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April 17, 2002: Official Says US Was Not Aware of Coup against Chavez

2002-04-17

An unnamed US senior administration official says, “The United States did not know that there was going to be an attempt of this kind to overthrow—or to get [Venezuelan President Hugo] Chavez out of power.” [Newsday, 11/24/2004]