The Nobel Peace Prize 1992

Rigoberta Menchú Tum

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The Nobel Peace Prize 1992 was awarded to Rigoberta Menchú Tum "for her struggle for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples."

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