Hablemos de algo distinto: Efemerides de Julio en Venezuela

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Hablemos de algo distinto: Efemerides de Julio en Venezuela Leopoldo Monterrey Autor de la novela Con amigos como tú: Una historia de engaños y lealtad, cargada de erotismo, basada en acontecimientos políticos reales. https://amzn.to/3dfjbBC (Spanish Edition)   Leopoldo A. Monterrey (Caracas, 1946, reside en Chile). Abogado. Ha sido catedrático en la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (Venezuela) y ocupado cargos en importantes instituciones públicas y privadas internacionales. Desde sus comienzos como escritor, sus cuentos figuran en las páginas literarias del Diario de Caracas y El Nacional y como ejemplo de narrativa en textos escolares. Su primera recopilación, Mamá nunca mentía, fue publicada en 1983 por la editorial Ateneo de Caracas, luego siguieron Frutos del ocio, 2005 y Háblame de ti, 2012. En cuanto a poesía, en 2007 publica Versos y otros disparates. En esta novela, con su estilo característico, directo y fluido, utilizando lugares y acontecimientos reales, nos habla de la amistad y la soledad, la fe y lo esotérico, lo complejo de las relaciones familiares y como vive cada quien su sexualidad.  Postproducción: Fiverr.com/LAINca Audiolibros.tv

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00:00Let's talk about something different with Leopoldo Monterrey, author of the novel Con Amigos Como Tú.

00:08Friends known and friends to know, let's talk about something different. Let's talk about the ephemeris of the month of July in Venezuela.

00:17I'm not going to refer to Julio Iglesias, although I used his photograph for the cover.

00:24But I did it because I think it's very funny and very funny what is happening now in the networks,

00:29that every time the month of July arrives, people use his image to make jokes and jokes.

00:35He must be very happy and very proud, because obviously that happens because Mr. Iglesias is very popular and very famous.

00:42I want to refer, when talking about the ephemeris, to two very important events of this month of July.

00:49One that is already an ephemeris, which is the birthday of the city of Caracas on the 25th of this month,

00:56which is about to happen, when the capital city will be 457 years old.

01:02The other is still not an ephemeris, but it will be because of the transcendence it will have.

01:07I am referring to the presidential elections on Sunday, July 28.

01:13For those who are not clear about what an ephemeris is, an ephemeris is nothing other than an important event

01:19whose celebration is held every year, it is celebrated on its anniversary.

01:24That's what an ephemeris is.

01:26In astronomy, the word is used to indicate that it is a record, a table where important data is collected.

01:36For example, the location of the stars at a certain time.

01:40There is a software called Ephemerides that is used every time objects are launched into space.

01:47July is an ephemeris month in Venezuela.

01:50On July 5, the year of the signing of the Declaration of Independence is celebrated.

01:56On July 24, our liberator Simón Bolívar was born.

02:00Juan Vicente Gómez was also born.

02:02On July 14, Francisco de Miranda died.

02:05But well, let's talk about what I wanted to tell you.

02:09First, the birthday of the city of Caracas.

02:13I usually go overboard and I feel indebted to this city because I never realize that it is its birthday.

02:19But I remember a birthday that was very important, which was the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of this city,

02:26which was on June 25, 1967.

02:29That celebration.

02:30I remember that my four-year-old was a beautiful girl named Elsie Manzano.

02:37She was the president of Raúl León, to whom it was criticized that he had not celebrated the 400th anniversary with enough pomp,

02:45supposedly because it was enough for an invoice, because in Caracas he had not won in the elections,

02:53but his political opponent, Rafael Caldera, had been the most favored by the Caracas voters.

03:01You will know if it is true, but that is what they said, I remember.

03:06What can I say about that time, that birthday?

03:09Well, it was a Venezuela with a single-digit inflation, with a currency where the dollar cost 4.30,

03:18and a Bolívar so strong that the International Monetary Fund had considered it a reserve currency for other countries,

03:27that is, that other countries could use it as a backer of the value of their own currency.

03:33It was also a time of rural and urban guerrillas,

03:38so, well, as in all times, there are good things and bad things,

03:45and that is why there is a positive ephemeris and a negative ephemeris.

03:50The worst ephemeris of that anniversary of the city of Caracas took place four days later,

03:59which was the earthquake, an earthquake whose epicenter was on the coast,

04:03but it also affected the valley on this side of the Ávila mountain,

04:08and that caused hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries.

04:13That was extremely sad.

04:15But well, let's talk about the other thing I wanted to talk about,

04:19which is the elections on Sunday, July 28.

04:26That will become an ephemeris with all certainty.

04:33Hopefully it will be a very pleasant memory, and that will happen,

04:38we will always remember it with happiness,

04:41if the candidate who is the winner of those elections

04:45is the candidate that most Venezuelans clearly want, expect and want to win.

04:52If, on the contrary, for any other reason, that is not the result of those elections,

04:58it will be an ephemeris as sad as that of the earthquake of July 29, 1967.

05:08Thank you very much for listening to me.

05:11If you liked this video, share it on your networks.

05:14And remember that you can watch the previous videos of Leopoldo on his YouTube channel, Leopoldo Monterrey.

05:22Thank you.

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