The Coup: From the Ashes

Episode 8  |  How did Hugo Chávez return to power after the 2002 coup?

In this episode, we follow the chaotic hours after Chávez was removed from power, the rise of Pedro Carmona’s short-lived interim government, the disastrous Carmona Decree, and the reversal that brought Chávez back to power less than 48 hours later. 

April 2002 would become one of the great founding myths of Chavismo. 

But the real story is more complicated. 

This is the story of how Hugo Chávez rose from the ashes.