What the records say
- When
- 27 Feb 1989
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 10.51° N, 66.91° W
- Description
- 1989 riots in Caracas
- Cause
- El Gran Viraje
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Caracazo
1989 civil unrest in Venezuela
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 to Caracas and surrounding towns following austerity measures from President Carlos Andrés Pérez.
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- Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Venezuela is rocked by the Caracazo, a wave of protests and looting”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Caracazo, manifestations et émeutes populaires au Venezuela contre la hausse des prix et l’austérité.Elles sont réprimées dans le sang par l’armée (entre 300…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Venezuela sucede una serie de fuertes protestas, disturbios y saqueos conocida como Caracazo”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page