Edgar C. Otálvora (born Edgar Omar Contreras Otálvora; September 6, 1959 in Tovar,
Mérida State
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,
Venezuela
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) is a Venezuelan intellectual, journalist, and politician who has held government and diplomatic positions. He is an expert in international politics and economics, and has distinguished himself as an analyst of Latin American topics, with a focus on military, diplomatic, and political issues. He has been a columnist in Venezuelans and Americans newspapers, in addition to directing the newspaper El Nuevo Pais
in Caracas from 2006 to 2010. He is a professor at the
Central University of Venezuela
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. He was a close collaborator of former Venezuelan president
Ramón J. Velásquez Ramón or Ramon may refer to:
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. He has cultivated the biographical genre, being the first to write biographies of the 19th century Venezuelan presidents
Raimundo Andueza Palacio
Raimundo Ignacio Andueza Palacio (6 February 1846 – 17 August 1900), was the president of Venezuela (1890–1892). He also served twice as his country's Minister of Foreign Affairs.
A member of the Liberal Party, Andueza entered politics as d ...
Diario Las Américas
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of
Miami
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.
Public career
He obtained a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of the Andes, Venezuela in 1982 and in 2003 was awarded a master's degree in History of the Americas. He has taught at the School of International Studies and the graduate History of the Americas program at the
Central University of Venezuela
The Central University of Venezuela (Spanish: ''Universidad Central de Venezuela''; UCV) is a public university of Venezuela located in Caracas. It is widely held to be the highest ranking institution in the country, and it also ranks 18th in L ...
.
In 1990, he was named Executive Secretary of the Presidential Committee for Colombian-Venezuelan Border Issues (COPAF). In 1993 he began the role of General Director of the Ministry of the Secretariat of the Presidency, alongside Ramón J. Velásquez, who would be declared president by the National Congress after a case was opened against then-president
Carlos Andrés Pérez
Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez (27 October 1922 – 25 December 2010) also known as CAP and often referred to as '' El Gocho'' (due to his Andean origins), was a Venezuelan politician and the president of Venezuela from 12 March 1974 to 12 M ...
. From 1994 to 1999 he was Chief of the Political Departments of the Venezuelan embassies in
Bogotá
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Belém do Pará
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,
Brazil
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. He has been a consultant and advisor for
Hewlett-Packard
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NCA Latin America, and the
Friedrich Ebert Foundation
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.
Journalism career
His journalism career began in 1980 as a columnist for the
Diario Frontera
''Diario Frontera'' is a Venezuelan regional newspaper, headquartered in Ejido, in the state of Mérida.Mérida. He was part of the writing team of the Revista AZUL of the University of the Andes. His opinion columns were first published in 1982 in the newspaper El Nacional in Caracas and, soon after, in the newspaper '' El Universal'' as a critic in the Cultural Pages directed by
Sofía Imber
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. In the mid-1990s, he directed the magazine Venezuela en Colombia, edited in
Bogotá
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. Specializing in topics in Latin American politics, he wrote the column Mirando el Vecindario (Looking Around the Neighborhood) in the newspaper '' El Mundo'' from 2004 to 2006. Upon taking the role of director of the newspaper '' El Nuevo País'', he began production of Informe Otálvora, appearing in numerous online publications in Latin America.
Editor of the news web portal Noticias Clic since 2011. Columnist in
Diario Las Américas
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Its first copy circulated on July 4, ...
of
Miami
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since March 2014.
Conceptual art
In the 1980s he ventured into conceptual art and together with Luis Astorga Junquera created the Pleonasmo Group oriented towards
performance art
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. He participated in the XLI Salon of Visual Arts "
Arturo Michelena
Francisco Arturo Michelena Castillo (; 16 June 1863 – 29 July 1898) was a Venezuelan painter known for his historical and Genre art, genre scenes and portraits.
Biography
His father, Juan Antonio Michelena (1832-1918) was also a painter ...
