Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez reclaimed power in 2002 just days after a coup
In a rare historical reversal, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez managed to reclaim his presidency in 2002 just forty-eight hours after being deposed and arrested during a military-backed coup d'état.
On April 14, 2002, Hugo Chávez returned to the presidential palace in Caracas to resume power, ending one of the shortest-lived coups in modern history. Just two days earlier, military officers had arrested Chávez and installed a businessman as the interim leader. However, the new administration's immediate dissolution of the National Assembly sparked massive protests among Chávez's supporters.
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