Comandanta Ramona

Comandanta Ramona was the nom de guerre of an officer of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), a revolutionary Indigenous autonomist organization based in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. Perhaps the most famous female Zapatista officer, Ramona was one of seven female commanders in charge of directing an army that consisted of one-third women. A member of the Zapatista leading council, the CCRI, she served as a symbol of equality and dignity for Indigenous and impoverished women.