My Sister A truly and remarkable human being who helped many people A tribute to her memory One of our favourite jokes revolved around the “American Academy”... We both referred to it to a technical school for adults who offer training courses in design, mechanics, cosmetology and air conditioning, in Sabana Grande Boulevard, a pedestrian mall, with high heritage value, in my native Caracas. When Nohemi Alarcon was honouring presidents of Latin American countries or was receiving an award for her tireless community service or did an excellent journalistic reporting or was advising national organizations, I said, jokingly, that thanks to her studies at the academy, these all could reap such gains, alluding to her humble origins in the Venezuelan plains and after that in the cosmopolitan cities.....we just looked at each other and we both exploded with laughter, "The Academy", it was ratified sarcastically. "The American Academy"...... On May 14, I rece...