“I do my best to push through,” she told PEOPLE. “I’ve already missed a lot, so I want to make the most of life now.” Maya was also very involved in the family's legal proceedings after ...

The Mayan people’s struggle to keep their ancestral land has been ... starting with the Spanish conquests in the 16th century. Now private investors are promising poor and marginalised indigenous ...

Hopefully you will now tell it too. From around 1517 - 1697 Spanish invaders (conquistadores) started to destroy the Maya cities and people. The Spanish were armed with artillery, steel swords and ...

“To feel that now, it's very healing,” Mayan adds. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy ...

Now Montero was yelling and whooping ... Together, they filled the Maya people’s lives with dreams, visions, and nightmares; a complicated calendar of agricultural times and fertility rituals ...

Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest ... the city remained undiscovered until 1946. Even now it remains more difficult to get to than most other Maya ...

George Lopez and daughter Mayan are set to produce and ... him or struggled to have with him — and now we're doing it on TV for millions of people to see. But what's so wonderful is that both ...

The Mayan people’s struggle to keep their ancestral ... starting with the Spanish conquests in the 16th century. Now private investors are promising poor and marginalised indigenous communities ...