Female Guerrillas in Guatemala: Resilience and Unity

📚 The video discusses the role of women guerrillas in Guatemala during the conflict.

💪 Petrona Que Prueba Santos shares her personal experience as a female guerrilla fighter.

🌍 She highlights the challenges and risks faced by women involved in the conflict.

👩‍🚀 The speaker became a guerrilla fighter in Guatemala at a young age.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 She had a husband and four children, but her husband disappeared.

😨 She lived in fear of being disappeared and experienced the hardships of life as a guerrilla fighter.

👶🚼 She recounts giving birth while being part of the guerrilla movement.

👩‍👧‍👦 Due to difficult conditions, the guerrilla fighters struggled to provide food for the children.

🌳 They worked in agriculture in the forest, but their crops were often destroyed by soldiers.

🔥 Despite hardships, they fought for survival and learned new skills to defend their rights.

📌 In Guatemala, women have historically been marginalized and excluded from positions of power.

💪 Despite the societal norms, some women in Guatemala actively fought for their rights and joined the guerrilla movement.

🌳 The forest served as a refuge for these women, providing protection and a sense of camaraderie.

👩‍⚔️ Guerrilla women in Guatemala protected themselves from hunger, cold, and bombings.

🌎 They went underground and sought medical treatment in Mexico.

💪 They spent six years working on border defense and faced moral dilemmas.

🌟 I faced challenging experiences as a guerrilla fighter in Guatemala

💪 I adapted to the harsh conditions and developed discipline and resilience

🚫 I was determined to learn and actively participate in the activities with my fellow female fighters

In Guatemala, women guerrillas have faced violence and atrocities.

There have been massacres and killings of innocent people and children.

Women have shown bravery and determination in fighting for their rights.