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Massive Show Of Support For Venezuelan President Chavez On Coup Anniversary

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Massive Show Of Support For Venezuelan President Chavez On Coup Anniversary | venezuelanalysis.com
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Caracas, April 14, 2008 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Under the banner, “Never again will the people be betrayed,” some three hundred thousand people rallied outside the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on Sunday in a massive show of support for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. The rally was held to celebrate the anniversary of the popular uprising that defeated a US-backed opposition coup from April 11-13 in 2002, and restored the democratically elected Chavez to power.

On April 11, 2002, the shooting of nineteen people by opposition snipers and renegade police officers was used as a pretext to spark a military revolt by rightwing generals who kidnapped Chavez and tried to force him to resign. Pedro Carmona, head of the Chamber of Commerce (FEDECAMARAS) declared himself interim President issued a decree dissolving Venezuela’s democratic institutions including the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the National Assembly and fired the Ombudsman and the Attorney General.

Hundreds of Chavez supporters were rounded up during the coup and imprisoned and state and community media outlets were shut down, while opposition aligned private media imposed a blackout on events. The United States was one of few countries to grant diplomatic recognition to the illegal government, claiming “a democratic transition” had taken place.

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