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Place of Birth: Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
About Tomás Straka
- Tomás Helmut Straka Medina (born October 25, 1972), is a Venezuelan professor of History and researcher at the Andrés Bello Catholic University, author of La Voz de los Vencidos (2000), Hechos y gente, Historia contemporánea de Venezuela (2001), Un Reino para este mundo (2006), La épica del desencanto (2009), La república fragmentada.
- Claves para entender a Venezuela (2015), among other works and essays.
- Is son of the Austrian anthropologist Hellmuth Straka (March 31, 1922 – March 17, 1987) and brother of the activist for Human Rights Ursula Straka.
- Tomás Straka holds a PhD in History (Doctor en Historia), Andrés Bello Catholic University.
- He also is graduated from Instituto Pedagógico de Caracas and Universidad Central de Venezuela.
- He was visiting scholar at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Pomona College.
- Straka is Member of the National Academy of History (2016).
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