Guatemalan activist Rigoberta Menchú (photo by Carlos Rodriguez/Agencia de Noticias Andes, CC BY-NC 2.0) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional ...

The puzzling election loss of Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemala’s first indigenous presidential candidate. By Marc Lacey Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu scores murder of Guillermo Ovalle, ...

Days after Guatemala’s former U.S.-backed dictator, Efraín Ríos Montt, was convicted of genocide, we’re joined by a woman largely responsible for making sure he was brought to justice. Rigoberta ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rigoberta Menchú Tum, right, in a scene from " La Llorona." (Shudder) Laced with cautious optimism, the firm voice of Guatemalan ...

In a major victory for human rights activists, a Guatemalan court has returned a guilty verdict in the Spanish Embassy massacre of 1980. On Monday, the court found former police chief Pedro García ...

MANILA, Philippines - She is fondly called “The First Lady of Philippine Musical Theater” mostly because her résumé would be the envy of any Broadway star. To list just a few of her past roles: Eva ...

Indigenous activist Rigoberta Menchu says she will run for president in Guatemala's elections this September. Ms Menchu will stand for a coalition of the indigenous party Winaq, which she founded ...

Rigoberta Menchú was born on January 9, 1959 to a poor Indian peasant family and raised in the Quiche branch of the Mayan culture. In her early years she helped with the family farm work, either in ...