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Essay Archive - An Indian Woman In Guatemala: Without A Trace Of Bitterness In Her Voice
An Indian Woman In Guatemala: Without A Trace Of Bitterness In Her Voice
Guatemala is the land of Eternal Springs and the home of the richly cultured and
historic Mayan people. It it also the country of Rigoberta Menchu, an
illeterite farm worker, turned voice of oppressed people everywhere. Guatemala
also has the sad distinction of being home to Latin America's oldest civil war.
"For more than three decades, left-wing guerrillas have fought a series of
rightist governments in Guatemala. The war has killed an estimated 140,000 in
the country, which has 11 million people." (N.Y. T....
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