Achcauhtli Ventura
Don Achcauhtli Ventura | |
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 Official portrait 2062 | |
| Terfloria State Secretary of the Jungle | |
| In office 19 November 2071 – 10 May 2081 | |
| Governor |
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| Preceded by | Henrique Barreto Serrano |
| Succeeded by | Luísa Zanetti |
| 7th President of the Serenacy of Carinansia | |
| In office 25 June 2061 – 24 June 2069 | |
| Vice President | Antawaylla Alca Huaccha |
| Preceded by | César Passos Moreira |
| Succeeded by | Mariana Santana Magalhães |
| Vice President of the Serenacy of Carinansia | |
| In office 4 May 2059 – 25 June 2061 | |
| President | César Passos Moreira |
| Preceded by | Alejandro Vesik |
| Succeeded by | Antawaylla Alca Huaccha |
| Secretary of Space | |
| In office 11 July 2053 – 19 October 2057 | |
| President | César Passos Moreira |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Bernabé Carballal |
| Director of ANEE | |
| In office 2 February 2045 – 10 July 2053 | |
| President | César Passos Moreira |
| Preceded by | Mario Gayoso Garina |
| Succeeded by | Felipe Flores Carballal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 15, 2007 Oritepec, São Lenoas, Carinansia |
| Died | August 1, 2126 (aged 119) Atumora, Aparicia, Carinansia |
| Political party | Union Socialist Party |
| Spouse | Soledad Ventura Encarnación (m. 2034) |
| Children | 7 children including Thiago Ventura |
| Parents |
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| Alma mater | Selcent Revolutionary College of Oligi |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Carinansia |
| Branch/service | Serene Army |
| Years of service | 2024-2027 |
| Rank | Second Class Taifero |
| Unit | 2nd Mountain Special Forces Company |
| Battles/wars | Vascara War
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Achcauhtli Ventura (April 15, 2007 - August 1, 2126), frequently referred to as El Tlatoani, was a Carinansian politician, soldier, athlete, and scientist, who served as the 7th President of Carinansia between 2061 and 2069. A member of the Union Socialist Party, he also previously served as the Vice President of Carinansia between 2059 and 2061, Secretary of Space between 2053 and 2057. After his presidency, he would serve as the Secretary of the Jungle for the state of Terfloria between 2071 and 2081. His presidency constituted the Ventura Era of the Union Socialist decades, and he is often considered the most prominent eco-socialist figure in Carinansian history.
Born into a middle-class family, in Oritepec, São Lenoas, he was raised in his hometown for the first years of his life. At 14, he was chosen by the Serene Accelerated Student Program of the Serene Ground Forces, becoming the prestigious Selcent's youngest-ever student via a government scholarship. At 16, he enlisted in the army as a 2nd Mountain Special Forces Battalion, the most elite combat unit in the country. He took part in the 2025 Battle of Guajeres, 2026 Battle of San Rariel, and was a junior member of the advising council to Lieutenant General Ynti Ccasani Manco, the military officer who administered southern Valorá for six months during the Cárinansian Occupation.
By 2045, he was accepted as one of the best minds in the field of Carinansian Rocket Science and was appointed that year to be Director of ANEE, overseeing the revitalisation of Project Metstli which saw the establishment of the first permanent Lunar colony in 2049, and Ventura receives his first Serene Order of Xiutecuhtli Carintecatl.
During his 20-year career in Powerlifting, he broke various National Total, Squat, Deadlift, and World Bench Press records within the 120kg and 93kg weight classes. His 325 kg bench press remains unbroken even several decades later, with his National Total and Squat records remaining the Division's best to this day. He retired aged 41 from powerlifting, as he sought more time for his career, although he remained an outspoken supporter of going to the gym, and he lost a substantial amount of muscle as he ceased cycling performance-enhancing drugs.
During his career in Committee Football, he became the National University League (LUN)'s 2030 Rookie of the Year, signing to the LNF in 2032 for a 3-year contract with the Tiquara Crusaders. In 2033, he played in the National Championships which saw the team finish in second place after a heated extended 4-hour game, at 32–27. He took part in the next game of 2035, being declared the season's MVP at the award ceremony and receiving the Boné Platina. He retired from the sport in 2035 at the end of his two-year contract extension, choosing instead to pursue a more academic profession. These sporting endeavours placed him in the forefront of Carinansian media for years before he even entered politics, even having a brief career as a voice actor in a 2046 space animation and an online YouTube channel that amassed 73.9 million followers before he announced his candidacy for the presidency.
He entered politics in 2053 when RIMO appointed him Secretary of Space with the Department's creation in 2053 under Moreira's early Department creations. He remained in the position for 4 years until 2059, when he was elected by the National Congress to serve as the new Vice President, facing heavy opposition from PRC congressmen. In 2060, he lost Moreira's support and was told he would not receive the PUS' support for a presidential campaign. Initially devastated, he quickly began an online presidential campaign using his extensive online popularity to campaign for his victory, with the March Petition triggering an internal party crisis. It culminated in the 25th of March Dinner Party Incident, wherein pro-Moreira officials strove to have Ventura expelled from the Party so he couldn't run as their candidate, but resulted in a compromise that allowed both candidates to run simultaneously in National Elections but had the PUS dedicate all their central funds to Moreira's choice.
