Provea presented the book "Usual Suspects", a journey through the history of the human rights movement in Venezuela
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- 19 Oct 2022
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As part of its 34th anniversary celebration, Provea presented the book “Usual Suspects. Ten approaches to the historical background of the movement for Human Rights in Venezuela (1936-1999)".
The text is the result of a rigorous investigation carried out over four years by the researcher Rodolfo Montes de Oca, who relied on dozens of hemerographic sources, and on the testimonies of victims and the protagonists of many of the events that are reported. in the book, and that mark the history of the struggles for the recognition of human dignity in our country.
The balance of the armed struggle in the sixties, the movement for the amnesty of political prisoners, the first organization of victims of police executions, the presence of the Church in the popular sectors, the support offered by Venezuela to Latin American exiles, the The raid on the "Bigotes" Bar in Sabana Grande, the boycott of Miss Venezuela, the COFAVIC tent in the General Cemetery of the South or the death of an activist, are, in perspective, historical events that are linked through ten chapters that address the antecedents of the movement for human rights in Venezuela.
Rodolfo Montes de Oca gives us a careful and unprecedented compilation of characters and organizations, which outline a mosaic of events that, with their actions, contributed to forging an important culture of civic resistance, against the abuses of power and the arbitrariness of the State. Read More…
