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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for
1992 to Rigoberta Menchś from Guatemala, in recognition of her work for social
justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of
indigenous peoples.
Like many other countries in South and Central America, Guatemala has
experienced great tension between the descendants of European immigrants and the
native Indian population. In the 1970s and 1980s, that tension came to a head in
the large-scale repression of Indian peoples. Menchu has come to play an
increasingly prominent part as an advocate of native rights.
Rigoberta Menchś grew up in poverty, in a family which has undergone the most
brutal suppression and persecution. In her social and political work, she has
always borne in mind that the long-term objective of the struggle is peace.
Today, Rigoberta Menchś stands out as a vivid symbol of peace and
reconciliation across ethnic, cultural and social dividing lines, in her own
country, on the American continent, and in the world.
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Komiteti Norvegjez Nobel ka vendosur t'i japё Rigoberta
Menēusė nga Guatemala Ēmimin Nobel pёr Paqe tё vitit 1992 pёr punёn e saj pёr
drejtёsi sociale dhe pajtim etniko-kulturor nё bazё tё respektit ndaj popullsisё
indigjene.
Si shumё vende tё tjera nё Amerikёn e Jugut dhe atё
Qendrore,
Guatemala ballafaqohet me tensione
tё mёdha mes paraardhёsve tё emigrantёve evropianė dhe popullsisё autoktone indiane.
Gjatё viteve 70-80, kёto tensione shkaktuan
sulmet masive kundёr popullsisё indiane.
Menēu ka marrё me kohё rolin gjithnjё e mё tё rёndёsishёm tё
avokatit tё vendasve. Rigoberta Menēu u rrit nё varfёri nё njё familje, e cila
pёrjetoi shtypjen dhe ndjekjen mё brutale.
Nё punёn e saj sociale dhe politike ajo gjithmonё
kishte parasysh
faktin se qёllimi afatgjatё i grindjes ёshtё paqja.
Rigoberta Menēu shfaqet sot si simbol i fortё pёr paqe dhe
pajtim pėrtej kufijve etnikė, kulturorė dhe socialė nё vendin e saj,
nё kontinentin amerikan dhe nё pjesёn tjetёr tё botёs.
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