The 2061 presidential election was marked mostly by fierce debate between Moreira's nomination of San Luis Governor Igor Chagas Vargas and Ventura, with the PRC's sole candidate only receiving 12% of votes, its worst performance in history. It also demonstrated the disunity of PUS, which Ventura quickly sought to solve by placing party support behind a single national project, in this case, the Interstate Maglev System which would connect the entire Serenacy and greatly reduce travel costs. It was first proposed under RIMO but was repeatedly rejected due to excessive costs that made the project impossible. With a massive budget surplus thanks to Serene Socialism's extensive Dirigisme, Ventura managed to successfully pass the bill with the support of the whole party. By 2065, he was the definitive head of the party and wielded the most power in the country, with Moreira having no influence at all.
He criminalised further logging of the Eneas and policed this crime with the establishment of the Federal Anti-Logging Agency, establishing a powerful law enforcement organisation that strictly policed the nation's rainforests and forests. Internationally, he developed a reputation as a no-nonsense leader and marked a period of great international influence for Carinansia, especially marked by the monopolies established via JUCAVE in the rest of the world. By the end of his final term as President, he had overseen a massive change in the country and was seen by historians and scholars as being among the country's best.
After his final term in the presidency, he remained the party's leader until 2070 when President Magalhães essentially launched a coup within the party leadership, wherein she seized complete control of the organisation. Following this loss and his ostracisation from national politics via the President's refusal to permit his hiring, he was appointed to be the State of Terfloria's Secretary of the Jungle, resulting in him establishing State policy directly opposed to Serene policy and blocked any companies from harvesting the land via legal blockades he imposed. January 2073 saw the greatest single economic recession in the country's history, which resulted in Magalhães' bid for reelection failing with only 47.3% against Águila's 52.7%. Ventura held the position as Secretary until 2081 with the election of a new PRC state government.
Afterwards, he remained out of politics for the rest of his life. He was inducted into the National Football Hall of Fame in 2047. He regularly hosted rocket science lectures at the Ventura Institute within the Revolutionary College of Oligi until 105 years of age, after which point he lived in retirement on the Guarteixo.
Early life and career
Family
Early life
Military service
Involvement in Project Viracocha
OSI government documents were leaked by a member of the terrorist cult known as 'Juicio' in 2111, revealing his involvement in a top secret military super soldier program. Out of all 18,903,481 children aged 7-14 tested nationwide from September 2021 to June 2022, 1,000 were chosen for further testing under the guise of a military scholarship throughout this period, with documents revealing Ventura was the second such person invited. Between January 2022 to September 2023, he underwent a rigorous training regimen and diet, as well as 200mg of the Fortaleza serum every three days, and supplementary exposure to the experimental Ardosa rays on a daily basis, which together purportedly reinforced his bone density by 219.7%, induced extensive sarcoplasmic hypertrophy making him over six times stronger, very alert and agile, and increased his bodyweight from 69.3kg to 102.3kg and height from 173cm to 190cm.
He was a part of 600 super soldiers whom successfully passed through the rigorous program, and assigned to the 2nd Mountain Special Forces Battalion. They received regular doses of Fortaleza while on duty. Prior to the beginning of the Battle of San Rariel, his unit ambushed the 3rd Army of Centeria in the southern Republic of Valora. They drew out the forces over 4 days, leading them secretly to the Carinansian Army of Haiyato.
Education
After receiving an honourable discharge in 2027, he received a government scholarship to attend any school of his choice. He chose the Supant Academy of the Revolutionary College of Oligi, where he was accepted to their extremely prestigious Bachelor of Science in Rocket science program. Beginning in 2028 when he was 21 years old, Ventura was also the captain of the Revolutionary College of Oligi Committee Football Team, a member of the university's Association Football Team, and a founding member of its Powerlifting Team.
After completing the program in 2032 with a year abroad at Estovakia's highly prestigious Roningrad State University, he began working at the Serene Air Force's National Rocket Program as a junior researcher in 2036.
Career
For his initial years, he was the most junior member at his workplace, and he was ignored. However, in 2039, after two years of unsolvable errors on the experimental ZX-17 rocket which caused detonation too early, he experimented his idea on a simulation late at night. Presenting to his colleagues, he received a promotion to become a Researcher. In 2040, he created working designs of the YV-02 Space Jet, UW-04 Spectre Rocket, and TK-48 Ultra Fighter. By 2045, he was a senior researcher at the Serene Air Force Rocket Science R&D, but his extensive knowledge and public popularity resulted in his appointment as Director of ANEE.
In this position, he received investment for exploration programs to the inner planet of Urgua, the establishment of asteroid mining operations, and extraterrestrial agriculture.