What the records say
- When
- 22 Oct 2002 – 2003
- Kind
- Protest
- Deaths
- 7
- Coordinates
- 10.50° N, 66.85° W
- Description
- Venezuelan military protest
- Injured
- 25
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Plaza Altamira military
The Plaza Altamira military were a group of initially fourteen Venezuelan military officers, both active and retired who on 22 October 2002 spoke out against the government of Hugo Chávez in the Altamira Square, in eastern Caracas, declaring the square a "liberated zone" and inviting their fellow soldiers to join them with the aim of achieving Chávez's resignation.
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