2002 Venezuelan coup d'état

2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt
Top to bottom, left to right: Demonstrations against President Chávez on 11 April 2002. Chavistas firing from Llaguno Overpass down to Baralt Avenue. Caracas Metropolitan Police exchanging gunfire with Chavista loyalists. Presidential Guard waving Venezuelan flag after retaking Miraflores Palace.
Date April 11–13, 2002 Location  Venezuela Result Chávez reinstated by military loyalists and Caracas' lower class citizens.
Belligerents
Venezuelan government Pro-government demonstrators Bolivarian Circles Military loyalists Support:  Cuba	Venezuelan opposition Anti-government demonstrators Military rebels Support:  Spain
Commanders and leaders
Hugo Chávez	Pedro Carmona
Casualties and losses
19 dead and 60 – 150+ injured.

External media

Images
Gallery of the violence and other images related to the coup.
Video
The shooting of opposition marcher Jesús Orlando Arellano by a pro-Chávez gunman, resulting in the first fatality of the day.
Photographer Jesús Arellano being shot and killed followed by protester Malvina Pesate being shot in the face from pro-Chávez crowd.
Pro-Chávez gunman Erasmo Sánchez being carried away after being shot by returning fire from the Metropolitan Police. He was the reportedly the first pro-Chávez fatality of the day.

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The Venezuelan coup d'état attempt of 2002 was a failed coup d'état on 11 April 2002 that saw President Hugo Chávez ousted from office for 47 hours before being restored to power. Chávez, who had been elected in 2000, was aided in his return to power by actions from military loyalists and support from the country's poor.

The situation began on 9 April, when a general strike was called for by the national federation of trade unions, Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela (CTV). The proposed strike was in response to Chávez's appointments of political allies to prominent posts in Venezuela's national oil company, PDVSA. Two days later in Caracas, up to one million Venezuelans marched in opposition to Chávez. At one point during the march, opposition leaders redirected the protestors to the presidential palace, Miraflores, where government supporters and armed Bolivarian Circles were holding their own rally. Upon the opposition's arrival, the two sides confronted each other. Gunshots rang out, and by that evening 19 people were dead, including both supporters and opponents of the government. Military high command then convened at Miraflores and demanded that Chávez resign. President Chávez refused to resign, and he subsequently was arrested by the military. Chávez's request for asylum in Cuba was denied, and he was ordered to be tried in a Venezuelan court.

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