Events from the year 1988 in Venezuela
Incumbents President: Jaime Lusinchi Vice-president: none - title in abeyance
Events October 29 – Massacre of El Amparo: 14 fishermen are killed by a joint military-police unit.Amnesty International, 31 March 1993, Venezuela: The Amparo Massacre: Four years on December 4 – In the 1988 Venezuelan general election,Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 Carlos Andrés Pérez of Democratic Action is elected president with 52.9% of the vote,Nohlen, p582 while Democratic Action win the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate, on a turnout of 81.9% in the presidential election and 81.7% in the Congressional elections.Nohlen, p556
Births February 8 – Andreína Tarazón, politician June 8 – Reinaldo Zavarce, actor and singer June 10 – Milagro Valero, politician October 26 – Nosliw Rodríguez, politician Yendri Sánchez, known for breaking into public acts of various personalities
Deaths November 26 – Antonio Estévez, composer (born 1916)
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