Benjamín Velasco Ibarra

Benjamín Velasco Ibarra served as an aide-de-camp to Venezuelan dictator Juan Vicente Gómez. His clandestine notes during the dictator's illness in 1921 chronicled the deterioration of Gómez's health and the ensuing political tension, offering a rare glimpse into the reality behind the official narrative of strength and control in a regime marked by fragility.