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- Francisco Javier Arias Cárdenas is a Venezuelan politician and career military officer. He is currently Venezuelan Ambassador to the United Nations. He graduated from the Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences in Caracas, the Universidad de Los Andes in Mérida, and the Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogotá, Colombia. Arias joined Hugo Chávez's clandestine organization, the MBR-200, in 1985, and with Chávez went on to lead a coup attempt against the government of Carlos Andrés Pérez on February 4, 1992. Arias was in charge of the battalion that took over the city of Maracaibo. Despite the success of Arias' battalion, the coup failed when Chávez surrendered to the government. Arias was detained and imprisoned until 1994, when he was pardoned by Rafael Caldera. In 1993, Arias split with Chávez and left the MBR-200, disagreeing with the group's then-strategy of electoral abstentionism. In 1995, Arias ran for governor of Zulia State, as a candidate of Radical Cause. When preliminary results showed the candidate of Acción Democrática winning, people rioted. Things returned to normal later the same day after a final recount of the votes showed Arias as the winner of the election. In 1998, Arias supported Chávez in his bid for the presidency, while he ran again for the governorship of Zulia. Both won their respective elections. Over time, Arias became critical of Chávez' policies and actions. In 2000, when new presidential elections were called following the approval of a new constitution, Arias contested the election against Chávez, but lost. Despite his loss, Arias remained in politics at the head of his newly formed political party, Partido Unión. On 11 April 2002 Arias responded in a televised interview to the killings that occurred during demonstrations on April 11, 2002 prior to the 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt. At a time when it was widely reported that Chávez was responsible for the killings, he referred to Chávez as a "murderer," "paranoid," and "possessed," who had to be held accountable for ordering snipers to fire on protesting crowds. He repeated that Chávez could not be supported "for one more second.... a murdering president stained with the blood of the Venezuelan people. " After his restoration to office, Chávez accused the opposition of using the snipers to create the atmosphere needed for the coup. On February 4, 2006, Chávez announced that Arias would be rejoining his government. On May 1, 2006, Arias was designated Venezuela's ambassador to the United Nations.
- Francisco Javier Arias Cárdenas es un político y militar venezolano, actualmente es miembro de la Comisión Promotora encargada por el presidente Hugo Chávez para la conformación del Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela.
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