From Hero to Villain, to Leadership Coach, Jose Angel Pereira Shares Valuable Life Tools for ALL!

Jose Angel Pereira Ruimwyk was wrongfully detained and held captive in Venezuela for nearly five years, from November 21, 2017, to October 1, 2022.



Pereira was one member of the so-called CITGO6. His only crime was that he is an American. Before he was taken hostage, Pereira spent thirty-five years as an oil company executive and CEO of Citgo Petroleum. While at the top of his career as Citgo’s CEO (the sixth biggest refinery complex in the US), Pereira was called to attend a business meeting in Caracas at Petroleum of Venezuela (PDVSA)—(the parent company of Citgo)— headquarters. On that day, the Venezuelan regime accused him of corruption, espionage, and treason, among other false charges, and captured and imprisoned him. This nightmare lasted 1,775 days—four years and eight long months.

After the United States Government orchestrated his release, Pereira turned his focus to advocating and supporting hostage families enduring similar nightmares and broken processes. His experience made it clear that what he survived can help others that are struggling to be able to overcome, thrive, and succeed in any circumstance. He now speaks to spread a message of resilience, hope, faith, and survival. Pereira is proof that we can conquer anything. He works to combine his career and life experiences with his strategic planning and relentless mindset approach to coach others through seeming insurmountable situations. He calls this program: LIFE PILLS FOR A SURVIVAL GUIDE (LPSG).

To learn more about his history you can watch his interview with Anderson Cooper here:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/10/24/jose-pereira-citgo-6-venezuela-american-detainees-released-intv-ac360-vpx-contd.cnn

On this episode of the Authenticity Calling Podcast, Jose shares what kept him not only alive, but hopeful, during his nearly five years of wrongful imprisonment, including an entire year of solitary confinement, where he reflects, he lost track of the days. We reflect that many of us are trapped in our own mental, emotional, spiritual and physical jail cell and we HAVE A CHOICE.

It all starts with thinking positive, despite all evidence to the contrary and what life shows us, if we continue to keep our mind on the prize, the vision, and the light at the end of the tunnel, we can make it through just about anything. Jose shares how his positive thinking, creating deep and meaningful connections, writing, focusing on his mental and physical health, reading, praying and even having some fun, were pivotal to his survival in prison. Jose notes that most importantly and unforgettably, his spirituality is what truly impacted his ability to do it all.

The letters Jose wrote to his wife and had to sneak in and out of prison are what gave him the hope to look forward to future days, and are the essence of his upcoming book, "From Hero to Villain, My true story of the Citgo6". Undoubtedly an emotional and powerful story of leadership, hope and resilience in the face of what was for some, a hopeless situation.



You can find Jose on LinkedIn where he's very social and open to connecting as well as on the following social media links:



https://www.youtube.com/@JosePereira-nz4ps

https://LinkedIn.com/in/jose-angel-pereira

https://joseapr.com/#

https://fromheroetovillian-thetruestoryofthecitgo6.com/

https://linktr.ee/jose_angel_pereira

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068010210574&mibextid=LQQJ4d