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... > social science subjects > sociology > social change > activism and social justice > indigenous Americans > Rigoberta Menchú Tum
... > contexts > population characteristics > socioeconomic factors > social change > activism and social justice > indigenous Americans > Rigoberta Menchú Tum
... > social science subjects > sociology > social change > activism and social justice > political and social movements (Latin America and Caribbean) > Rigoberta Menchú Tum
... > contexts > population characteristics > socioeconomic factors > social change > activism and social justice > political and social movements (Latin America and Caribbean) > Rigoberta Menchú Tum

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Rigoberta Menchú Tum  

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  • Rigoberta Menchú Tum (1959–) was born in the western highlands of Guatemala of labor activist parents. Her father, a member of the EGP (Guerrilla Army of the Poor) faction of Guatemala's Marxist rebels, was killed during a takeover of the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala City in 1980. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S.-Latin American Relations; Menchú Tum, Rigoberta]

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