When a guerilla movement opposed to the military rulers began in 1962, the government responded violently.They ruled the country harshly, tolerating little protest or disagreement.The country was ruled by military officers.They made her sleep on the floor on a mat next to the family dog (that was treated better than her).She experienced much discrimination when she was a maid for a wealthy family in Guatemala City.at age thirteen she experienced her first close contact with people of Spanish culture.
She started working on the plantations when she was only eight.Two of her brothers died on the plantations, one after being poisoned by insecticides and the other because of malnutrition.Every year she followed her parents to the southern coastal plantations (large farms), where they spent months as laborers picking cotton and coffee.RIGOBERTA One of her books that vividly describes her childhood. RigobertaMenchú was born on January 9, 1959, in Chimel, a village in the Quiché province in the mountainous northwest region of Guatemala.
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