Tomás Straka

Tomás Helmut Straka Medina (born October 25, 1972) is a Venezuelan author and professor of history at the Andrés Bello Catholic University,

Career Straka is the 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.

Outside of his work at Andrés Bello Catholic University in Venezuela, Straka has been a visiting scholar at the University of Chicago, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Pomona College. Since 2016, he has been a member of the National Academy of History (Venezuela).

Personal life and education Straka is the son of Austrian anthropologist Hellmuth Straka (1922–1987) and brother of human rights activist Ursula Straka.

He holds a PhD in History (Doctor en Historia) from Andrés Bello Catholic University. Additionally, he holds degrees from Instituto Pedagógico de Caracas and Universidad Central de Venezuela.