"La Cadena" is the Chavez forced television and radio broadcast to the nation on April 11, 2002, it also documents the events as they unfolded on the street of Venezuela which led to the "coup" or non-signed resignation of Hugo Chavez. On April 11, 2002 after three days of protests, approximately 500,000 - 1 milliion Venezuelans marched to the presidential palace demanding the resignation of Hugo Chavez. As a result Hugo Chavez ordered all Television stations knocked off the air so he could address the nation via one of his "cadenas". This documentary is the cadena given by Hugo Chavez that day and also documents the events on the street during its broadcast, which were mostly not seen by Venezuelans at home due to the forced media blackout by the government.

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