In 1992 the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Rigoberta Menchú Tum from Guatemala, in recognition of her work for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples. Like many other countries in South and Central America, Guatemala has experienced great tension between the descendants of European immigrants and the indigenous population. In the 1970s and 1980s, that tension came to a head in the large-scale repression of indigenous peoples. Menc

Peace laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum has a message to all of us; be more inclusive with indigenous people. In 1992, Guatemalan Menchú Tum was awarded the peace prize for her work for the rights of indigenous peoples and reconciliation between ethnic groups. Indigenous organisations lobbied for her nomination, they wanted to draw attention to the fact that the European discovery of America had entailed the extermination and suppression of indigenous populations. Menchú Tum grew up in a country mar