Do you think an American Indian(Mayan) has a chance of becoming Guatemala's President?

Question

Rigoberta Menchu who is a full blooded American Indian(Mayan) is running for Guatemalan Presidency,but the chances of her being elected are very slim to none.Even though Guatemala possess a large American Indian population(Mayan),the ruling class consists of the minority of the population which are the White Guatemalans & Mestizo Guatemalans.Most Mayan Guatemalan Indigenous peoples view her as the symbol of hope,hope that if she were to become president she will end the racism,severe poverty,discrimination, constant poor lack of opportunity of self social advancement that affects the millions of American Indians in Guatemala.

Answer 1

Rigoberta Menchu has little chance of winning the upcoming elections for several reasons.



1)She tends to have communist viewpoints.



2)She is a woman, most Indian men would not vote for a woman, and many Indian women will not be voting due their husband´s preference.



3)Most women who do vote will be Ladinos (Mestizos) and won´t vote for an Indian.



4)Although the years of Guerrilla warfare were horrible, many Guatemalan´s doubt the validity of Rigoberta´s account.





This is what I am hearing from the Guatemalans with whom I have discussed the elections.

Answer 2

@cristina: the term American Indian refers to all North/South American indigenous including Mayans

Answer 3

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Answer 4

American Indian ? you mean and Indigous Mayan