El Barcelonazo

El Barcelonazo was an attempted coup d'état against President Rómulo Betancourt's government^[1] that occurred in the Pedro María Freites Barracks in the city of Barcelona, Anzoategui State on 26 June, 1961.

El Barcelonazo
Part of the Venezuelan coups d'etat
Date 26 June 1961 Location Barcelona, Venezuela Result Government victory
Belligerents
Government	Rebel units
Commanders and leaders
Rómulo Betancourt	Luis Alberto Vivas Ramírez Rubén Massó Perdomo Tesalio Murillo
Casualties and losses
Over 30 dead Over 50 wounded Rebel leaders arrested

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.^[2]

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.^[3] The government regained control and defeated the uprising. By 10:00 in the morning, the main soldiers were arrested.^{[citation needed]}

Results

The uprising left 30 people dead, above 50 injured^[1] and more than 100 arrested. Later, other movements arose in Ciudad Bolívar and La Guaira, the latter known as Guairazo, but they failed and their leaders were also arrested.^[4]

See also

• El Carupanazo
• El Porteñazo

References

1. «Insurrección de Barcelona | Fundación Empresas Polar». bibliofep.fundacionempresaspolar.org. Consultado el 24 de agosto de 2022.
2. «Interioridades del "Barcelonazo" | Cámara de Comercio, Industria y Servicios de Caracas». camaradecaracas.com. Consultado el 19 de enero de 2023.
3. "56 años de la insurrección militar". El Barcelonazo. 26 June 2017.
4. 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.