Rigoberta Menchú the voice of the resistance. ~Women Wednesdays~

Hello friends of the community @hive-140084, I am here one more Wednesday dedicated to talking about extraordinary women. Today I wanted to do it with a very well-known and special person for me, Rigoberta Menchú. I was able to meet her for work reasons on a trip she made to my country and she made a pleasant impression on me.

First a little context for those who don't know her. Rigoberta Menchú was born on January 9, 1959 in Guatemala into an indigenous family. Her living conditions were very harsh and she had to start working at a very early age on a coffee farm with her other siblings.

Rigoberta's life is a life of struggle. This has made her an indigenous leader for all of Latin America. Her family was harshly punished during the Guatemalan civil war in which several members of her family were murdered. Her mother was tortured and murdered by the well-known death squads, a paramilitary group in the shadow of the Guatemalan government. Her father was burned alive in the well-known massacre at the Spanish embassy where he was trying to take refuge.

All of this made Rigoberta dedicate the rest of her life to the fight for human rights and especially that of the indigenous peoples of Latin America. For all of this she received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992. I was only a child at the time but I remember it perfectly, and her social recognition of her work in the defense of justice and peace.

Today Rigoberta Menchú continues fighting to defend the same values and her voice of peaceful resistance remains more relevant than ever.