I thought you lived there? Didn't you say that once?
Chavez was responsible for halting the coup.
Look up Caracazo. There's some documentaries on youtube too. From what I've read, the guy looks to have started out good in his early career but went bad and everything went to shit when he hooked up with the IMF as usually happens in every country they poison. CAP is like Venezuela's Hitler.
I told you already, I know as much about it as you do. I am not always in the middle of everything, thankfully. I don't believe everything I see or hear in the media from either side, and I don't believe everything I read.
All I'm saying is no matter who funds any coup attempt, Chavez has nothing to complain about. He tried to overthrow, using military force and violence, a leader who was democratically elected by the Venezuelan people.
Not everybody wanted Carlos Andres Perez overthrown. And I am talking about the common people.
Carlos Andres Perez was corrupt, like any other president. If that's good enough reason to use violence to overthrow a democratically elected leader, just about every leader would be violently overthrown.
During Perez first term, Venezuela prospered. Whether or not it was thanks to him, and though he was still corrupt, people loved him anyway.
Before Chavez mutilated the Venezuelan constitution, a Venezuelan citizen could be elected president many times, as long as it wasn't consecutively. After his four year term, the president had to step down for at least one full four year term to give others a chance.
During Perez second term, a few years later, there was a economic crisis. Whether or not it was his fault, people blamed him for it. If that's good enough reason to use violence to overthrow a democratically elected leader, just about every leader in the world would be violently overthrown right about now.