The most recent work by the Venezuelan political scientist and writer Alejandro Oropeza –his first novel– recounts the experiences of three men, from the same family, who face a dictatorship –each one a different one– that forces them into exile
After leaving Venezuela, in 2017, Alejandro Oropezapolitical scientist, writer and member of the Global Diaspora Network, He passed through several cities in Colombia, Argentina, Brazil and the United States. That journey made him think about, and review, the migrations and exiles that have been fostered by authoritarian regimes in Latin America, especially those that have occurred in Venezuela.
Capturing those realities –political processes and migration– and the feelings that remoteness, distance and nostalgia for the homeland arouse, were the main driving force behind writing his first novel: triraníain which three men, three generations of a Venezuelan family, face a dictatorship – each one against a different one – that forces them to change their time zone and customs.
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Venezuela and its three dictatorships
The piece – which he wrote during his stay in Washington, his first stop in the US – begins with the story of Alejandro López González, to whom a call, received one afternoon in August 2017, throws him into exhausting exile. Then, Alejandro López Miliani appears, a victim of torture and jail, unleashing the fury of the Marcos Pérez Jiménez regime. Later, Alejandro López Castillo arrives, a prisoner in the Port Castle (Carabobo), for publishing a humorous lampoon against Juan Vicente Gómez.
Each Alejandro is accompanied by a woman: Ana María, Haydeé and Beatriz Josefina, who exemplify indomitable strength and commitment, explains the author.
Caracas; The Quebrada (Trujillo); guasina (Delta Amacuro); Puerto Cabello (Carabobo); Washington (USA), Mexico City (Mexico) and Genoa (Italy) are some of the scenes of the bustle of these characters; and where some episodes of the Generation of ’28 and the horror of “Tomb” by Perez Jimenez.
«Triranía», Edited by Acento News (USA) and Voces invisibles (Peru), it is a work that covers 20th century Venezuela: a saga of three generations interwoven with struggle, courage, hope, love and tragedy.
“A very hopeful novel, independently that reflects the nostalgia and frustrations for the succession of events,” he says Alejandro Oropezawho is already working on a second piece, in which he also addresses the issue of migration, but for non-political reasons.
The novel is already on sale at Amazon and at the end of February it will be presented at the Miami Goal Gallery (USA), journalist alexis ortiz will be in charge of words. Also at the end of February the work can be found in the bookstore the seekerlocated in Las Mercedes, Caracas.
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