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Mr. Gomez was born in
1942 in San Francisco El Alto in Guatemala. Mr. Gomez is a Mayan Priest
and spiritual and cultural leader in many Mayan communities in Guatemala.
He has contributed over the past 30 years to rescuing cultural and
spiritual ancestral Mayan knowledge and wisdom that includes tradicional
and alternative medicine. From 1984-1985, he was part of the commission
that drafted the new Constitution for Guatemala. He was key in
incorporating an Article in the Constitution that protects Indigenous
Cultural and Spirituality that was passed in 1989. From 1985 to 1991, he
was Deputy to the Guatemalan Congress and has been an active member of the
Guatelama Indigenous Rights Commission. He founded the organization:
“Movimiento, Accion y Resistencia” Movement, Action and Resistance. He is
the coordinator of the Mayan Priests of the Western and Southern Region of
Guatemala. He has served ad honorem as director or member of the
Reforestation Committee of the Mountains of San Francisco and of the
Potable Water Committee of the Maya de la Cienaga Community. Mr. Gomez is
an active spiritual counselor in Guatemala and also serves as spiritual
and cultural guide to many international fora. From 1987 to 2004, he has
been invited numerous times at the United Nations to discuss issues of
indigenous rights both in Geneva and in New York. In 1990, he was the
guest of honor in an international ceremony carried out in Machupichu,
Peru. In 1993, he was invited to participate in the Instituto of
Europe-Latin America Relations to discuss Human Rights issues in Central
America. In 2003, he was elected member of the Elders Council for the
American Continent at an international event organized by the University
of Guadalajara in Chalapa, Jalisco, Mexico. |
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