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Guatemala: Menchu's Low Vote Total Due To Racism?

Written byEduardo Avila

Posted 17 September 2007 1:26 GMT

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Rigoberta Menchu received approximately 3% of the total vote in this month's Presidential elections. Luis Figueroa of Carpe Diem [ES] writes about the charges of racism that accounted for this low percentage.

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Written byEduardo Avila

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1 comment

nykrindc

Eduardo,

I don’t think that Luis is so much writing about the charges, as he is questioning whether there may be any substance to them. Reading his post, he seems skeptical.

17 September 2007, 6:19 am

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