By the time the Organization of American States' (OAS) Permanent Council met on 13 April, the coup was effectively over, and on 14 April the United States joined with other OAS members in condemning the coup and sending the OAS Secretary General on a fact-finding and diplomatic mission.
The OAS subsequently established a "mesa" dialogue process, as it had in Peru following the May 2000 elections.
At Chávez's request, the Carter Center and UNDP were also involved.
 In order to facilitate participation in this process, the anti-Chávez opposition created the Coordinadora Democrática (CD).
However, the Coordinadora Democrática continued to pursue non-electoral means to overthrow the government, and was involved in organising the Venezuelan general strike of 2002–03.
After the February 2003 collapse of that strike, the CD was much more willing to engage with the mesa process, and pushed for a binding recall referendum under Article 72 of the Constitution of Venezuela, which was ultimately agreed on 23 May 2003.
Ultimately the CD rejected the outcome of the 2004 Venezuelan recall referendum, which saw 59% of the vote for Chávez, despite the OAS and Carter Center's authentication of the result.
By the time the Organization of American States' (OAS) Permanent Council met on 13 April, the coup was effectively over, and on 14 April the United States joined with other OAS members in condemning the coup and sending the OAS Secretary General on a fact-finding and diplomatic mission. The OAS subsequently established a "mesa" dialogue process, as it had in Peru following the May 2000 elections. At Chávez's request, the Carter Center and UNDP were also involved.  In order to facilitate participation in this process, the anti-Chávez opposition created the Coordinadora Democrática (CD). However, the Coordinadora Democrática continued to pursue non-electoral means to overthrow the government, and was involved in organising the Venezuelan general strike of 2002–03. After the February 2003 collapse of that strike, the CD was much more willing to engage with the mesa process, and pushed for a binding recall referendum under Article 72 of the Constitution of Venezuela, which was ultimately agreed on 23 May 2003. Ultimately the CD rejected the outcome of the 2004 Venezuelan recall referendum, which saw 59% of the vote for Chávez, despite the OAS and Carter Center's authentication of the result.
2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt