Nobel Peace Prize winner and member of the Indigenous Women's Platform Rigoberta Menchu and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris participate in a roundtable with members of the Guatemalan community and civil society leaders at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, during Harris' first international trip as Vice President to Guatemala and Mexico, in Guatemala City, Guatemala June 7, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria 

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchu gets her face rinsed with water as she attends to a demonstration at Baquedano Square marking the Human Rights day in Santiago, Chile December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares 

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchu and Foundation for International Democracy chairman Guillermo Whpei (C) await to enter at Palacio de la Moneda in Santiago, Chile December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares 

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchu awaits to enter at Palacio de la Moneda in Santiago, Chile December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares 

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchu followed by Foundation for International Democracy chairman Guillermo Whpei enter at Palacio de la Moneda in Santiago, Chile December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares 

Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu participates in a protest against a bill that would give amnesty to people accused or convicted of serious rights violations in the country's 36 year civil war, in Guatemala City, Guatemala February 25, 2019. The banner reads "From the power of the truth and justice, for the signification of the memory of the victims of the internal armed conflict." REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu of Guatemala looks on during a news conference against mining in the town of Casillas, Guatemala, October 26, 2017. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Nobel Peace Prize winners (L-R) Shirin Ebadi of Iran, Rigoberta Menchu of Guatemala and Jody Williams of U.S. stand on the perimeter of the San Rafael de las Flores mine, during a march against mining in the town of Casillas, Guatemala, October 26, 2017. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

A resident holds a banner welcoming Nobel Peace Prize winners Tawakkol Karman of Yemen, Shirin Ebadi of Iran, Rigoberta Menchu of Guatemala and Jody Williams of U.S. during a march against mining in the town of Casillas, Guatemala, October 26, 2017. The banner reads: "No to mining". REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Nobel Peace Prize winners (L-R) Tawakkol Karman of Yemen, Shirin Ebadi of Iran, Rigoberta Menchu of Guatemala, and Jody Williams of U.S. take part in a news conference in the town of Casillas, Guatemala, October 26, 2017. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Nobel Peace Prize winners (L-R) Shirin Ebadi of Iran, Rigoberta Menchu of Guatemala and Tawakkol Karman of Yemen take part in a march against mining in the town of Casillas, Guatemala, October 26, 2017. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Nobel Peace Prize winners (L-R) Shirin Ebadi of Iran, Rigoberta Menchu of Guatemala, Tawakkol Karman of Yemen and Jody Williams of U.S. take part in a march against mining in the town of Casillas, Guatemala, October 26, 2017. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Nobel Peace Prize winners (L-R) Shirin Ebadi of Iran, Rigoberta Menchu of Guatemala, Tawakkol Karman of Yemen and Jody Williams of U.S. take part in a march against mining in the town of Casillas, Guatemala, October 26, 2017. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchu holds a Guatemalan flag as demonstrators protest against Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales in front of the National Palace in Guatemala City, Guatemala, August 27, 2017. REUTERS/Fabricio Alonzo 

Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchu holds a Guatemalan flag as demonstrators protest against Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales in front of the National Palace in Guatemala City, Guatemala, August 27, 2017. REUTERS/Fabricio Alonzo 

Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchu waves to the media at the red carpet of the Platino award in Punta del Este, Uruguay, July 24, 2016. REUTERS/Andres Stapff 

Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchu answers media questions at the red carpet of the Platino award in Punta del Este, Uruguay, July 24, 2016. REUTERS/Andres Stapff 

Guatemalan Nobel laureate Rigoberta Menchu (C) reacts after the resignation of President Otto Perez in Guatemala City, Guatemala on September 3. 2015. Perez has resigned, his spokesman said on Thursday, hours before he is due to appear in court over a corruption scandal that has gutted his government and plunged the country into chaos days before a national election. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas 

Guatemalan Nobel laureate Rigoberta Menchu reacts after the resignation of President Otto Perez in Guatemala City, Guatemala September 3, 2015. Perez has resigned, his spokesman said on Thursday, hours before he is due to appear in court over a corruption scandal that has gutted his government and plunged the country into chaos days before a national election. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas 

