José Manuel Olivares is a Venezuelan politician and oncologist . In 2015 , he was elected deputy of the National Assembly from Vargas . He is the president of the National Assembly 's Health Subcommission , where he has spearheaded the National Health Crisis Provision Law and directed humanitarian aid to counteract the effects of the medicine shortage in Venezuela . He is also the president of the Permanent Commission on Integral Family Development . Olivares has been a major figure in the opposition movement against the government of Nicolás Maduro . In June 2018 , Olivares and his family fled to Colombia , where he has helped direct the shipment of humanitarian aid to Venezuela . José Manuel Olivares was born in the San José de Maiquetía Hospital in Maiquetía , Vargas on 19 August 1985 . He is the son of Maiquetía native José Manuel Olivares Corredor and Lucía Marquina , a native of 23 de Enero in Caracas . Olivares had a tranquil childhood until 1999 , when the flooding and landslides of the Vargas tragedy wiped out most of the state 's infrastructure . The Olivares family home in the Los Corales housing development was destroyed in the disaster . Olivares attended the Franciscan school Colegio Divina Providencia and the Colegio San Vicente de Paúl . Olivares initially studied biochemistry at the Central University of Venezuela , but transitioned to studying medicine in 2004 . After graduating in 2010 , Olivares spent his mandatory year of military service working in a clinic in Tacarigua de Mamporal , Miranda . In 2013 , he began his postgraduate studies at the Hospital Clínico Universitario in Caracas , specializing in oncology , radiation therapy and nuclear medicine . As president of the Student Center at the Central University of Venezuela 's medical school , Olivares helped create the biggest student movement since the Generation of 1928 . The students demonstrated against excessive red tape , advocating for Internet access , fair schedules for students , updates to the school 's technology and increased access to books . Olivares took to the streets in peaceful protest together with other leaders like Yon Goicoechea , Stalin González , Miguel Pizarro , Ricardo Sánchez Mujica , Freddy Guevara and David Smolansky . The students demanded freedom of expression and rejected constitutional reforms by president Hugo Chávez
Vargas tragedy
Vargas tragedy
José Manuel Olivares