![President Hugo Chávez in prison after his failed coup d’etat in 1992.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/38%20President%20Hugo%20Chavez%20in%20Prison.jpg?itok=n16ACPf9)
President Hugo Chávez in Prison
![Graffiti in Caracas, Venezuela.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/41%20Away%20Imperialism.jpg?itok=mhi0l7Cy)
Away Imperialism
![This sign from 2014 limits customers to only three packages of toilet paper per person.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2%20Toilet%20Paper%20Shortage.jpg?itok=c8YfOBan)
Toilet Paper Shortage
![President Hugo Chávez greeting supporters ahead of his election as president in 1998.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/3%20Hugo%20Chavez.jpg?itok=bOzasGw3)
President Hugo Chávez
![President Nicolás Maduro.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4%20Nicolas%20Maduro.jpg?itok=fMd7lE9J)
Nicolás Maduro
![Venezuelan intellectual Arturo Uslar Pietri.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/5%20Arturo%20Uslar%20Pietri.jpg?itok=El4d4oZF)
Arturo Uslar Pietri
![Petróleos de Venezuela, SA.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/6%20Petroleos%20de%20Venezuela%2C%20SA%20Building.jpg?itok=sOlk2YzW)
Petróleos de Venezuela, SA Building
![President Cipriano Castro.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/9%20Cipriano%20Castro.jpg?itok=C8L7C3nD)
Cipriano Castro
![President Juan Vicente Gómez.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/10%20Juan%20Vicente%20Gomez.jpg?itok=kTPwMn02)
Juan Vicente Gómez
![President Eleazar López Contreras.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/11%20Eleazar%20Lopez%20Contreras.jpg?itok=-9VSk8uW)
Juan Vicente Gómez
![President Isaías Medina Angarita.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/12%20Isaias%20Medina%20Angarita.jpg?itok=TvXuOmnm)
Isaías Medina Angarita
Rómulo Betancourt
![President Marcos Pérez Jiménez.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/14%20Marcos%20Perez%20Jimenez.jpg?itok=VHV0Cq2O)
Marcos Pérez Jiménez
![Rafael Caldera, Jóvito Villalba, and Rómulo Betancourt.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/15%20Pact%20of%20Punto%20Fijo.jpg?itok=QYuCUgWY)
Pact of Punto Fijo
Social Christian Party
![Police patrolling after the riots, known as Caracazo.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/18%20Caracazo%20Riots.jpg?itok=_ewMC_si)
Caracazo Riots
![President Hugo Chávez memorabilia.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/21%20Chavez%20Memorabilia.jpg?itok=bObRQYWv)
Chávez Memorabilia
![President Hugo Chávez at a meeting of the Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/22%20Partido%20Socialista%20Unido%20de%20Venezuela.jpg?itok=_Nduibqw)
Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela Meeting
![A 2007 rally to celebrate the fifth anniversary of President Hugo Chávez surviving the 2002 coup attempt.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/23%20Chavez%20Rally.jpg?itok=TmlUyDF7)
Chávez Rally
![A social mission class in northern Venezuela.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/24%20Social%20Mission%20Class.png?itok=rv8jkGnB)
Social Mission Class
![President Hugo Chávez befriended Fidel Castro in the 1990s.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/25%20Castro%20and%20Chavez.jpg?itok=6mTWhdoQ)
Castro and Chávez
![Many stores like this one in 2013 had empty shelves.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/27%20Empty%20Shelves.png?itok=9d6-6gmA)
Empty Shelves
![A line of customers outside a grocery store in 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/28%20Shortage%20of%20Goods.jpg?itok=PZ_NxPEi)
Shortage of Goods
![Protestors demonstrating while people seeking to buy basic goods in short supply line up outside a store.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/29%20Protesting%20Shortages.jpg?itok=t-Nzo8uO)
Protesting Shortages
![A protest against the arrest of protestors.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/32%20Protesting%20Political%20Prisoners.jpg?itok=I2uDG6aI)
Protesting Political Prisoners
![A 2014 sign detailing why Venezuelans protest.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/35%20Why%20Venezuelans%20Protest.jpg?itok=UalpMN2v)
Why Venezuelans Protest
![A newspaper headline the day after President Hugo Chávez lost a referendum.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/42%20Venezuela%20Says%20No.jpg?itok=Jad1lkE4)
Venezuela Says No
![Protesters and National Guard troops clashed during an anti-Maduro protest in 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/43%20Protesters%20and%20National%20Guard%20Clash.jpg?itok=4wMdfx8p)
Protesters and National Guard Clash