Totonicapán, the Indigenous Bastion that Stands in the Face of Guatemala’s Corrupt System: “We Are Heirs to a History of Struggle”

Leticia Zapeta has gained her leadership in Totonicapán. Being a woman and an indigenous person in Guatemala is like saying a high-risk profession, but she has managed to strike the most difficult waves and has become a committed leader in the country. Totonicapán is known in Guatemala for her belligerence and for a century-old struggle because the rights of indigenous peoples are recognized for hundreds of times crushed in this Central American…