Today we remember when the Venezuelan people came together to defend the Bolivarian revolution, rejecting and overthrowing the right-wing US-backed coup perpetrated against Hugo Chavez in 2002. In 47 hours, the people put Chavez back in power after a coup ousted him.
On April 11, 2002 the Venezuelan elite, the Church and some military organized a coup against then-President Hugo Chavez.
Many of the coup plotters, such as Henrique Capriles and Leopoldo Lopez, continued with their opposition for the years to come and are the predecessors of self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido.
The opposition leaders called for a march on the Miraflores Palace, where Chavez supporters were gathered. Private and opposition media deliberately distorted the events and presented them as if the Chavistas were responsible for the violence.
The coup plotters, backed by international powers, tried to form a de facto government headed by Pedro Carmona, a business leader and president of the chambers of commerce. That supposedly dissolved all the other state powers and the local authorities.
On April 13, 2002, the Venezuelan people defeated the coup and the democratically elected President Hugo Chavez returned to the presidency as the people and the rank-and-file took to the streets demanding his return and the continuation of the Bolivarian Revolution.

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