Pedro Carmona
Pedro Carmona | |
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Acting President of Venezuela | |
In office 12 April 2002 – 13 April 2002 | |
Preceded by | Hugo Chávez |
Succeeded by | Diosdado Cabello (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Barquisimeto, Lara, United States of Venezuela | 6 July 1941
Alma mater | Universidad Católica Andrés Bello |
Profession | Business |
Pedro Francisco Carmona Estanga (born 6 July 1941) is a former Venezuelan business leader who was briefly installed as acting
April 2002
The early part of 2002 saw mass protests and a general strike by opponents of Hugo Chávez. On 11 April 2002, following clashes between both supporters and opponents of Chávez,
In the face of crowds of Chávez supporters taking to the streets and under pressure from some quarters of the military,
After the coup, Carmona was placed under house arrest, but he was able to gain asylum in the Colombian embassy after an anti-Chávez protest drew away his security detail.[7] Later, he was granted asylum in Colombia, where he has worked as a tenured lecturer at the Sergio Arboleda University.
See also
- Presidents of Venezuela
- List of people granted asylum
- Carmona Decree
References
- ^ Venezuelan coup leader given asylum - BBC News, 27 May 2002
- ^ En imágenes: el "día negro" de Chávez BBC Mundo, 12 April 2002
- ^ "Nuevo gobierno en Venezuela" (in Spanish). BBC. 12 April 2002. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
Tras los incidentes entre opositores y partidarios de Chávez, en medio de disparos de francotiradores y de una "cadena" nacional de radio y televisión en la que Chávez aseguraba que el país estaba en paz, Molina Tamayo exigió públicamente a la FAN actuar y derrocar al gobierno.
- ^ ww.pgs.org. URL last accessed October 29, 2006.
- ^ news.bbc.co.uk: Analysis: After the would-be coup. URL last accessed October 29, 2006.
- ^ United States Department. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2002; released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Dated: March 31, 2003. URL last accessed August 13, 2006.
- ^ Kozloff (2007:30)
External links
- BBC: Venezuelan coup leader given asylum
- CBS: Venezuelan Coup Leader Exits
- Latin Business Chronicle: Pedro Carmona: Actions, Not Words
- BBC Mundo: Pedro Carmona, presidente por un día (in Spanish)
- Venezuela's Attorney General Office requests formal charges of civilian rebellion against Pedro Carmona Estanga