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. December 4 – In the 1988 Venezuelan general election, Carlos Andrés Pérez of Democratic Action is elected president with 52.9% of the vote, 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.
Births
February 8 – Andreína Tarazón, politician
June 8 – Reinaldo Zavarce, actor and singer
October 26 – Nosliw Rodríguez, politician
Yendri Sánchez, known for breaking into public acts of various personalities
Deaths
November 26 – Antonio Estévez, composer (b. 1916)
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