[News] Death of Comandanta Ramona,Jan 06

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To: chiapas at eco.utexas.edu
Subject: En;Marcos' Words Upon Death of Comandanta Ramona

Originally published in Spanish by the Other Campaign
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Translated by irlandesa

Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos' Words Announcing the Death of Comandanta
Ramona

January 6, 2006
Tonala', Chiapas
Cine Palacio
16:15

[transcription]

Well, compa~eros, compa~eras.  I'm going to ask you to listen to me
carefully, and I'm going to respectfully ask you not to interrupt me until I'm
finished.  What we're doing with the Other Campaign is so that 
everyone's voice can be
heard, that's why it's important that we're all patient and listen to
everyone.  In my work as spokesperson for the Zapatista Army of National
Liberation, there are moments that are very hard, like this one I'm going
to tell you about right now.  They've just let me know...that's why we
interrupted this...that the compa~era Comandanta Ramona died this
morning.  As everyone knows, she wasn't doing well but  [inaudible]
..thanks to the help of people like you, she was able to overcome it,
and she had a kidney transplant.  This morning she began vomiting, with
blood and diarrhea, and while she was on the way to San Cristo'bal she
died on the road.

It's very difficult for me to talk about this, but what I can say is that
the world has lost an exemplary woman.  That the world, that Mexico, has
lost one of those fighters that it needs, and a piece of our heart has
been ripped out.  In a few minutes the Caracol of Oventic is going to be
closed, and we're going [inaudible] this compa~era's death in private.
We hope the media will respect this and not turn her death into a
[inaudible].  In view of this, we're going to cancel our participation in
today and tomorrow's events, and right now we're going to go back there
and wait for orders from the compa~eros, the Comandancia and the
Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee. [inaudible]
We'll be there.

Thank you for coming.  Thank you for your words.  We'll continue with
this.  We'll see to the circumstances.  Comandanta Ramona was at the
closing of the Plenary.  Excuse me, when the Plenary began in La
Garrucha.  We were joking with her.  Just a few days ago the compa~eros
saw her, the first of January.  She sent me her greetings and joked
[inaudible].  But right now what I remember is that day of the Plenary
when she gave us an embroidery piece she'd made when she was convalescing
from the operation she had ten years ago.  She gave it to me and told me
that she hoped the Other Campaign would be like that embroidery.  That's
what we have to do.  Thank you, compa~eros.  We have to leave.
Excuse us.

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