Marisa Kramsky, key figure in dialogue between government and EZLN, dies

MEXICO CITY.- Yesterday Saturday activist Marisa Kramsky Espinosa diedwho was a key player in the logistics of the peace talks between the federal government and the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN).

Relatives reported that the human rights defender He died at the age of 68 in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas.

How did Marisa Kramsky participate in the government-EZLN dialogue?

Marisa Kramsky played an important role in the formation of the peace belts who were integrated with hundreds of people to protect the EZLN leaders who participated in the Dialogues of Saint Andrew with the federal government in 1995 and 1996.

The activist took responsibility for provide food those who were in the so-called peace cordons, made up mainly of indigenous people, support bases or sympathizers of the EZLN.

He provided the same support when the peace talks They were in the cathedral of San Cristóbal de las Casas, in February 1994, between the EZLN and the federal government commissioner, Manuel Camacho Solís.

Who was Marisa Kramsky Espinosa?

Gerardo González Figueroa, researcher at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, and one of those who headed the Coordinator of Non-Governmental Organizations for Peacein 1994, said that Marisa was committed to the struggle of the people.

“He never sought leadership, it was ‘hard work’. “I brought food, coffee and bread to those who formed the peace belts,” he said.

“She was not a protagonist and yes Very critical, she was a woman of commitment“It was admirable,” he recalled.

Marisa was daughter of photographer Vicente Kramskyone of the discoverers of the Rancho Nuevo caves in San Cristóbal de las Casas.