The Caracazo happened in a country.
The Caracazo , or sacudón , is the name given to the wave of protests , riots , looting , shootings and massacres that began on 27 February 1989 in Venezuela 's capital , Caracas , and the surrounding towns.
Venezuela -LRB- -LSB- vɛnəˈzweɪlə -RSB- ; -LSB- beneˈswela -RSB- -RRB- , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela -LRB- República Bolivariana de Venezuela -RRB- , is a federal republic located on the northern coast of South America.
The country has extremely high biodiversity -LRB- ranked 7th in the world 's list of nations with the most number of species -RRB- , with habitats ranging from the Andes Mountains in the west to the Amazon Basin rain-forest in the south , via extensive llanos plains and Caribbean coast in the center and the Orinoco River Delta in the east.
