The poet Rita Valdivia, or “La Comandante Maya” as she is remembered by her revolutionary comrades, was born in Cochabamba, Bolivia, in 1946. A member of the Bolivian National Liberation Army (ELN), she was appointed leader of the underground movement in Cochabamba and died there in July 1969 at the age of twenty-three. Read more about her in Margaret Randall’s companion essay.
Mural in Cochabamba, Bolivia / Photo by proyecto mARTadero
For more on the poetry of Valdivia, read the companion essay by Margaret Randall.
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En el graznido de mi…
October 3, 2017
