Aura Lolita Chávez Ixcaquic (born 1972), known as Lolita, is a women's rights activist, Guatemalan K'iche' leader, and international leader in the struggle to preserve natural resources. She was a finalist of the Sakharov Human Rights Prize in 2017 when she was living in the Basque Country in Spain because of death threats in her own country.
Life She is originally from in the El Quiché region, the western territories of Guatemala. She is a member of the Council of K'iche Peoples for the Defense of Life, Mother Nature, Land and Territory (CPK) of the Quiché people, founded in 2007 to face the effects of the Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement.Aura Lolita Chávez, indígena guatemalteca candidata al Premio Sajarov The organization is defined as "a set of communities that have organized themselves to defend their territories, their right to self-determination and also the rights to life as the indigenous peoples desire it". Milita also campaigns against violence directed to women.UNE DÉFENSEURE DES PEUPLES INDIGÈNES DU GUATEMALA, FINALISTE D’UN PRIX SAKHAROV 2017 POLITISÉ PAR LA DROITE
On July 4, 2012, she attended a peaceful demonstration against the mayor of Santa Cruz del Quiché, a member of the Patriot Party. On the way back, her bus was ambushed by a group of men armed with machetes, knives, and canes. Four women were injured. On 7 June 2017, a group of gunmen attacked her and some other members of CPK and made them to flee.Aura Lolita Chávez Ixcaquic and members of the Council of Ki’che’ Peoples (CPK) She received a death threat.Intimidation et menaces de mort envers Aura Lolita Chávez Between 1960 and 1996, during the civil war in Guatemala, the Quiché people experienced genocidal attacks.Lolita Chávez: defending human rights in Guatemala
She is threatened with death in her country, which is why she has been living in the Basque Country in Spain since 2017.“No nací para ser asesinada” Lolita Chávez: defending human rights in Guatemala
In October 2017, the European Parliament included Chávez among the three finalists of the Sakharov Human Rights Prize.[23/06/2016] Aura Lolita Chávez IxcaquicLe Parlement européen décerne son prix Sakharov 2017 à l’opposition vénézuélienne
She received the Ignacio Ellacuría Award from the Lehendakari of the Basque government Iñigo Urkullu in January 2018 for her work in defending the land of the K'iche people against exploitation.
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