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I Rigoberta Menchu : An Indian Woman in Guatemala

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The wise saying goes- if the fence begins to graze the fields , if the breast-fed milk to the child is poisoned by the mother , who else is to blame ? If the protectors of the people become the ghastly perpetrators of the crimes , where can the people look forward for solace ? The happenings in Guatemala are unbelievable . This occurred some decades ago in this civilized world that swears by UN Charter , is amazing , but true . The political leadership of the important

countries of the world , the protectors of the human rights and the defenders of world peace should hang their heads in shame , that they failed to-do something tangible to protect the poor people from the heinous acts of the military rulers . As Rigoberta Menchu puts it , My story is the story of poor Guatemalans . My personal experience is the reality of a whole people (Menchu , 1984 ,

.1 )Broadly speaking , it is the same old story through the Ages - the one between the peasantry and the oppression of the rulers and landowners , the resistance of the people to change the authority that subjugates the society , and commits atrocities against humanity

The pages of human history daubed in bloodshed due to conflicts in the name of religion , ethnicity , economic aggrandizement and other vicious and evil tendencies of the rulers , ask the crying question . How to make this Planet Earth heaven-like ? The answer is simple and straightforward . Eyes full of understanding , heart...

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