HILA 2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Neocolonialism, Folk Catholicism, Christian Socialism
10 Apr 2017
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Author is an indigenous woman noble peace prize winner. Different from other latin american noble peace prize winner. She gives us an indigenous woman"s voice and their experiences. Able to revisit the questions of women and politics which eva peron brought up. Very important testimony to the horrors which these people faced in the form of a genocide in guatemala and revolutionary movements. But she outlines women and their role in guatemalan politics. Another aspect: she is mayan, etc but is a devout roman catholic. So it helps shed light on the development of latin american catholicism. Revolution in these countries above is to some extent defined by their participation/ activism in the roman catholic church and defined by the mobilization of these indigenous people. Urng (unidad revolucionaria nacional guatemalteca: 1982-1996. However, revolutionary ideas been flowing in smaller groups since 1960"s: place is where revolution was weakest and least effective. Nevertheless, small, tenacious guerrilla revolutionary movement: nicaragua:
