Rigoberta Menchu, a Quiche Indian woman originally from Guatemala, received the Nobel Peace Prize for her political commitment to her country and her people. In her personal testimony titled “I, Rigoberta Menchu” we can see how she blossomed into the Nobel Prize winner she is today. Following much in her father's footsteps, Rigoberta's mobilization work, both inside and outside Guatemala, led to negotiations between the guerrillas and the government and reduced the army's power within Guatemala. His work has helped highlight the power of individuals and citizen organizations in advocacy and political dialogue on a global scale. In a short summary of the book I will explore why Rigoberta Menchu ​​​​is important to the development of Guatemala, what she did and how she helped her people overcome the obstacles encountered in their path. For as long as Rigoberta Manchu can remember, her life has been divided between the highlands of Guatemala and the country plantations called fincas. Typically, Rigoberta and her family spent eight months here working in extremely poor conditions, for wealthy Guatemalans of Spanish origin. Malnutrition from starvation and infant death were common here; Rape and murder were also not unknown. Rigoberta and her family worked just as hard when they resided in their village for a few months each year. However, when she resided here, Rigoberta's life centered on the rituals and traditions of her community, many of which gave thanks to the natural world. When she worked in the fincas, she and her people struggled to survive, living at the mercy of wealthy landowners in a miserable, overcrowded environment. When Rigoberta was eight years old she worked hard and... in the middle of the paper... that you sign and the land will be yours... no one will disturb you for your land” (page 105). This incident leads to a long chain of corrupt acts. All members of the community signed, or rather, printed the document with fingerprints and we are sure that "they could rely on this document as it is the title of the land" (p. 105). Two years passed and they returned with the document in hand, claiming that the land no longer belonged to them. The signed document was actually an agreement to live on the land for just two years and a promise to eradicate it once the two years had passed. In collaboration with the unions, Rigoberta's father fights this upheaval, but the landowners bribe the judges, lawyers and interpreters involved in the dishonest legal battles, overturning the community's position that the landowners offered a large amount of money to the judge through machines/market. /lawyers