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To: chiapas@eco.utexas.edu<br>
Subject: En;Marcos' Words Upon Death of Comandanta Ramona<br><br>
Originally published in Spanish by the Other Campaign<br>
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Translated by irlandesa<br><br>
Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos' Words Announcing the Death of
Comandanta<br>
Ramona<br><br>
January 6, 2006<br>
Tonala', Chiapas<br>
Cine Palacio<br>
16:15<br><br>
[transcription]<br><br>
Well, compa~eros, compa~eras. I'm going to ask you to listen to
me<br>
carefully, and I'm going to respectfully ask you not to interrupt me
until I'm<br>
finished. What we're doing with the Other Campaign is so that
everyone's voice can be<br>
heard, that's why it's important that we're all patient and listen
to<br>
everyone. In my work as spokesperson for the Zapatista Army of
National<br>
Liberation, there are moments that are very hard, like this one I'm
going<br>
to tell you about right now. They've just let me know...that's why
we<br>
interrupted this...that the compa~era Comandanta Ramona died this<br>
morning. As everyone knows, she wasn't doing well but
[inaudible]<br>
..thanks to the help of people like you, she was able to overcome
it,<br>
and she had a kidney transplant. This morning she began vomiting,
with<br>
blood and diarrhea, and while she was on the way to San Cristo'bal
she<br>
died on the road.<br><br>
It's very difficult for me to talk about this, but what I can say is
that<br>
the world has lost an exemplary woman. That the world, that Mexico,
has<br>
lost one of those fighters that it needs, and a piece of our heart
has<br>
been ripped out. In a few minutes the Caracol of Oventic is going
to be<br>
closed, and we're going [inaudible] this compa~era's death in
private.<br>
We hope the media will respect this and not turn her death into a<br>
[inaudible]. In view of this, we're going to cancel our
participation in<br>
today and tomorrow's events, and right now we're going to go back
there<br>
and wait for orders from the compa~eros, the Comandancia and the<br>
Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee. [inaudible]<br>
We'll be there.<br><br>
Thank you for coming. Thank you for your words. We'll
continue with<br>
this. We'll see to the circumstances. Comandanta Ramona was
at the<br>
closing of the Plenary. Excuse me, when the Plenary began in
La<br>
Garrucha. We were joking with her. Just a few days ago the
compa~eros<br>
saw her, the first of January. She sent me her greetings and
joked<br>
[inaudible]. But right now what I remember is that day of the
Plenary<br>
when she gave us an embroidery piece she'd made when she was
convalescing<br>
from the operation she had ten years ago. She gave it to me and
told me<br>
that she hoped the Other Campaign would be like that embroidery.
That's<br>
what we have to do. Thank you, compa~eros. We have to
leave.<br>
Excuse us.<br>
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