Book “Winds and Tides of the Dream Boat” by Chela Vargas was baptized at FILVEN

Published at: 11/07/2025 03:03 PM

As part of the 21st International Book Fair of Venezuela 2025 (FILVEN), the book “Winds and Tides of the Dream Boat”, by the writer Chela Vargas, published by the publisher El Perro y la Rana, was presented and named in the Gonzalo Fragui room.

During the presentation of the work, the Minister of Popular Power for Culture, Ernesto Villegas, highlighted the emotional and symbolic nature of this presentation, which he defined as an act of collective love for the author.

“I think this presentation stands alone. It is a presentation of love, which we profess without a doubt for this author, who is much more than an author, who is nothing more and nothing less than Chela Vargas,” he said.

Villegas established a significant coincidence between this publication and another one recently presented at FILVEN. “A few days ago we presented a book by Rosinés Chávez called 'The boat of our unfinished dreams'. And this book is called 'Winds and Tides of the Dream Bar'. I would say it's the same boat, that of Chávez and that of Chela,” he said.

He also valued the content of the book as a testimony of coherence, resistance and moral guidance in difficult times. “Something that is reflected in the lyrics of these articles is the recurrence of that mast called Chela Vargas, which in the midst of such complex circumstances has guided our course. The variety of topics addressed here speaks for itself,” he said.

He added that this book is like those good wines that are taken by sips (...) “Chela's old career enlightens us. I ask you to make an imaginary toast to Chela, to this book, to a lifetime of struggles and to the victories that your struggles will conquer. Chela, your fight has not been in vain. Look at all that surrounds us, an infinite love for example, for women, for the future and for the children who keep us in the same boat as Chela and Chávez.”

The work brings together a selection of political opinion articles written by Vargas over several decades, in texts that give an account of his critical thinking, his commitment to popular struggles and his unbreakable link with the Venezuelan revolutionary process.

MINCULTURA PRESS/Mazo News Team