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    The Caracazo is the name given to the wave of protests, riots, and looting that started on 27 February 1989 in the Venezuelan city of Guarenas, spreading...
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    crisis of the 1980s, a series of social crises, widespread riots known as Caracazo and two coup attempts in 1992. In May 1993 he became the first Venezuelan...
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    major political crises and widespread social unrest, including the deadly Caracazo riots of 1989, two attempted coups in 1992, and the impeachment of a President...
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  • El Caracazo is 2005 Venezuelan historical film that deals with the events of El Caracazo, the name given to a series of riots and lootings in and around...
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    implemented in 1989 by the Carlos Andrés Pérez government in response to the Caracazo riots, where hundreds were killed by military and armed police. President...
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    widespread lootings and protests that followed his spending cuts, known as El Caracazo, Pérez initiated Plan Ávila, a military contingency plan by the Venezuelan...
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  • (called as an "Asian growth"), the largest in Latin America at the time. The Caracazo and previous inequality in Venezuela were used to justify the subsequent...
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    economic measures that set off major protests, the biggest of which was the Caracazo wave of 1989. The same year, Venezuela held its first direct elections...
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    class and lower class majority. The resultant discontent erupted in the "Caracazo" beginning on 27 February 1989. Many of the participants in the coups had...
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    gasoline and transportation, a wave of protests and riots known as El Caracazo started on 27 February 1989 in Guarenas, spreading to Caracas and surrounding...
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    plan had resulted in the killing of hundreds of Venezuelans during the Caracazo, military high command refused and demanded he resign. President Chávez...
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    20th century, with the 1980s oil glut and political instability like the Caracazo, meaning maintenance can not be sustained. The economic and social problems...
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    general socioeconomic decline erupted in the tumultuous 27 February 1989 Caracazo riots; they were the most destructive and deadly such disturbances in Venezuelan...
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    against Venezuela by the IACHR between 1977 and 1998 related to the 1989 Caracazo, which successive Venezuelan governments failed to investigate, despite...
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    shocks in the 1980s led to several political crises, including the deadly Caracazo riots of 1989, two attempted coups in 1992, and the impeachment of El Presidente...
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  • measures, however this ultimately resulted in what is now known as the 'Caracazo'. This refers to the series of protests, riots and lootings that occurred...
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  • well-being." Venezuelan anthropologist Fernando Coronil described the Caracazo as "the largest and most violently repressed revolt against austerity measures...
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    d'état 1962 El Carupanazo 1962 El Porteñazo 1967 Machurucuto incident 1989 Caracazo 1992 1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempts 2002 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état...
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  • Adeco Democratic period 1958 coup Punto Fijo Pact Carupanazo Porteñazo Caracazo February 1992 coup attempt November 1992 coup attempt Bolivarian Revolution...
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    independencia Lázaro Carlos Gil 2005 Pit Fighter Veneno Jesse V. Johnson 2005 Caracazo Alejo Sanpredo Román Chalbaud 2006 Sexo, amor y otras perversiones 2007...
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  • the Venezuelan government and the socioeconomic issues shown during the Caracazo riots in 1989 and Hugo Chávez's 1992 coup attempts, homicides increased...
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    (1989–93) saw a deep economic crisis, a series of major riots known as the Caracazo in 1989, in which hundreds were killed by security forces, two coup attempts...
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  • many goods.[citation needed] The resultant discontent erupted in the "Caracazo" beginning on 27 February 1989. Many of the participants in the coups had...
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    people, with 450 more hospitalized with injuries. Operation Pantomime Caracazo Cordobazo Rosariazo Braun, Herbert (1985). The assassination of Gaitán...
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    Case Date Ruling Velásquez-Rodríguez v. Honduras 29 July 1988 [1] Caracazo v. Venezuela 11 November 1999 [2] "The Last Temptation of Christ" (Olmedo-Bustos...
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    Venezuela, which resulted in several days of rioting known today as the Caracazo. Today, Guarenas has virtually merged with its neighbor, Guatire. As of...
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    Trienio Adeco 1958 coup d'état Puntofijo Pact El Carupanazo El Porteñazo Caracazo 1992 coup d'état attempts Vargas tragedy 2002 coup d'état attempt 2002–03...
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    Venezuelan-Colombian border region. All these led up to the events of the 1989 Caracazo, in which National Guardsmen crushed anti-government actions and riots...
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  • crisis, a major riot in which hundreds were killed by security forces (Caracazo, 1989), followed by an economic recovery by also two coup attempts in 1992...
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    the army where the repression of looting of private property during the "Caracazo" protests in February 1989 and the failed coups by future president Colonel...
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