ROSALINA TUYUC VELÁSQUEZ

PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS POSIBLE

• EDGAR ANDREE TOLEDO (EARTT)

• BILL GATES

• POTATO

• VALVE

• NINTENDO

• PEOPLE WHO I DON´T KNOW

• PEOPLE WHO I DON´T CARE ABOUT

• AND OTHER ONES.

• SO NOW PEOPLE I WANT YOU TO PAY ATTENTION BECAUSE THIS MAY TAKE A…

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• ROSALINA TUYUC IS AN GUATEMALAN ACTIVIST OF MAYAN ORIGIN. SHE WAS BORN IN SAN JUAN COMALAPA, CHIMALTENANGO, IN 1956. SHE WAS MEMBER OF THE GUATEMALAN CONGRESS FROM 1996 TO 2000. HER FATHER, FRANCISCO TUYUC, WAS ASSASINATED IN 1982 BY THE GUATEMALAN ARMY. THEY ALSO KILLED HIS HUSBAND, ROLANDO GÓMEZ, IN 1985. SHE IS THE MAIN SECRETARY OF THE NACIONAL COORDINATOR OF WIDOWS OF GUATEMALA.

Father killed, husband too

Who cares, Im famous.

PERSONAL LIFE

• TUYUC BEGAN AS A SOCIAL MOVEMENT ACTIVIST IN SAN JUAN COMALAPA, CHIMALTENANGO, WHICH WAS DEVOTED TO LITERACY, IN SACRED HEART PARISH. SHE STUDIED UP TO FOURTH PRIMARY, AS THE 1976 EARTHQUAKE STROKE, SHE STOPPED STUDYING. ALTHOUGH SHE RESUMED STUDYING.

MORE ABOUT HER (GOD DAMMIT, TOO MUCH)

• FOR A MEDICAL PROJECT, BETWEEN 1979 AND 1980, SHE MOVED TO STUDY NURSING IN COBAN, ALTA VERAPAZ. GUATEMALAN ARMY BELIEVED THAT SHE JOINED THE GUERRILLA AND BEGAN TO PURSUE HER.

MORE ABOUT HER

• THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE TWO RELATIVES AND THE HARDSHIPS EXPERIENCED BY THOUSANDS OF INDIAN WOMEN DURING THE ARMED CONFLICT LED HER TO FIGHT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE COUNTRY. SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE NATIONAL COORDINATION OF WIDOWS OF GUATEMALA, SINCE SEPTEMBER 1988, BEFORE THE ABUSES SUFFERED BY WOMEN OF THE MILITARY.

Fighting for Human Rights

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• SHE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE TO RIGOBERTA MENCHÚ AND COORDINATING ORGANISATION MAYAN GROUPS, AMONG OTHERS. IN THE GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT OSCAR BERGER, WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL REPARATIONS PROGRAM. HE ASSURED THAT NEVER WANTS TO PREFERRING POLITICS IN SOCIAL WORK, DEFINING IT AS A JOB TO BE DEPUTY FRUSTRATING.

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Here she is in Japan, reciving the Niwano Award.

HOPE YOU LIKED THE PRESENTATION, BECAUSE I DIDN´T