Tomás Helmut Straka Medina (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. Wikipedia