93,733 profiles ranked live

Helen Mack Chang

✓ Source-basedstable

Guatemalan activist

Born 1952 · age 74
CompareClaim
Fame42.1
Momentum1.1
Languages9
In century#119,349

Helen Beatriz Mack Chang is a Guatemalan businesswoman and human rights activist. She became an outspoken advocate for human rights after her sister, anthropologist Myrna Mack Chang, was assassinated by the Guatemalan military on September 11th 1990.

Also inDeutsch

Photos 1

Awards 1

1992Right Livelihood Award

In their orbit 1

Connected to Helen 6

About this person

Helen Beatriz Mack Chang is a Guatemalan businesswoman and human rights activist. She became an outspoken advocate for human rights after her sister, anthropologist Myrna Mack Chang, was assassinated by the Guatemalan military on September 11th 1990. She pursued prosecution of her sister's assailants, including ground-breaking cases in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, achieving convictions of one assailant and a high-ranking colonel. The Guatemalan government acknowledged responsibility in 2004 and has paid compensation to Mack and her family.

Status
living
Dates
Born 1952 · age 74
Written about in
9 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.