Abstract

OROZCO, Wilson. Honoring your Father and Saving the Country in No Lost Causes by Alvaro Uribe Velez. Estud. Polit. [online]. 2016, n.48, pp.135-154. ISSN 0121-5167.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.espo.n48a08.

In his memoirs, No Lost Causes (2012), Alvaro Uribe Velez provides an account of his eight years in office while also revealing certain aspects of his private life. One of the main events depicted in the book is the attempted kidnapping and murder of his father, Alberto Uribe Sierra, in 1983. Along with the kidnapping and murder of other important personalities, this event is used by the narrator to create an atmosphere of anxiety and stress in order to justify his military approach to national security during his presidency. Since these memoirs are narrated following a Manichean style and using the format of a suspense thriller, this article uses narratology tools to unravel the patriarchal content of the memoirs, finding that the narrator skillfully connects personal events with public ones in order to justify what he interprets as his fight to save the country. The narrator presents himself as a hero who is constantly called to restore a conservative order and a past of bucolic bliss.

Keywords : Father; Hero; Villain; Family; Democratic Security Policy; Uribe Velez, Alvaro.

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