The media and politics have never allowed our people to speak through them. The absolute marginalization of the indigenous peoples is a fact, as is sophisticated militarization. These have been the most significant ingredients in the silent war.

The people are the only ones capable of transforming society.

The Bible has been used as a way of making us accept our situation, and not to bring enlightenment to the poor.

... only those of us who carry our cause in our hearts are willing to run the risks.

In the case of my country, Guatemala, 65% of the inhabitants are indigenous. The constitution speaks of protection for the indigenous. Who authorized a minority to protect an immense majority? It is not only political, cultural and economic marginalization, it is an attempt against the dignity of the majority of the population.

This is why Indians are thought to be stupid. They can't think, they don't know anything, they say. But we have hidden our identity because we needed to resist, we wanted to protect what governments have wanted to take away from us.

There is not one world for man and one for animals, they are part of the same one and lead parallel lives.