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2002 Venezuelan coup attempt
Temporary ousting of President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez on 11 April 2002
2004 Haitian coup d'état
Political event in Haiti
2008 Universal Studios fire
Fire that destroyed part of Universal's backlot
2010 Haiti earthquake
Magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake
2017 Las Vegas shooting
Deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history
2019 Bolivian political crisis
Replacement of Evo Morales by Jeanine Áñez
2019 Bolivian protests
Protests against electoral fraud allegations in the 2019 Bolivian elections
Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack
Assassination of Jovenel Moïse
2021 assassination of the Haitian president
Black Lives Matter
Social movement originating in the United States
Crisis in Venezuela
Socioeconomic and political crisis in Venezuela in the 21st century
Ferguson unrest
Aftermath of the shooting of Michael Brown on August 9, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri
Flint water crisis
Contamination by lead of water supply in Flint, Michigan
George Floyd protests
2020–2022 protests following the police murder of George Floyd
Hurricane Katrina
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2005
Hurricane Maria
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2017
Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff
2015 impeachment of then-President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff for administrative misconduct
January 6 United States Capitol attack
Violent disruption of the presidential election certification on January 6, 2021
Mexican drug war
War between Mexico's government and various drug trafficking syndicates
Murder of George Floyd
2020 police murder in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Occupy Wall Street
A protest movement against economic inequality
Operation Car Wash
2014-2021 Brazilian criminal investigation into corruption
Patriot Act
2001 United States anti-terrorism law
Protests against Nicolás Maduro
Series of political demonstrations
Pulse nightclub shooting
Mass shooting in Orlando, Florida
QAnon
American far-right conspiracy theory
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
2012 mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, U.S.
September 11 attacks
2001 Islamist terror attacks in the U.S.
Tea Party movement
American fiscally conservative political movement
Telegramgate
2019 Puerto Rican political scandal
United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement
Free trade agreement
Venezuelan presidential crisis
Ongoing political crisis in Venezuela