1948 Venezuelan coup d'état

Coup d'état mil Golpe_de_Estado_en_Venezuela_de_1948 February 2026 March 2019 1948 Venezuelan coup d'état Militares en la azotea del congreso de Venezuela en 1948.jpg Soldiers on the roof of the Venezuelan Congress during the coup. 24 November 1948 Venezuela Rómulo Gallegos removed from power End of Trienio Adeco Start of military dictatorship in Venezuela Venezuela 1930 Venezuela (Chalbaud) faction Venezuela 1930 Venezuelan government Venezuela 1930 Carlos Delgado ChalbaudVenezuela 1930 Marcos Pérez Jiménez Venezuela 1930 Luis Felipe Llovera Páez Venezuela 1930 Rómulo Gallegos The 1948 Venezuelan coup d'état took place on 24 November 1948, when Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, Marcos Pérez Jiménez and Luis Felipe Llovera Páez overthrew the elected president, Rómulo Gallegos, who had been elected in the 1947 Venezuelan general election (generally believed to be the country's first honest election) and had taken office in February 1948. Chalbaud had been Gallegos' minister of defense.Chin John J. https://books.google.com/books?id=WyScEAAAQBAJ Historical Dictionary of Modern Coups D'état Wright Joseph Carter David B. 2022-12-13 Rowman & Littlefield 978-1-5381-2068-2 329, 440 enLott Leo B. 1956 Executive Power in Venezuela https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0003055400067484/type/journal_article American Political Science Review en 50 2 422–441 10.2307/1951677 0003-0554 1951677 143931136 subscription Jiménez took command of the country as its dictator. Democracy would not be restored until the 1958 Venezuelan coup d'état overthrew Jiménez.Ewell Judith Venezuela since 1930 1991 The Cambridge History of Latin America 8: Latin America since 1930: Spanish South America 727–790 Bethell Leslie https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-latin-america/venezuela-since-1930/67358EE96B41D9103DF2F9D5D60FEEEC Cambridge University Press 10.1017/chol9780521266529.014 978-0-521-26652-9 subscription Aftermath The military coup was publicly justified as an institutional response by the Armed Forces to counter the perceived threats of political sectarianism and persistent agitation by factions accused of squandering opportunities to act in the nation's best interests.José Alberto Olivar 2010 Latinoamérica. Revista de estudios Latinoamericanos Prolegómenos de una dictadura militar y su filosofía del poder (1948-1958) https://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1665-85742011000100007 Days after the coup, Carlos Delgado Chalbaud privately informed the U.S. Ambassador that "Gallegos had allowed himself to be controlled by (Rómulo) Betancourt" and that Democratic Action sought to "organize its own Armed Forces and impose a Marxist government, even at the risk of civil war".Neller Ochoa 2021 CIVILIZACIÓN O BARBARIE: RÓMULO GALLEGOS Y LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS https://venezuela.fes.de/fileadmin/user_upload/documentos/GallegosNellerOchoa.pdf Fundation Friedrich Ebert Former President Gallegos, speaking from exile, declared: "What does it mean that —as confirmed by sources I consider absolutely reliable— a military attaché from a foreign power's embassy was observed acting as an advisor or collaborator at one of Caracas' main military barracks during the armed insurrection...?" These statements provoked discomfort at the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela and the White House, which delayed its recognition of the new de facto government longer than anticipated. References Venezuela Coup d'état Category:Coups d'état in Venezuela Category:1948 conflicts Category:November 1948 in South America Category:Rómulo Gallegos