February 1992 Venezuelan coup attempt

February 1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt
	Part of the Bolivarian Revolution
	; Top to bottom, left to right: MBR-200 combatant seeking cover; an APC on the steps of Miraflores Palace; government loyalist troops deploying to combat MBR-200; and MBR-200 troops arrested following the coup attempt's failure
Date	4 February 1992
Location	Venezuela
Result	Failed to depose the Carlos Andrés Pérez government. Hugo Chávez and participants arrested;
Belligerents
Venezuelan Government Venezuelan Armed Forces;	MBR-200; Cuba (alleged) DGI;
Commanders and leaders
Carlos Andrés Pérez; Gen. Fernando Antich	Hugo Chávez; Francisco Arias
Military support
Army loyalists	Military rebels
Casualties and losses
	32 killed (officially) and 130 injured.

The Venezuelan coup attempt of February 1992 was an attempt to seize control of the government of Venezuela by the Hugo Chávez-led Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200 (MBR-200) that took place on 4 February 1992. The coup was directed against President Carlos Andrés Pérez and occurred in a period marked by economic liberalization reforms, which were attempted in order to decrease the country's level of indebtedness and had caused major protests and social unrest. Despite their failure to depose the government of Pérez, the February coup attempts brought Chávez into the national spotlight. It was followed by another coup attempt on November of that year.