{"id":24116,"date":"2021-05-23T14:40:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T18:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=24116"},"modified":"2026-01-27T18:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:16:20","slug":"rutilio-escandon-holds-meeting-with-rigoberta-menchu-nobel-peace-prize-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=24116","title":{"rendered":"Rutilio Escand\u00f3n holds meeting with Rigoberta Mench\u00fa, Nobel Peace Prize winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; width: 46%;\">\n<p>TOLERANCE &#038; SOLIDARITY .<\/p>\n<p>An article from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.excelsior.com.mx\/nacional\/sostiene-rutilio-escandon-encuentro-con-rigoberta-menchu-premio-nobel-de-la-paz\/1448065\">Excelsior<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chiapas Governor Rutilio Escand\u00f3n Cadenas held a meeting with Rigoberta Mench\u00fa Tum, Nobel Peace Prize winner, in which he recognized her tireless struggle in favor of the dignity, defense, respect and unrestricted compliance with the human rights of indigenous and vulnerable peoples.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rutilioescandoncadenas\/videos\/1626289704427804\/?t=4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Rigoberta-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"572\" height=\"340\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Rigoberta-1.jpg 572w, https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Rigoberta-1-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><br \/>\nvideo of the meeting<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>(This article is continued in the column on the right.)<\/p>\n<p>(Click <a href=\"http:\/\/spanish.cpnn-world.org\/?p=9641\">here for the original article in Spanish.)<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 46%;\">\n<p><strong><em>Question related to this article:<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 46%;\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=18613\">Solidarity across national borders, What are some good examples?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(This article is continued from the column on the left.)<\/p>\n<p>During this meeting held at the Government Palace, the president expressed that Mench\u00fa&#8217;s example of work for those who need it most, coincides with the vision and will of his administration, to promote actions and projects that provide peoples and communities better opportunities for growth, progress and, above all, a better future for present and future generations.<\/p>\n<p>In turn, Rigoberta Mench\u00fa described the work she does through the Mench\u00fa Tum Association towards a Culture of Peace and the Rigoberta Mench\u00fa Foundation.  She expressed that her visit contributes to the relationship between Chiapas and Guatemala, since they not only share a border and a great cultural and natural wealth, but also concerns for well-being and development of their peoples.<\/p>\n<p>The Guatemalan activist hoped that the actions promoted by the Government of Chiapas will continue to reflect a greater well-being of the population.   She also expressed her thanks for the openness and availability of this type of friendly meetings. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOLERANCE &#038; SOLIDARITY . An article from Excelsior Chiapas Governor Rutilio Escand\u00f3n Cadenas held a meeting with Rigoberta Mench\u00fa Tum, Nobel Peace Prize winner, in which he recognized her tireless struggle in favor of the dignity, defense, respect and unrestricted compliance with the human rights of indigenous and vulnerable peoples. video of the meeting (This &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=24116\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rutilio Escand\u00f3n holds meeting with Rigoberta Mench\u00fa, Nobel Peace Prize winner<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-24116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latin-america","category-tolerance","tag-latin-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38051,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24116\/revisions\/38051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}