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Today we read article three, and it was about Rigoberta Menchu Tum who was born January 9th, 1959 into a poor indian peasant family and was raised in the Quiche Branch of the Mayan Culture. She soon became involved in social reform activities throughout her Catholic Church, and became prominent in the womans rights movement when still only a teenager. The Menchu family was accused of taking part in Guerrilla activities and Rogoberta's father, Vicente, was imprisoned and tortured for allegedly having participated in the execution of a local plantation owner. In 1981 Rigoberta Menchu had to go hiding in Guatelmala, and then flee to Mexico. That was all a beginning in a new phase of her life; as the organizer abroad of resistance to oppression in Guatemala and the struggle for indian peasant peoples rights. On at least 3 occasions, she would have returned to Guatemala to plead the cause of the indian peasans, but death threats had forced her to return into extire. Over the years, she has become widely known as a leading advocate of indian rights and ethno-cultural reconcilation. Her work has earned her several international awards throughout the years.