Guatemalan indigenous rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu shows her hands covered with oil at the Aguarico 4 oil well in Shushufindi June 3, 2015. Menchu visited the oil well, located in Ecuador's Amazon region Lago Agrio, to view damage supposedly caused by the oil exploration of Chevron-Texaco. REUTERS/Guillermo Granja

Guatemalan indigenous rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu is aided by an oil worker during a walk at the Aguarico 4 oil well in Shushufindi June 3, 2015. Menchu visited the oil well, located in Ecuador's Amazon region Lago Agrio, to view damage supposedly caused by the oil exploration of Chevron-Texaco. REUTERS/Guillermo Granja

Guatemalan indigenous rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu shows her hands covered with oil at the Aguarico 4 oil well in Shushufindi June 3, 2015. Menchu visited the oil well, located in Ecuador's Amazon region Lago Agrio, to view damage supposedly caused by the oil exploration of Chevron-Texaco. REUTERS/Guillermo Granja 

Guatemalan indigenous rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu puts on boots as she prepares to view the Aguarico 4 oil well in Shushufindi June 3, 2015. Menchu visited the oil well, located in Ecuador's Amazon region Lago Agrio, to view damage supposedly caused by the oil exploration of Chevron-Texaco. REUTERS/Guillermo Granja 

Guatemalan indigenous rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu is pictured during a walk to view the Aguarico 4 oil well in Shushufindi June 3, 2015. Menchu visited the oil well, located in Ecuador's Amazon region Lago Agrio, to view damage supposedly caused by the oil exploration of Chevron-Texaco. REUTERS/Guillermo Granja 

Guatemalan indigenous rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu is surrounded by the media as she arrives to view the Aguarico 4 oil well in Shushufindi June 3, 2015. Menchu visited the oil well, located in Ecuador's Amazon region Lago Agrio, to view damage supposedly caused by the oil exploration of Chevron-Texaco. REUTERS/Guillermo Granja 

Guatemalan Nobel Peace laureate Rigoberta Menchu prunes a plant during a habitat preservation and native plant restoration project for endangered burrowing owls with Google employees in Mountain View, California April 20, 2015. REUTERS/Stephen Lam 

Guatemalan Nobel Peace laureate Rigoberta Menchu looks into a field during a habitat preservation and native plant restoration project for endangered burrowing owls with Google employees in Mountain View, California April 20, 2015. REUTERS/Stephen Lam 

Guatemalan Nobel Peace laureate Rigoberta Menchu removes a branch during a habitat preservation and native plant restoration project for endangered burrowing owls with Google employees in Mountain View, California April 20, 2015. REUTERS/Stephen Lam 

Guatemalan Nobel Peace laureate Rigoberta Menchu (C) prunes a plant during a habitat preservation and native plant restoration project for endangered burrowing owls with Google employees in Mountain View, California April 20, 2015. REUTERS/Stephen Lam 

Guatemalan Nobel Peace laureate Rigoberta Menchu (L) prunes a plant during a habitat preservation and native plant restoration project for endangered burrowing owls with Google employees in Mountain View, California April 20, 2015. REUTERS/Stephen Lam 

Guatemalan Nobel Peace laureate Rigoberta Menchu speaks with a Google employee during a habitat preservation and native plant restoration project for endangered burrowing owls in Mountain View, California April 20, 2015. REUTERS/Stephen Lam 

Guatemalan Nobel Peace laureate Rigoberta Menchu walks in a field during a habitat preservation and native plant restoration project for endangered burrowing owls with Google employees in Mountain View, California April 20, 2015. REUTERS/Stephen Lam 

Guatemalan Nobel Peace laureate Rigoberta Menchu smiles during a habitat preservation and native plant restoration project for endangered burrowing owls with Google employees in Mountain View, California April 20, 2015. REUTERS/Stephen Lam 

