CENTRAL NEWS – Internationalist Alina Sanchez died in a car accident in Hesekê on March 17, 2018.
Alina was born in Argentina in 1986. She was in search of freedom and through this search arrived in Kurdistan in 2011. To the mountains of Kurdistan. There she got to know the thoughts of Rêber Apo, the ideology of women’s liberation and the guerrilla’s way of dealing with nature. She was enthusiastic and a loving revolutionary with a big heart.
After finishing her medical studies in Cuba, she set off again for Kurdistan. This time she went to Rojava and supported the construction processes of the autonomous self-government and was involved in the construction of the medical, health system. During her work, she was traveling in Hesekê and fell due to a car accident on on March 17, 2018.
Alina has built bridges from Latin America to Kurdistan, from the mountains to the cities and metropolises. Those who met her quickly took her to their hearts. In deep attachment, Alina is remembered in Latin America with stories, encounters, wishes and dreams, by all those who are also in search of a more just world.
