I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala
Staff at Cancun's five-star Hotel Coral Beach appear to have assumed Rigoberta Manchu was another street vendor or beggar, so without asking questions they ordered her to leave. Rigoberta Menchu of course is a Nobel peace prizewinner, UNESCO goodwill ambassador, Guatemalan presidential candidate and figurehead for indigenous rights.
Source: Rory Carroll, Guardian Latin America correspondent via Free Internet Press, 2007-08-18
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