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The Caracazo and the Rupture of Venezuela's Social Pact — Fexingo History

The Caracazo and the Rupture of Venezuela's Social Pact — Fexingo History

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 In February 1989, Venezuela was one of the richest countries in Latin America, flush with oil wealth. But when President Carlos Andrés Pérez announced an IMF austerity package—known as the Paquete—the poor of Caracas erupted. The protests turned into looting, then a state crackdown that killed hundreds, possibly thousands. This episode dives into the Caracazo, the uprising that shattered the Punto Fijo system and exposed the hollow promise of oil riches. We explore the economic background: the 1983 'Black Friday' devaluation, the foreign debt crisis, and the IMF's structural adjustment. We follow the protests from the shantytowns of Petare and Catia to the wealthy neighborhoods of Altamira and Las Mercedes. We discuss the government's response: the suspension of constitutional guarantees, the military deployment, and the massacres at 23 de Enero and El Valle. We consider the long-term consequences: the delegitimization of the two-party system, the rise of Hugo Chávez, and the seeds of the Bolivarian Revolution. This is the story of Venezuela's social contract breaking down—and the bloodshed that marked a turning point in modern Venezuelan history.

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