Venezuela also boasted one of the region’s most vibrant civil societies, with some of its freest and most vigorous media. With the exception of the Caracazo – a wave of protests against free-market reforms in 1989 that resulted in an estimated 3,000 deaths – there were only minor bouts of repression.
委内瑞拉还坐拥拉美地区最有活力的公民社会以及最自由、最有力的媒体。除了加拉加索事件外（Caracazo，1989年的反自由市场改革的抗议潮，造成约3000人死亡），只发生过零星小规模镇压。