A Successful Immigrant Story
My father’s history is an example of determination, hard work and achievements. His desire to learn, to adapt, and to teach, as well as his special skills and talents makes his story a successful immigration one; an American Dream.
Dante Americo Verme Ferreyra was born in 1953 in Lima, Peru and he is my father. His father, Dante Antonio Verme Ryan was commonly known as “Kukuki”—he liked cookies—and was also born in Lima, Peru, in 1922. “Kukuki’s” father was born in Genoa, Italy, and his mother in Ireland. “Kukuki” was a family man, a charismatic civil engineer, and a clever and kind entrepreneur. He skillfully managed the family theater business, which he inherited, until he retired in 2005. Carmen Ferreyra de …show more content…
Two military coups in Peru and even though I was very young, I started to understand Peruvian unrest; especially with the 1968 military left-wing coup.” shares Dante. According to Historia del Peru a military coup d’état took place in 1968, and the Constitution of Peru was suspended. General Juan Velasco Alvarado became the President of Peru, and led the Peruvian Revolution. General Velasco nationalized US and other international and national businesses; fortunately, my father’s family businesses were not expropriated. After seven years of a socialist-leaning military government and street protests, strikes started to increase. There was popular dissatisfaction among Peruvians, and right-wing General Francisco Morales Bermudez, a high school friend of “Kukuki” overthrew General Velasco in 1975. According to my father, General Morales Bermudez moved away from the socialist tendencies from General Velasco’s regime, creating a peaceful path to democracy.
Two deadly occurrences, the soccer tragedy in Lima and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Lee Oswald Harvey in 1963, “made me understand what safety was all about and I started being aware of social justice.” says my
My father’s history is an example of determination, hard work and achievements. His desire to learn, to adapt, and to teach, as well as his special skills and talents makes his story a successful immigration one; an American Dream.
Dante Americo Verme Ferreyra was born in 1953 in Lima, Peru and he is my father. His father, Dante Antonio Verme Ryan was commonly known as “Kukuki”—he liked cookies—and was also born in Lima, Peru, in 1922. “Kukuki’s” father was born in Genoa, Italy, and his mother in Ireland. “Kukuki” was a family man, a charismatic civil engineer, and a clever and kind entrepreneur. He skillfully managed the family theater business, which he inherited, until he retired in 2005. Carmen Ferreyra de …show more content…
Two military coups in Peru and even though I was very young, I started to understand Peruvian unrest; especially with the 1968 military left-wing coup.” shares Dante. According to Historia del Peru a military coup d’état took place in 1968, and the Constitution of Peru was suspended. General Juan Velasco Alvarado became the President of Peru, and led the Peruvian Revolution. General Velasco nationalized US and other international and national businesses; fortunately, my father’s family businesses were not expropriated. After seven years of a socialist-leaning military government and street protests, strikes started to increase. There was popular dissatisfaction among Peruvians, and right-wing General Francisco Morales Bermudez, a high school friend of “Kukuki” overthrew General Velasco in 1975. According to my father, General Morales Bermudez moved away from the socialist tendencies from General Velasco’s regime, creating a peaceful path to democracy.
Two deadly occurrences, the soccer tragedy in Lima and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Lee Oswald Harvey in 1963, “made me understand what safety was all about and I started being aware of social justice.” says my