Myrna

Myrna Mack Chang was a Guatemalan anthropologist whose research brought to light the atrocities committed by the Guatemalan government against the Maya. She also fought for better treatment for the Maya; unfortunately, she was assassinated by the government for speaking out, and her family fought a decades long battle for justice.

On today's episode, Carmen tells Cristina the story of Myrna Mack Chang.

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Sources

https://pressbooks.claremont.edu/soc189kspring21group2/part/ten-years-of-spring-citizen-participation-in-guatemalas-land-reform-law/

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/murder-myrna-mack/

https://aaww.org/myrna-mack-chang-chinese-guatemalan-human-rights-defender/

https://www.democracynow.org/2003/9/11/sept_11_1990_u_s_backed

https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1417&context=hrbrief

https://againstthecurrent.org/atc103/p631/