Guatemala for Menchu as President
The political group Encounter for Guatemala, led by deputy Nineth Montenegro, is considering the possibility of putting the indigenous leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu forward as presidential candidate.

"As a woman and social activist I would feel honored if she accepts", said Montenegro after stressing that in her personal view some members of her organization had been in contact with the Goodwill Ambassador of the Peace Accord.

The secretary general of the meeting announced her intention to meet Menchu in ten days to formalize the proposal and listen to her points of view.

Questioned on the issue the indigenous leader refused to talk about that group specific initiative and added she is opened to converse with all parties.

In declarations published by the XXI Century newspaper she appreciated the organizations faith in her as candidate for the September elections, although she warned that any determination will be within the group and not individual.

The Nobel Peace Prize praised the Bolivian government s President Evo Morales for his support of fellow indigenous citizens in his policy.