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Latin America

GatoGordo

(2,412 posts) Mon Nov 27, 2017, 11:00 PM Nov 2017

Chavez' first coup attempt 27 November 1992

25 years ago today, a young Hugo Chavez initiated a failed coup attempt to overthrow the democratically elected government of Venezuela. We were visiting my Venezuelan wife's family in Maracaibo when it went down.

How the Stalinists love to howl about the failed coup of 11 April 2002 against Chavez. Conveniently forgetting that Chavez was no stranger to the same method of regime change.

read about it below

https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2017/11/27/vtvs-darkest-day/

Holding out hope that once Chavismo falls, they will join the likes of Costa Rica, Iceland and Panama in abolishing their armed forces.

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