Nobel Prizewinner to visit Belize

Yesterday we reported that at long last the University College of Belize had finally done something worthy of a real university: that is publish a book. Today we find that U.C.B. is fulfilling yet another institutional requirement: that of hosting stimulating guest lecturers. 1992 Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu will be on campus on may sixth and seventh for a series of meetings and lectures including a U.C.B. fundraising dinner to be held at the Radisson. While in Belize, Menchu will also meet with human rights and indigenous leaders as well as U.C.B. President Angel Cal. During and after Guatemala’s Civil war Menchu gained fame as a passionate advocate for peace and the advancement of indigenous rights.