Bruce Harris – Guatemala/United Kingdom
Throughout Latin America, homeless children are beaten, tortured, raped, and murdered with virtual impunity. Bruce Harris is Central America’s foremost advocate for "street kids." Since 1989, Harris has been the director of Casa Alianza, in Guatemala City, which...



Sister Dianna Ortiz – Guatemala / United States
Dianna Ortiz is an Ursuline nun from New Mexico who journeyed to Guatemala in the early 1980s as a missionary, teaching Mayan children in the highlands. After months of receiving threats, Ortiz was abducted and brutally raped by armed men...

Rigoberta Menchú Tum – Guatemala

Rigoberta Menchú Tum is a heroine to Mayan Indians in Guatemala and indigenous peoples throughout the world. Born into an impoverished family in 1959, the daughter of an active member of the CUC (Committee of Campesinos [Agricultural Workers])...