Guatemalan Nobel Peace laureate Rigoberta Menchu returns a bypass looper shear after participating in a habitat preservation and native plant restoration project for endangered burrowing owls with Google employees in Mountain View, California April 20, 2015. REUTERS/Stephen Lam 

A Google employee carries a rake during a habitat preservation and native plant restoration project for endangered burrowing owls in Mountain View, California April 20, 2015. REUTERS/Stephen Lam 

Guatemalan Nobel Peace laureate Rigoberta Menchu holds a bypass looper shear while working in a habitat preservation and native plant restoration project for endangered burrowing owls with Google employees in Mountain View, California April 20, 2015. REUTERS/Stephen Lam TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Guatemalan Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu (L) holds a gift from Bolivia's President Evo Morales at the presidential palace in La Paz, February 23, 2015. Menchu held a meeting with Morales where they addressed the Bolivian-Chilean maritime dispute and Bolivia's lawsuit filed in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Chile to reclaim access to the Pacific Ocean. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA - Tags: POLITICS) 

Guatemalan Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu is seen at the presidential palace in La Paz, February 23, 2015. Menchu held a meeting with Bolivia's President Evo Morales where they addressed the Bolivian-Chilean maritime dispute and Bolivia's lawsuit filed in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Chile to reclaim access to the Pacific Ocean. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA - Tags: POLITICS) 

Bolivia's President Evo Morales (C) talks with Guatemalan Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu (L), next to Foreign minister David Choquehuanca at the presidential palace in La Paz, February 23, 2015. Menchu held a meeting with President Morales where they addressed the Bolivian-Chilean maritime dispute and Bolivia's lawsuit filed in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Chile to reclaim access to the Pacific Ocean. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA - Tags: POLITICS) 

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchu Tum speaks to the media after the sentencing hearing of former police chief Pedro Garcia Arredondo at the Supreme Court in Guatemala City, January 19, 2015. The Guatemalan court on Monday found Garcia Arredondo guilty of ordering the 1980 attack on the Spanish embassy in Guatemala City in which 37 people died, sentencing him to 40 years in prison. Garcia Arredondo, who was a police head during one of the most intense periods of the Central American country's civil war, was also sentenced to 50 years in prison for the murder of two students. Menchu Tum's father was one of the 37 who died in the attack.
REUTERS/Josue Decavele (GUATEMALA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW) 

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchu Tum (2nd L) attends the sentencing hearing of former police chief Pedro Garcia Arredondo at the Supreme Court in Guatemala City, January 19, 2015. The Guatemalan court on Monday found Garcia Arredondo guilty of ordering the 1980 attack on the Spanish embassy in Guatemala City in which 37 people died, sentencing him to 40 years in prison. Garcia Arredondo, who was a police head during one of the most intense periods of the Central American country's civil war, was also sentenced to 50 years in prison for the murder of two students. Menchu Tum's father was one of the 37 who died in the attack.
REUTERS/Josue Decavele (GUATEMALA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW) 

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchu Tum (C, back to camera) speaks during the trial of former Guatemalan police chief Pedro Garcia Arredondo (not pictured) at the Supreme Court in Guatemala City January 13, 2015. The trial of Garcia Arredondo, accused of causing the deaths of 37 people in a fire at the Spanish Embassy during the height of the country's brutal civil war more than thirty years ago, resumed in Guatemala City on January 9. Garcia Arredondo is accused of ordering soldiers and police to set the embassy on fire while protesters were still inside the building. He is already currently serving a 70-year prison term after he was found guilty in 2012 on charges of kidnapping, torturing and murdering a student in 1981. Menchu Tum's father was among the victims killed in the fire. REUTERS/Josue Decavele (GUATEMALA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchu Tum speaks during the trial of former Guatemalan police chief Pedro Garcia Arredondo (not pictured) at the Supreme Court in Guatemala City January 13, 2015. The trial of Garcia Arredondo, accused of causing the deaths of 37 people in a fire at the Spanish Embassy during the height of the country's brutal civil war more than thirty years ago, resumed in Guatemala City on January 9. Garcia Arredondo is accused of ordering soldiers and police to set the embassy on fire while protesters were still inside the building. He is already currently serving a 70-year prison term after he was found guilty in 2012 on charges of kidnapping, torturing and murdering a student in 1981. Menchu Tum's father was among the victims killed in the fire. Picture shot through window. REUTERS/Josue Decavele (GUATEMALA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CONFLICT) 

