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April 2002 Coup

Cuban President Fidel Castro (right) and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez (left) during the Cuban leader's state visit to Venezuela, October 27, 2000. Photo: Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images.

Latin America and ALBA-TCP
Opinion

Fidel Castro, from President to Reporter

August 11, 2024

The late president and revolutionary leader of Venezuela, Comandante Hugo Chávez, pictured during a political rally raising his fist, with a billboard featuring Che Guevara in the background. Photo: Sven Creutzmann/Gettyimages.ru/File photo.

Ideology-Commune-Labor
Opinion

Hugo Chávez, the Love That Can Only Be Repaid With Love

United Socialist Party of Venezuela First Vice President Diosdado Cabello. Photo: Últimas Noticias.

News
Solidarity and Social Movements

Marches Throughout Venezuela to Commemorate Failed 2002 Coup

Featured image: President Chávez freed from captivity by the people, thus defeating the coup within 48 hours. File photo.

News
Politics

Venezuela: April 11, the First Time a US Imposed Coup Was Defeated in 48 Hours (Interview)

Presidential Guard in Miraflores Palace after retaking control of the headquarters of the government in the afternoon of Saturday, April 13, 2002. File photo.

Opinion
OT Specials

How a Leftist Aspiring Technocrat Lived April 11, 2002 (Revisited)

President Nicolas Maduro (center), escorted by Minister for Information and Communication Freddy Ñáñez and Minister for Foreign Affairs Felix Plasencia. Photos: Presidential Press.

News
Solidarity and Social Movements

President Maduro at International Summit Against Fascism: We Have Lived 20 Years of Resistance after April 11 Coup

Venezuelan Minister for Culture, Ernesto Villegas, author of the book 'April, blow inside. Photo: Mariana Rodriguez.

News
Politics

20 Years Since Coup Against Chávez in Venezuela—a ‘Trial’ that Served to Overthrow Governments in Other Countries

View of Baralt Ave from Llaguno bridge with part of the monument erected to remember the historic role of those defending the Bolivarian Revolution during the coup d'etat in 2002. Photo: El Sol de Margarita.

Health-Education-Sport-Culture-Technology
News

President Maduro: After 11A Venezuelan People have Gone Through 20 Years of Courageous Victories

Policemen from the Metropolitan Police (involved in the Coup) shooting at the pro-Chavista demonstrators concentrated at the Puente Llaguno bridge, Caracas. File photo.

Health-Education-Sport-Culture-Technology
News

Photo Exhibit ’20 Aprils’ Opens Tuesday in Caracas, 20 Years After Coup Against Hugo Chávez

Iconic photo with two young Venezuelans holding a flag at one of the bridges that connects Colombia with Venezuela. File photo.

News
OT Specials

Venezuela Commemorates 3 Years Since Victory in Battle of the Bridges

February 24, 2022

Featured image: Venezuelan Chavistas in front of Miraflores Palace demanding the return of President Chavez. File photo.

News
Politics

April 13, 2002: The Glorious Day of an Unprecedented Countercoup

Featured image: UNASUR headquarters in Ecuador with the statue of Nestor Kirchner. File photo.

Latin America and ALBA-TCP
News

An Arauz Presidency in Ecuador Would Revive UNASUR, Weaken Lima Group – Chavista Chronicles from Caracas Interview with Joe Emersberger

Featured image: File photo courtesy of Pagina|12.

Latin America and ALBA-TCP
Opinion

Ecuador Elections: Arauz to Face Lasso in Second Round Under New Threats

February 22, 2021

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