What the records say
- When
- 18 Oct 1945
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 10.51° N, 66.91° W
- Description
- coup d'état
1945 Venezuelan coup d'état
Coup d'état
The 1945 Venezuelan coup d'état took place on 18 October 1945, when the president Isaías Medina Angarita was overthrown by a combination of a military rebellion and a popular movement led by Democratic Action. The Medina government discovered the conspiracy by the military to overthrow Medina and arrested Marcos Pérez Jiménez. The arrest triggered a popular revolt, leading Medina to give up power.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Государственный переворот в Венесуэле”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Venezuela, el presidente Isaías Medina Angarita es derrocado por un golpe militar”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page