Manuel Núñez Butrón (1900–1952): Rijcharismo and Rural Social Medicine in Peru

Abstract

Excerpts From Runa Soncco, the Defunct Journal of the Rijcharismo Movement in Peru (1935-1945) [Note: Runa Soncco is the defunct journal of the Rijcharismo (to awaken) movement in Peru (1935-1945). Manuel Nunez Butron was the editor and principal writer, often using pseudonyms or writing in the third person. His sanitary brigade shared the messages within Runa Soncco with the Indigenous of the altiplano (high Andes), the intended audience. The translated excerpts here were written by Nunez Butron and illustrate critical elements of Rijcharismo. Terms are translated as originally printed (e.g., "Indian," "Indigenous," and "aboriginal"), though today we use the word "Indigenous." Digitized editions of Runa Soncco are viewable at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/runasoncco.]