Venezuela, 1946 — dissident coup conspiracy
Event Summary
The dataset records an event coded as a dissident coup conspiracy in Venezuela on 1 November 1946, during the Revolutionary Government Junta headed by Romulo Betancourt of Democratic Action, which had taken power in the civic-military coup of 18 October 1945 that overthrew President Isaias Medina Angarita. The junta period, known as El Trienio Adeco, was a time of sweeping reform, including the decree of universal suffrage in 1946 and the organization of the country's first free elections, but it also generated discontent among displaced military officers and conservative sectors. The junta convened a constituent assembly election in 1946 and would hold the presidential election won by Romulo Gallegos in 1947.
No discrete documentation of a distinct coup plot on this specific date appears in accessible English sources, but the period was marked by conspiracies and military restiveness that would culminate in the November 1948 coup that overthrew Gallegos.
Researched Details
Researched
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Sources
Editorial Note
Cross-Reference
Only one dataset carries it. One of the three reference datasets we check against carries this event; the others do not list it. That is not a contradiction — the datasets cover different periods and use different thresholds — but it means the record has had less outside corroboration.
Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:
- Cline Center id
10111011946
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: The Revolutionary Government Junta under Romulo Betancourt held power and organized elections; the AD Trienio lasted until the 1948 coup.
Baseline coding: Plot discovered and disrupted before execution. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
New York Times
Chicago Tribune
Irish Times
This is the citation trail carried by the baseline dataset, grouped by outlet and rejoined from the line-wrapped original. Coup Atlas has not independently re-checked every document; read the original before citing a specific claim. URLs the import damaged beyond safe repair are shown as plain text and listed in citations-report.md. How this list is built →