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Rigoberta Menchu participates in International Congress on Disability

September 5th, 2012 by Hugo Ortuño Suárez
Hugo Ortuño Suárez
Puebla, Mexico, North America
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Rigoberta Menchú Tum pictured at the International Congress of the National Network for Disability Prevention where she stressed the importance of integrating indigenous peoples assuming full participation in society.
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The activist Rigoberta Menchu stressed the importance of integrating indigenous peoples assuming full participation in society, adding that it is necessary to allocate resources that advance both the health issue, and the quality of food vulnerable.
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The activist Rigoberta Menchu stressed the importance of integrating indigenous peoples assuming full participation in society, adding that it is necessary to allocate resources that advance both the health issue, and the quality of food vulnerable.
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Rigoberta Menchú Tum pictured at the International Congress of the National Network for Disability Prevention where she stressed the importance of integrating indigenous peoples assuming full participation in society.
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Rigoberta Menchú Tum pictured at the International Congress of the National Network for Disability Prevention, where she stressed the importance of integrating indigenous peoples assuming full participation in society.
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The activist Rigoberta Menchu stressed the importance of integrating indigenous peoples assuming full participation in society, adding that it is necessary to allocate resources that advance both the health issue, and the quality of food vulnerable.
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The activist Rigoberta Menchu stressed the importance of integrating indigenous peoples assuming full participation in society, adding that it is necessary to allocate resources that advance both the health issue, and the quality of food vulnerable.
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The activist Rigoberta Menchu stressed the importance of integrating indigenous peoples assuming full participation in society, adding that it is necessary to allocate resources that advance both the health issue, and the quality of food vulnerable.
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Rigoberta Menchú Tum pictured at the International Congress of the National Network for Disability Prevention, where she stressed the importance of integrating indigenous peoples assuming full participation in society.
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The activist Rigoberta Menchu stressed the importance of integrating indigenous peoples assuming full participation in society, adding that it is necessary to allocate resources that advance both the health issue, and the quality of food vulnerable.
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Rigoberta Menchú Tum pictured here as she speaks at the International Congress of the National Network for Disability Prevention, where she stressed the importance of integrating indigenous peoples assuming full participation in society.
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The activist Rigoberta Menchu stressed the importance of integrating indigenous peoples assuming full participation in society, adding that it is necessary to allocate resources that advance both the health issue, and the quality of food vulnerable.
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The activist Rigoberta Menchu stressed the importance of integrating indigenous peoples assuming full participation in society, adding that it is necessary to allocate resources that advance both the health issue, and the quality of food vulnerable.
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The activist Rigoberta Menchu stressed the importance of integrating indigenous peoples assuming full participation in society, adding that it is necessary to allocate resources that advance both the health issue, and the quality of food vulnerable.
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The activist Rigoberta Menchu stressed the importance of integrating indigenous peoples assuming full participation in society, adding that it is necessary to allocate resources that advance both the health issue, and the quality of food vulnerable.
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The activist Rigoberta Menchu stressed the importance of integrating indigenous peoples assuming full participation in society, adding that it is necessary to allocate resources that advance both the health issue, and the quality of food vulnerable.
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Rigoberta Menchú Tum pictured greeting a wheelchair-bound visitor at the International Congress of the National Network for Disability Prevention.
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The activist Rigoberta Menchu stressed the importance of integrating indigenous peoples assuming full participation in society, adding that it is necessary to allocate resources that advance both the health issue, and the quality of food vulnerable.
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  • Rigoberta Menchu participates in International Congress on Disability
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  • Rigoberta Menchu participates in International Congress on Disability
  • Rigoberta Menchu participates in International Congress on Disability
  • Rigoberta Menchu participates in International Congress on Disability
  • Rigoberta Menchu participates in International Congress on Disability
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  • Rigoberta Menchu participates in International Congress on Disability
  • Rigoberta Menchu participates in International Congress on Disability
  • Rigoberta Menchu participates in International Congress on Disability
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Indigenous leader Rigoberta Menchu ​​Tum, human rights defender, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and Nobel Peace Prize winner attended the second International Congress of the National Network for Disability Prevention (RENAPRED) as one of the speakers.

CANCUN, QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO., September 5th, 2012. - Born in Uspantán, Guatemala, indigenous leader Rigoberta Menchu ​​Tum, a member of the Quiche-Maya, human rights defender, Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO and winning Nobel Peace Prize and Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, attended as a speaker at the Second International Congress of the National Network for Disability Prevention (RENAPRED) at the Cancun Center on September 5th, 2012 in Quintana Roo, Mexico .

The Guatemalan activist said that Mexico for stronger action in the prevention of disability, a problem that affects all socioeconomic levels in different circumstances, made ​​it clear that it is necessary to inclusive public policies especially indigenous peoples.

Also, Rigoberta Menchu stressed the importance of integrating indigenous peoples assuming full participation in society, adding that it is necessary to allocate resources that advance both the health issue, and the quality of food vulnerable. (Photo by Hugo Ortuño)

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