RICARDO ARJONA

Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales was born on 19 January 1964 in Jocotenango, Guatemala, to parents Ricardo Arjona Moscoso and Mimi Morales de Arjona. He lived most of his childhood and began his musical instruction in Guatemala City. At age twelve, he participated in the contest "Festival Infantil Juventud 74" with "Gracias al Mundo", a song composed by his father, finally winning the event.

Although he initially enrolled in architecture and engineering, he graduated with a degree from the School of Communication Sciences at theUniversidad de San Carlos de Guatemal (USAC). Arjona was a talented basketball player who played for Leones de Marte and TRIAS. He toured Central America as a member of the Guatemalan national team. Until recently, he held the record for the most points scored (78) in a single game by a Guatemalan. He also taught at a primary school (called Santa Elena III), where he claimed to have spent six hours giving lessons and the rest of the day playing soccer. This earned him a visit from a Ministry of Education representative, who was sent to evaluate his pupils. The representative found that the students' education was actually above average. In the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he met Puerto Rican Leslie Torres and had two children with her: Adria and Ricardo. They separated in 2005. As of 2010, Arjona was dating Venezuelan model  Daisy Arvelo, with whom he has a child.

 

STILE OF HIS MUSIC.
Although the main musical style is pop latino Arjona, his style has changed over the years. Unlike the first album Let me say I love you in which predominates the ballad, in the last two albums Arjona experimented with a variety of styles pop / rock. In his album Animal night sandwiched energy rock songs and ballads, heartfelt, and instrumentation dominates the guitar, synthesizer and batería. In stories, each song is different and the instrumentation is stylistically varied. We used about two dozen instruments on the album, including horns, piano, Hammond B-3 and cuerdas. If the North was in the south is less exuberant tone and the album features intimate songs about love, culture and policy. Most of the songs were written by Arjona in 1995, while on gira and performed acoustically with Caribbean touches. Not counting a couple of rock songs, the songs are fairly uniform.

RIGOBERTA MENCHÚ

Rigoberta Menchú Tum is her real name, she was born on Uspantán, January 9, 1959. She is a Guatemalan indigenous leader, member of the Quiché-Maya, human rights defender, Goodwill Ambassador of Unesco and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and the Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation.

She is known for his leadership of the social struggles nationally and internationally. On February 12, 2007, announced that he would run in presidential elections in Guatemala, 2007, by the coalition of parties Winaq Encounter for Guatemala, came fifth with 3.09%. Despite the defeat, May 7, 2011 the indigenous party with other parties Winaq proclaimed presidential candidate for the presidential elections of 11 September 2011 in the Broad Front of Guatemala. 

His candidacy was supported by the Nobel Prize Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, whose country was visited by Rigoberta in August 1992. His campaign Pro traveled and had the organization Nobel Ana Gonzalez (anthropologist) (daughter of the anthropologist Rex Gonzalez) and Lucretia Lombán (Quilmes APDH secretary), among other activists and humanitarian organizations. The Nobel Prize was awarded in recognition of their struggle for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for indigenous rights, coinciding with the fifth centenary of the arrival of Columbus to America, and the declaration of 1993 International Year of Indigenous Peoples.
In the reading of the award, claimed historical rights denied to indigenous peoples and denounced the persecution suffered since the arrival of Europeans to America, when it concluded a developed civilization in all fields of knowledge, also reflected the need for peace , demilitarization and social justice in their country, Guatemala, and respect for nature and equality for women. Speaking in the act of accepting the prize found in the site Nobel.6 And in this same site you can find a brief biography (in English) of the award.


But also, to win the Nobel Peace Prize also received several awards; 

- In 1991, he participated in the preparation of the declaration of the rights of indigenous peoples by the United Nations.

- In 1998 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, together with Fatiha Boudiaf, Fatana Ishaq Gailani, Somaly Mam, Emma Bonino, Olayinka Koso Graça Machel and Thomas for their work separately, defense and dignity of the woman.
- In 2006, he participated as an ambassador of "goodwill" of the (UNESCO), the government of Oscar Berger.
- He received the Guiness World Record for "the youngest winner of the Nobel" and "first native Indian."



Since May 2004, supports the work and commitment of the Share Foundation. He supports his work in Latin America, to educate the Culture of Peace and cooperate in defending the rights of thousands of children.