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Krupskaia Alis, Colombian CNN journalist.

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CNN said goodbye to Krupskaia Alís, correspondent for stories in Latin America. Her colleagues highlighted the work of the journalist, who covered everything from disappearances to coups d’état throughout her journalistic career and she died this Wednesday, February 14 in Mexico City.

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In a written and video tribute, they talk about the news “that their narrative skills turned into unforgettable stories.”

Alís was born in Cali, Colombia, but moved to Nicaragua with his family and there he graduated as a journalist from the Central American University. She began as a Central American correspondent for NBC and Univision, and her work on Hurricane Mitch earned her an Emmy Award and the annual award from the Nicaraguan Union of Journalists.

He came to CNN in the late 90s and began as a correspondent in Mexico City in 2006, “from where his gaze helped inform audiences across the continent with acute precision,” the outlet indicates. His coverage ranged from the coup d’état in Honduras against the Miguel Zelaya government to a tour of the places where Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán hid.

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“The social and security problems generated by drug trafficking were also a constant in their reports, as well as the violence generated by criminal groups in different cities in Mexico,” says CNN.

His colleagues highlighted “the professional distance with which he approached his assignments” and recalled that this “never prevented his close warmth with the protagonists of the stories he reported.” Especially in her work on femicides, disappearances and in the 2020 special on human trafficking in Mexico, “a portrait of the lacerating violence and sexual exploitation that thousands of women, especially, face every day.”

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Not only did she tell those stories, but “I also help to disseminate the initiatives of those women who do everything and more to change their reality.” In 2013, she covered the work of the patronas, the women who help migrants passing through Veracruz.

“[Lo] What “Krups” – as we affectionately called her – was really passionate about was telling the stories of pain and hope of thousands of people who had no voice, such as migrants, searching mothers and victims of violence, as well as producing stories that generate hope and strength. “Goodbye, Krupskaia Alís!” the tribute reads.

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