Otilia Lux de Coti

Overview

Otilia Lux de Coti born Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala January 21, 1949. Mayan leader; only woman on national Truth and Reconciliation Commission 1997; Minister of Culture 2000-4; Executive Director of International Forum of Indigenous Women.

Quotations

"Violence, discrimination and racism are scourges that prevent the full development of indigenous women and girls. . . institutional violence is particularly evident when we consider that the rule of law is not equal for all citizens." (UN Women, April 25, 2017)

“It was determined a genocide had been committed in the light of multiple events, like the massacres, the compulsive displacement of many peoples, burning everything and leaving just scorched earth behind; they burned houses, they burned animals. So the people had to flee in order to survive. . . So all those elements made the law experts determine that there really was a genocide in Guatemala. There really was! We saw it, we can confirm it.” (to UN Commission on Indigenous, Madre, June 6, 2013; photo Iknow politics)