Rubén Monasteries *
Benedict Roezl The Czech collector performance here was notorious during the historical period known as the seven, for the last illustrated tyrant's mandate Antonio Guzmán Blanco, between 1870 and 1877. A Roezl, man of the world familiar with French culture, it was easy to establish links with the peaks of the government in a country whose president was a Francophile, to whose influence had any perfume everything looked good Gallic. Was related to who then held the high office of Vice President of the Republic, General Matias Salazar seduced him by revealing the secrets of the orchid aphrodisiac, this, in return, gave the exclusivity of harvesting orchids throughout the north central region of the country in exchange for a fee, naturally.
issues of Roezl marched excellently, until General Salazar had the bad idea of \u200b\u200brising up against Guzman (1871), with the worst result of being defeated in battle, he was arrested in Tinaquillo and a court martial finds him shot . Roezl is noted for his friendship with Salazar, to which are added the vile false allegations of several competitors who engage in the conspiracy. The collector is arrested and involved with others condemn him to death, manages to save the life through the good offices of the French consul in Caracas, but is chastened, never to return to Venezuela.
earlier also operated in Venezuela the seven one Francisco de Alfaro, English adventurer named Paquito, a scoundrel of the purest tradition of the English picaresque, devised a farthing to save the miserable cents that was paid to farmers and Indian frontline collectors. To the best dressed medieval style of healing and walked those fields of orchids collected proclaiming God to take them to Europe and offer a tribute to the Virgen de los Siete Daggers, who collaborate in your company receive from the Holy Father himself indulgences designed to alleviate the suffering of a soul in torment, and, according to quantity, to ensure the absolute forgiveness of sins of those who make the offering on its raining orchids head carried by naive souls. Paquito has accumulated a considerable amount of flowers in Europe represent a fortune, when the conflict broke out in Venezuela religious Guzmán Blanco (June 26, 1870). Guzmán Blanco, freethinker and Mason, takes advantage of the fact that the Archbishop Guevara and exquisite Lira has been officiating at their request, a Te Deum of thanksgiving for his new enthronement in power, declaring "offended" the Illustrious American and decreed the expropriation of church property.
ignorant of such serious happenings, de Alfaro Choroní seeks exit with its cargo of orchids, but one of those fatalities of fate, the news about the impasse of the Government and the Church has reached the ears of the remote Civil Chief seaside resort, farmhand this atheist, very poor and grossly involved wild, who only remembers being called Perrote. The subject interprets the high political affair according to the limited trial, understood that solidarity with their leader, General Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of the Republic which feels representative and obligation to defend its interests, is de rigueur publicly beating in the Plaza Bolivar, the parish priest, looting the church and parish house, dash the faithful and confraternities peinillazos disperse a humble community nuns dedicated to do well based in the village. When meeting with the false healing and his team, puts prisoner under threat of execution, confiscates their donkeys and cargo, and to the greater distress of Paquito, also available to burn the orchids. Big dog can not understand their accumulation by the collector, for the ignorant only kill the forest. Paquito, a man of good gab, as they usually are rogues manages to make him understand the value of orchids, in addition to discovering his true identity. Civil Chief finds it very amusing that this guy were walking around pretending to be cured, tricking peasants and Indians, and sympathizes with him, agrees to participate in the business that proposes to Alfaro, the agreement is that the Chief Civil help him transport the cargo to Puerto Cabello, so would receive half of the gains from the dealer to sell orchids in Europe. Perrote
still awaits its part. A legend Choroní that his ghost can be seen from time to time by the quay facing the sea and looking at the distant horizon, seems to shout something in a plaintive and bitter cry that just means between the heat wave and the roar of the wind, who has had the courage to put care, believe hear him say something like, "Paquito, son of a bitch, where's mine ?
illuminates the gloomy picture of the country's National Orchid Exposition.
The Venezuelan territory was a haven for these voluptuous flowers, hence the main field to take a collectors action in orquidelirio times, or fury by such plants Victorian European aristocrats. No wonder that literally razed to them.
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