Former Guatemalan police chief Pedro Garcia Arredondo (R) listens as Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchu Tum (foreground, back to camera) speaks during the concluding arguments of his trial at the Supreme Court in Guatemala City January 13, 2015. The trial of Garcia Arredondo, accused of causing the deaths of 37 people in a fire at the Spanish Embassy during the height of the country's brutal civil war more than thirty years ago, resumed in Guatemala City on January 9. Garcia Arredondo is accused of ordering soldiers and police to set the embassy on fire while protesters were still inside the building. He is already currently serving a 70-year prison term after he was found guilty in 2012 on charges of kidnapping, torturing and murdering a student in 1981. Menchu Tum's father was among the victims killed in the fire. REUTERS/Josue Decavele (GUATEMALA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CONFLICT) 

Former Guatemalan police chief Pedro Garcia Arredondo (L) listens as Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Rigoberta Menchu Tum (R) speaks during the concluding arguments of his trial at the Supreme Court in Guatemala City January 13, 2015. The trial of Garcia Arredondo, accused of causing the deaths of 37 people in a fire at the Spanish Embassy during the height of the country's brutal civil war more than thirty years ago, resumed in Guatemala City on January 9. Garcia Arredondo is accused of ordering soldiers and police to set the embassy on fire while protesters were still inside the building. He is already currently serving a 70-year prison term after he was found guilty in 2012 on charges of kidnapping, torturing and murdering a student in 1981. Menchu Tum's father was among the victims killed in the fire. Picture shot through window. REUTERS/Josue Decavele (GUATEMALA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CONFLICT) 

Guatemalan Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu testifies at the Supreme Court in Guatemala City October 1, 2014. Menchu attended the trial of former police chief Pedro Garcia, who is accused of causing the deaths of 37 people in a fire at the Spanish Embassy at the height of the country's brutal civil war over thirty years ago. Garcia, who headed the country's police force from 1974 to 1982, is charged with ordering the massacre at the Spanish Embassy. In 1980, indigenous protesters and activists, among them Menchu's father, occupied the embassy to highlight atrocities committed during Guatemala's 36-year civil war. REUTERS/Stringer (GUATEMALA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) 

Guatemalan Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu walks at the Supreme Court in Guatemala City October 1, 2014. Menchu attended the trial of former police chief Pedro Garcia, who is accused of causing the deaths of 37 people in a fire at the Spanish Embassy at the height of the country's brutal civil war over thirty years ago. Garcia, who headed the country's police force from 1974 to 1982, is charged with ordering the massacre at the Spanish Embassy. In 1980, indigenous protesters and activists, among them Menchu's father, occupied the embassy to highlight atrocities committed during Guatemala's 36-year civil war. REUTERS/Stringer (GUATEMALA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) 

Former police chief Pedro Garcia (R) listens as Guatemalan Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu testifies at the Supreme Court in Guatemala City October 1, 2014. Menchu attended the trial of Garcia who is accused of causing the deaths of 37 people in a fire at the Spanish Embassy at the height of the country's brutal civil war over thirty years ago. Garcia, who headed the country's police force from 1974 to 1982, is charged with ordering the massacre at the Spanish Embassy. In 1980, indigenous protesters and activists, among them Menchu's father, occupied the embassy to highlight atrocities committed during Guatemala's 36-year civil war. REUTERS/Stringer (GUATEMALA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) 

