During the conclusion of the International Summit Against Fascism in Caracas, the headline recalled the uprising of the people and the loyal military in perfect alliance to defeat the coup carried out 20 years ago against then-President Hugo Chávez (1954-2013). . . . .
The social demonstrations of April 13, 2002 were the demonstration “that the people have returned to their rights in a surprising, telluric, definitive and extraordinary way, in order to save the red thread of the Constitution,” stressed Villegas.
The senior official specified that the April 11, 2002 coup against Hugo Chávez was a dress rehearsal that would later be perfected in other parts of the world.
At that time there was a communications, media, political, military and psychological apparatus that had caused a stir two days earlier with a real trap against the citizens of Venezuela; Infiltration was combined with treachery and mechanisms were activated to depose the revolutionary government, Villegas recalled.
The culture minister recalled that Chavez had the military strength to lead an armed resistance, but before deciding to confront, he preferred to declare himself a prisoner president to avoid bloodshed, he said.
Faced with this scenario, “waves of people”, civilians and military, began to surround the Miraflores Palace barracks and government building in an attempt to contain the coup plotters and put an end to an attempt to overthrow the Bolivarian leader. precise.
Villegas thanked the presence in Caracas of hundreds of intellectuals, academics, political activists and representatives of social movements who attended the International Summit Against Fascism.
The event brought together nearly 200 guests from more than 50 countries, with an agenda focused on the new faces of the far right, the importance of alternative and popular communication in the current global context, and experiences of popular struggles and resistance in new times.
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