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Chavez staged the coup. After the "coup," he was taken to
Isla la Orchila, ostensibly under house arrest. Later,
it turned out his captors were close associates.
Chavez staged the coup for two reasons, 1. to find out
who was loyal to him and who was not, and 2. to
scapegoat the United States and other "enemies of his
Proletarian dictatorship."

"Chavez is said to be held on a Venezuelan island and
has been “badly treated,” according to an interview
with his daughter on Cuban television." (MSNBC, April 13th)

"According to Fernandez's analysis, contrary to popular
understanding, the armed forces of Venezuela were not
all against Chavez. Most of those against him had
already been replaced. And when Chavez's security was
at stake during the mass demonstrations that broke out
around Miraflores, those loyal to him intervened, took
him to safer ground and provided him protection for the
following 24 hours." (NewsMax, April 18th)