El Barcelonazo was an attempted
coup d'état
A coup d'état (; ; ), or simply a coup
, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership. A self-coup is said to take place when a leader, having come to powe ...
against President
Rómulo Betancourt
Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello (22 February 1908 – 28 September 1981; ), known as "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", was a Venezuelan politician who served as the president of Venezuela, from and again from Second presidency of Rómulo ...
's government
[«Insurrección de Barcelona , Fundación Empresas Polar». ''bibliofep.fundacionempresaspolar.org''. Consultado el 24 de agosto de 2022.] that occurred in the Pedro María Freites Barracks in the city of
Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
,
Anzoategui State on 26 June, 1961.
Background
The military conspiracy had been discovered a month before the uprising, and on 30 May, several of those involved had been arrested by the government.
Details
The military took up arms at the Pedro María Freites Barracks and the Mariño Fusiliers Battalion at dawn, but they did not have the support of other parties. The government regained control and defeated the uprising. By 10:00 in the morning, the main soldiers were arrested.
Results
The uprising left 30 people dead, above 50 injured
and more than 100 arrested. Later, other movements arose in
Ciudad Bolívar
Ciudad Bolívar (; Spanish for "Bolivar City"), formerly known as Angostura and St. Thomas de Guyana, is the capital of Venezuela's southeastern Bolívar, Venezuela, Bolívar State. It lies at the spot where the Orinoco River narrows to about ...
and
La Guaira
La Guaira () is the capital city of the Venezuelan Vargas (state), state of the same name (formerly named Vargas) and the country's main port, founded in 1577 as an outlet for nearby Caracas.
The city hosts its own professional baseball team i ...
, the latter known as Guairazo, but they failed and their leaders were also arrested.
[Sánchez, Iván Darío Jiménez (1996). ''Los golpes de estado desde Castro hasta Caldera''. Centralca. ISBN 978-980-07-3511-4. Consultado el 26 de noviembre de 2022.]
See also
*
El Carupanazo
*
El Porteñazo
El Porteñazo (2 June 1962 – 6 June 1962) was a short-lived Communist military rebellion against the government of Rómulo Betancourt in Venezuela, in which rebels attempted to take over the city of Puerto Cabello, located ~ West of the capital ...
References
Rebellions in Venezuela
1961 in Venezuela
Conflicts in 1961
Rómulo Betancourt
Barcelona, Venezuela
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