%0 Journal Article %T Del 11 al 13 de abril. Del efecto de una condena a la revuelta pol¨ªtica: imaginarios en desacuerdo en una ¨¦poca de transici¨®n pol¨ªtico-cultural %J Revista Venezolana de Econom¨ªa y Ciencias Sociales %D 2005 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X this article examines the april 2002 coup and the popular and military response two days later. it starts with a brief presentation of the crisis of representation in the nineties and the two alternative discourses competing for hegemony as a result. it then offers an interpretation of the impact in terms of social imaginary of ch¨¢vez£¿ electoral victory in 1998, and the subsequent polarization between the nationalist-democratic and the neoliberal-technocratic discourses that imbued the political forces that opposed each other during the coup. %K imaginaries %K neoliberalism %K democracy %K conflicts %K antagonisms %K venezuela. %U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1315-64112005000300003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en