have hidden our identity… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
In Guatemala, the gap between rich and poor must be eliminated, or we will continue to be the example of conflict in America. — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
The priests say the new dawn will be like the rain that fertilizes the soil before we begin to plant our corn. It will… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
unless a religion springs from within the people themselves, it is a weapon of the system. — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
The culture of death is imposed by economic and political interests, the arrogance of power, corruption. I blame the first world for having taken… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
“Este mundo no va a cambiar a menos que estemos dispuestos a cambiar nosotros mismos” — Rigoberta Menchú Copy Share Image
For me, to celebrate the twelfth of October is the absolute expression of triumphism, occupation and presumptuousness, and I think that history will remember… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
I wasn't the only orphan in Guatemala. There are many others, and it's not my grief alone, it's the grief of a whole people. — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
... our reality teaches us that, as Christians, we must create a Church of the poor, that we don't need a Church imposed from… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
There is not one world for man and one for animals, they are part of the same one and lead parallel lives. — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
Let there be freedom for the Indians, wherever they may be in the American Continent or elsewhere in the world, because while they are… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
