“Campesinos” and the crisis of modernization in Latin America

Abstract

We want democracy to be a reality in all the spaces of our respective national societies: in the economic, political, social and cultural. To achieve this we must act. It is necessary to criticize, to show errors, deficiencies, faults, and injustices, but at the same time we must propose solutions to the problems we confront. These solutions should emerge from a broad, frank, and fraternal exploration that leads to consensus. It should result from the conscious participation of distinct social sectors at the local, regional, continental, and global levels. Nobel Laureate, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, April 10, 1996