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Lucas Rincon Romero
General Lucas Rincon Romero was the highest-ranking Venezuelan military officer at the time of the coup d'etat against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in 2002. He announced in a television broadcast that Chavez had resigned, "se le solicito al senor presidente la renuncia de su cargo, lo cual acepto." .
Chavez was returned to power within three days and there has since been debate as to whether the resignation, not known to exist in writing, was genuine. Chavez said in a BBC interview in October 2005 that media reports that he had renounced his position were ...
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