" (Valencia Atheneum,
Valencia
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, 1982), the first occasion in which this salon opened the competition to "unconventional art". In 1983 the Pleonasmo Group was invited to the exhibition "Autoretrato" in the gallery "Espacio Alterno" of the
National Art Gallery
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*Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
*National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
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*Galería Nacional, San Juan, Puerto ...
located in the
Caracas Athenaeum
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, as part of the programming of the V International Theater Festival of
Caracas
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.
Books and academic articles
* Venezuela Juego Trancado (2020)
ASIN
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* De Caracas a Brasilia 46 años in Brasil:cercano y lejano (Edmundo González Urrutia. Coordinator. Caracas. Instituto de Estudios Parlamentario Fermín Toro - UCAB. 2019)
*Venezuela un problema global- Ebook. (2019)
*Venezolanos en Fuga- Ebook. (2014)
*La Década Roja de América Latina. Ebook. (2013)
* CASTRO & CHAVEZ (English edition) (2011)
*Un Barco Liberal (2011). (Biography of Virgilio Barco Vargas)
*Cooperación, integración o fusión militar en Suramérica (''Cooperation, integration or merging of the armed forces in South America'') in "Venezuela en el contexto de la seguridad regional" (Caracas, ILDIS, 2007)
*Retos y perspectivas de la integración energética en América Latina.(Coauthor). Kart-Peter Schütt y Flavio Carucci (Coordinators). (Caracas, ILDIS - Fundación Friedriech Ebert, 2007)
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Raimundo Andueza Palacio
Raimundo Ignacio Andueza Palacio (6 February 1846 – 17 August 1900), was the president of Venezuela (1890–1892). He also served twice as his country's Minister of Foreign Affairs.
A member of the Liberal Party, Andueza entered politics as d ...
. (''Biography'').(Caracas, Biblioteca Biográfica Venezolana-Diario El Nacional, 2006). ''Digital Edition'':
*Aproximación a la agenda de seguridad de Venezuela con Brasil. (''Approach to the security of Venezuela with Brazil agenda'') (Caracas, ILDIS - Fundación Friedriech Ebert, 2005)
* Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl. (''Biography'').(Caracas, Biblioteca Biográfica Venezolana-Diario El Nacional, 2005. ''Digital Edition'':
*La Crisis de la Corbeta Caldas. (''The Crisis of the Corvette Caldas''). (Caracas, Editorial Pomaire, 2003). Includes biographies of the former presidents Jaime Lusinchi and Virgilio Barco Vargas. ''Digital Edition'':
*RJV: La red de Liberales y Socialdemócratas. (''RJV: Liberals and Social Democrats network'') in "Ramón J. Velásquez. Estudios sobre una trayectoria al servicio de Venezuela". (Caracas,
Universidad Metropolitana
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- Universidad de los Andes-Núcleo Táchira, 2003)
*Frontera en Tiempos de Globalización: El proyecto ZIF. (''Border in times of globalization: the ZIF project'') (Revista Venezolana de Economía y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Vol. 9, No.1, enero-abril 2003)
*La Paz Ramónica. (''The Ramónica peace. Diary of a transitional Government in Venezuela''). (Caracas, Editorial Pomaire, 1994)
*Eustoquio. (Biography of :es:Eustoquio Gómez). (Caracas, Editorial Pomaire, 1993. Second Edition)
*La Frontera Occidental Venezolana: Un análisis tendencial (''The border West of Venezuela: A trend analysis''). In "La Frontera Occidental Venezolana. Propuestas de Política". (Coauthor). (Caracas, Comisión Presidencial para Asuntos Fronterizos Colombo-Venezolanos, 1992)
*El Estado venezolano en la era del
Pac-Man
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: La política informática del Estado venezolano. (''The Venezuelan State in the era of
Pac-Man
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'') In "27 Temas sobre Venezuela". (Caracas, Ediciones del Congreso de la República, 1988)
* París Mayo Junio 1968.(Mérida, Colección La Senda y El Surco. Facultad de Economía. Universidad de los Andes, 1980)
Miami
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