VENEZUELA: BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN BURNED AND LOOTED AND THE ARMY DEPLOYED ON THE STREETS OF CARACAS

Record ID: 646663

  • Title: VENEZUELA: BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN BURNED AND LOOTED AND THE ARMY DEPLOYED ON THE STREETS OF CARACAS
  • Date: 15th April 2002
  • Summary: (U1) CARACAS, VENEZUELA (APRIL 15, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SV OF SOLDIERS GUARDING LOOTED AREAS (3 SHOTS) 0.21 2. SV OF FIREFIGHTERS CHECKING BURNED BUSINESSES (2 SHOTS) 0.34 3. SLV/SV VARIOUS OF DESTROYED BUSINESSES (4 SHOTS) 1.06 4. MCU (Spanish) KLEILA TABARES, A NEIGHBOUR OF LOOTED AREA SAYING: "There was nothing left. They looted everything. They had no right to do something like this. This is not our fault." 1.13 5. MCU (Spanish) DENIS DE SILVA, A LOOTING VICTIM, SAYING: "We are the ones that are affected, because now who is going to help us? The insurance won't pay anything." 1.20 6. SV FIREMEN ENTER BURNED DOWN BUILDING 1.26 7. SV/SLV VARIOUS OF POLICE GUARDING LOOTED AREA (3 SHOTS) 1.39 8. CU/SV OF SHOPS WITH GRAFFITI READING "THIS WAS ALREADY LOOTED" (2 SHOTS) 1.51 9. SLV/SV METROPOLITAN POLICE PATROLING AREA (4 SHOTS) 2.11 10. MCU (Spanish) HENRY VIVAS, METROPOLITAN POLICE CHIEF, SAYING: "The doors of our institution are totally open to any kind of investigation. As a security institution of the State we are the first ones required to set an example and open our doors. We are not going to hide anything." 2.27 11. SV/LV VARIOUS OF BREAK-IN (3 SHOTS) 2.41 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 30th April 2002 13:00
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  • Location: CARACAS, VENEZUELA
  • Country: Venezuela
  • Reuters ID: LVA4RB5RAH3YG1DOKLRF47BFCNX
  • Story Text: Businesses have been burned and looted and the army
    deployed on the streets of a neighborhood in Caracas,
    Venezuela, to maintain public order in the wake of the
    attempted toppling of President Hugo Chavez.



    Amid persistent uncertainty and confusion, businesses
    have been looted and burned in Caracas, the capital city of
    Venezuela, while political leaders try hard to restore
    normality in the aftermath of the attempted coup against
    President Hugo Chavez.

    Meanwhile, agents of a federal police agency broke into
    the headquarters of the Motorized Metropolitan Police and
    apparently searched for unspecified documents pertaining to
    Chavez's critics.

    Soldiers were deployed in a neighbourhood of Caracas
    where the looting occurred to enforce public order. There were
    no reports of arrests or clashes between police, soldiers and
    civilians.

    The clean-up after the failed coup headed by high ranking
    military officers and Pedro Carmona, a wealthy businessman,
    continued in spite of repeated promises by Chavez that there
    won't be a witch-hunt.


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