VENEZUELA: DOZENS OF STORES AND BANKS ARE LOOTED IN DOWNTOWN CARACAS AFTER HUGO CHARVEZ IS REINSTATED AS VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT

Record ID: 566161

  • Title: VENEZUELA: DOZENS OF STORES AND BANKS ARE LOOTED IN DOWNTOWN CARACAS AFTER HUGO CHARVEZ IS REINSTATED AS VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT
  • Date: 14th April 2002
  • Summary: (U5) CARACAS, VENEZUELA (APRIL 14 2002) (REUTERS) 1. SV'S: MAN CARRYING FURNITURE DOWN STREET FILLED WITH LITTER; MAN CARRYING TABLE DOWN STREET (2 SHOTS) 0.07 2. SV/MV/PAN: POLICEMAN WITH RIFLE; BURNT-OUT SHOP WITH FIREMEN AT SCENE; POLICEMAN WITH RIFLE WALKING BY (3 SHOTS) 0.21 3. VARIOUS: FIREMEN ON LADDER ABOVE SHOP; FIRE BURNING INSIDE SHOP (3 SHOTS) 0.33 4. WIDE OF STREET LITTERED WITH CHARRED ITEMS 0.41 5. SLV: POLICEMAN FIRING ON LOOTERS/ RUNNING AFTER PEOPLE HEADING INTO SHOP; PEOPLE RUNNING FROM THE SHOOTING 0.57 6. MV: WOMAN WITH BAGS OUTSIDE DESTROYED SHOP 1.02 7. SV'S/LV: POLICE VEHICLE; POLICE VEHICLE MOVING DOWN LOOTED STREET; STREET WITH SMOKE RISING THE BACKGROUND (3 SHOTS) 1.24 8. VARIOUS: FIRE-FIGHTERS ENTERING SMOULDERING SHOP UNDER SHUTTERS; SHOPFRONTS SMOULDERING; BANK WITH SMASHED WINDOW (5 SHOTS) 1.44 9. VARIOUS OF AREA/ SMASHED WINDOWS (3 SHOTS) 2.01 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 29th April 2002 13:00
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  • Location: CARACAS, VENEZUELA
  • Country: Venezuela
  • Reuters ID: LVA23C6K5P7K7S7N2CMTCZZ1ST0L
  • Story Text: Dozens of stores and banks have been attacked and
    looted in downtown Caracas after Hugo Chavez was reinstated as
    President of Venezuela following two days of massive political
    upheaval.


    Sporadic violence continued in several parts of Venezuela's
    capital on Sunday (April 14, 2002), following two days
    of political uncertainty in which the country had two new
    presidents before returning to their original leader populist
    Hugo Chavez.

    Just moments after the announce of Chavez return to power,
    hundreds of people went to downtown Caracas and started
    breaking windows at banks and forcing down doors of stores and
    supermarkets.

    According to the police the looters were supporters of
    Chavez.

    Some of the streets in the capital were littered with the
    charred remains of items which had been in shops. Anyone
    caught trying to loot in the area was frightened off by
    gunfire from police and private security patrols.

    Firemen continued to put out fires which smouldered well
    into the afternoon. There were no reports on injuries or
    deaths but police says that, at least 50 people were arrested.

    Hugo Chavez returned to the presidency in a conciliatory
    mood following Friday's (April 12) military coup which
    collapsed in the face of a rebellion by loyalist troops and
    massive protests.

    Meanwhile President Hugo Chavez remained in the
    presidential palace of Miraflores and made no statements on
    the situation. In his reinstitution speech earlier on Sunday,
    Chavez had been conciliatory, insisted he had not been
    mistreated and recognized that both
    his government and his opponents had made mistakes.


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