The Coup That Started in a WeWork

A new documentary about the time a small band of misguided Americans attempted to overthrow the Venezuelan government.

A close-up of a man's face with one eye looking through a gun scope. September 12, 2025, 2:20 PM Comment icon View Comments ( )

You are forgiven if you barely remember this happening.

The first week of May 2020 was a little nuts. In the United States, deaths from COVID-19 were breaking new records , approximating the particularly gruesome “a 9/11 a day” metric. And if you were in the United States, there’s a good chance that you were hitting refresh on Amazon, trying to get some N95 masks, or tallying cans of garbanzo beans in your pantry. So, when a small band of misguided men attempted to overthrow the Venezuelan governme

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