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Rigoberta Menchú
Rigoberta Menchú (born 1959) is a K'iche' Maya activist from Guatemala who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 for her work for indigenous rights and reconciliation. Several members of her family, including her father, who died in the burning of the Spanish embassy in 1980, were killed by the security forces during the civil war. Her testimony I, Rigoberta Menchú made the war known abroad.
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