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News story via [livejournal.com profile] la_azteca:

Posh hotel on the "Rivera Maya" tries to eject Nobel laureate for being Maya.
Rigoberta Menchú in Cancun

I recall some 30 years ago the first Maya governor of Yucatan, Francisco Luna Kan, was ejected from the train to Mexico City-- reportedly they couldn't believe an indio could be anyone important. Would have been nice to see some progress since.

The only time I've been in Cancún was inside an airplane when the flight to Mérida made a stop there. When I go back to Yucatán I plan to keep it that way.

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Edit: Menchú incident apparently didn't happen; Rigoberta Menchu Denies Suffering Discrimination at a Cancun Hotel

Hoax or no?

Date: 2007-08-20 12:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] infrogmation.livejournal.com
I dunno. Google news still has reports of it happening going around, and I can't find anything either confirming or denying it on The Guardian, where this one supposedly originated.

Date: 2007-08-20 03:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] la-azteca.livejournal.com
Found this: http://www.latina.com/latina/entertainment/entertainment.jsp?genre=ourstars&article=rigoberta07

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