Above Photo: Pedro Carmona swearing in as president following the April 2002 coup. The enduring legacy of Venezuela's short-lived 2002 coup d'etat, and the subsequent countercoup, for US-Latin American relations. On April 11, 2002, Venezuela's democratically elected government, headed by Hugo Chávez Frías, was ousted in a military coup d'etat. Then, dramatically, two days later, the …<\/span><\/p>\nAna Perdigón<\/span> (2022-04-15)<\/span>.