What the records say
- When
- 4 May 1962
- Kind
- Rebellion
- Coordinates
- 10.67° N, 63.24° W
- Description
- Venezuelan uprising
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
El Carupanazo
1962 military uprising in Venezuela
El Carupanazo was a short-lived military rebellion against the government of Rómulo Betancourt, in which rebel military officers commanding the Third Marine Infantry Battalion and the 77th National Guard Detachment took over the city of Carúpano in May 1962. The rebellion was followed a month later by another in Puerto Cabello, El Porteñazo.
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