Former police chief Pedro Garcia (R) and his defence lawyer Moises Galindo listen as Guatemalan Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu testifies at the Supreme Court in Guatemala City October 1, 2014. Menchu attended the trial of Garcia, who is accused of causing the deaths of 37 people in a fire at the Spanish Embassy at the height of the country's brutal civil war over thirty years ago. Garcia, who headed the country's police force from 1974 to 1982, is charged with ordering the massacre at the Spanish Embassy. In 1980, indigenous protesters and activists, among them Menchu's father, occupied the embassy to highlight atrocities committed during Guatemala's 36-year civil war. REUTERS/Stringer (GUATEMALA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) 

Guatemalan Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu testifies at the Supreme Court in Guatemala City October 1, 2014. Menchu attended the trial of former police chief Pedro Garcia who is accused of causing the deaths of 37 people in a fire at the Spanish Embassy at the height of the country's brutal civil war over thirty years ago. Garcia, who headed the country's police force from 1974 to 1982, is charged with ordering the massacre at the Spanish Embassy. In 1980, indigenous protesters and activists, among them Menchu's father, occupied the embassy to highlight atrocities committed during Guatemala's 36-year civil war. REUTERS/Stringer (GUATEMALA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST) 

Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu arrives at the Supreme Court of Justice for the sentencing of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt in Guatemala City May 10, 2013. A Guatemalan court on Friday found Rios Montt guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity during the bloodiest phase of a 36-year civil war. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez (GUATEMALA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW) 

Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu lights a candle during a demonstration against the suspension of the trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt, outside the Constitutional Court in Guatemala City, April 20, 2013. The genocide trial of Rios Montt was mired in uncertainty on Friday as judges squabbled over who should hear the case following an order to annul nearly 18 months of proceedings. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez (GUATEMALA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST) 

Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu attends a hearing of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt in the Supreme Court of Justice in Guatemala City April 19, 2013. The genocide trial of Rios Montt was mired in uncertainty on Friday as judges squabbled over who should hear the case following an order to annul nearly a year-and-a-half of proceedings. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez (GUATEMALA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW) 

Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu attends the 19th day of the trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt in the Supreme Court of Justice in Guatemala City April 17, 2013. Lawyers for Montt, on trial for genocide, began their defense last week with testimony that the former strongman did not direct specific military operations during his 1982-1983 rule. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez (GUATEMALA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW MILITARY) 

Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu attends the 18th day of the trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt in the Supreme Court of Justice in Guatemala City April 16, 2013. Lawyers for Montt, on trial for genocide, began their defense last week with testimony that the former strongman did not direct specific military operations during his 1982-1983 rule. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez (GUATEMALA - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS) 

Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu (C) arrives on the twelfth day of the trial against the former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt in the Supreme Court of Justice in Guatemala City April 8, 2013. Rios Montt, 86, the first ex-head of state to stand trial for crimes against humanity in his own country, was not prosecuted for years for alleged atrocities committed during his 1982-1983 rule because of his protected status as a congressman. But after retiring last year, Rios Montt was ordered to face trial by a judge who found sufficient evidence linking him to the killing of more than 1,700 indigenous people in a counterinsurgency plan executed under his command. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez (GUATEMALA - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS) 

Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu embraces a woman before the start of the first session of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt's trial at the Supreme Court of Justice in Guatemala City, March 19, 2013. The trial of Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity opened on Tuesday, the first time a country has prosecuted an ex-head of state in a national court on such charges. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez (GUATEMALA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW) 

Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu talks with the media before the start of the first session of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt's trial at the Supreme Court of Justice in Guatemala City, March 19, 2013. The trial of Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity opened on Tuesday, the first time a country has prosecuted an ex-head of state in a national court on such charges. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez (GUATEMALA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW) 

Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu (C) prays for the health of President Hugo Chavez as she attends a meeting of indigenous communities in Caracas February 21, 2013. Chavez made a surprise return to Venezuela on Monday, more than two months after cancer surgery in Cuba, to continue treatment at home for the disease that is jeopardizing his 14-year socialist rule. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS HEALTH SOCIETY) 

Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu talks as she attends a meeting of indigenous communities in Caracas February 21, 2013. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)