Feb 4, 2025 · The dismissal of charges against Chávez might have been a mere historical footnote—similar to when Caldera pardoned Miguel Silvio Sanz, a jailer from the Pérez Jiménez …

Venezuelans were able to listen to Caldera's speeches after Andrés Eloy Blanco, President of the National Constituent Assembly, granted Caldera's request to allow live radio broadcast of the …

During the uprising, Chavez was sent to jail but was never convicted in order to appease the military force. The newly elected president, Rafael Caldera, pardoned him, opening the doors for Chavez’s …

Rafael Caldera, a former establishment figure who ran outside the old party system won the election. Caldera issued a legal pardon to Chávez and other coup participants, aiming to defuse military …

CARACAS, Oct. 21 -- The retired Venezuelan military officer who led a coup attempt in 1992 stepped up his criticism Friday of President Rafael Caldera, the man who signed his pardon.

Although he formally ended the bipartisan system by running on a new ticket called Convergencia Nacional, his government was hobbled by a banking crisis in 1994 and failed to make good on …

Pérez discusses Chávez's conspiracy, Caldera's role in the current political crisis, and the realities of the crisis within his own government, from which he was removed for corruption.

Hero's welcome. But the charismatic Chavez, who negotiated an honourable discharge before agreeing to the presidential pardon, immediately made clear that he intended to carry on being a thorn in the …

Aug 11, 2023 · Caldera se opuso a la forma como se convocó, porque dijo que sería una ruptura del hilo constitucional. Con ella se acabó la prohibición de reelección inmediata y la alternabilidad en el poder.

Dec 24, 2009 · Rafael Antonio Caldera, a two-time president who helped establish democracy in Venezuela and issued the pardon that allowed Hugo Chavez to rise to power, died Thursday in …