The Venezuelan dictatorship supports far-left groups to sow political division within the United States
According to Washington Examiner, the connection between Chávez and left-wing movements in the United States dates back to 2006, when the Venezuelan leader called from the World Social Forum held in Caracas to create a US left-wing network that would act as a "fifth column" against the policies of the North American country. That call reportedly led, in 2007, to the creation of the US Social Forum (USSF), considered an incubator for the future founders of BLM.
The article recalls that Alicia Garza, another of BLM's founders, was actively involved in organizing the first US Social Forum, while Patrisse Cullors and Tometi herself also had direct or indirect participation in the meetings. Garza, quoted in her own book The Purpose of Power (2020), acknowledged that this experience was decisive in her left-wing political formation and in her subsequent role during the Ferguson riots in 2014.
Washington Examiner adds that after the formal creation of BLM in 2013, the relationship with the Chavista regime remained active. In 2015, Opal Tometi invited dictator Nicolás Maduro to participate in an event in Harlem, New York, alongside actor Danny Glover, and that same year she served as an election observer in Venezuela, where she drafted a manifesto in support of the "Bolivarian revolution" on behalf of Black Lives Matter.
The outlet notes that with the progressive weakening of BLM in the United States, Maduro's regime shifted its focus to "antifascist" movements. In the past year, the Venezuelan dictatorship organized at least five major international events on this topic, including the World Congress against Fascism and Neofascism held in September 2024, and the International Antifascist Festival, which took place in January 2025 with the participation of more than 2,000 attendees from 125 countries.
This strategy by Caracas seeks to keep its ideological influence abroad alive, replacing the BLM network, now in decline and fragmented, with new radical far-left movements more aligned with its revolutionary narrative, such as Antifa.
The article concludes that the alliance between Chavismo and left-wing groups within the United States had not only ideological implications, but also operational and financial ones, constituting "a sustained effort to export the Bolivarian project to the heart of American society."
The American outlet Washington Examiner published an extensive report claiming that the Venezuelan regime led by Nicolás Maduro is facing growing pressure from President Donald Trump's administration due to its use of the cartels it controls to smuggle drugs into the United States.
According to the article, last week Trump himself stated that he had authorized covert CIA operations inside the South American country, a measure that represents a significant escalation in the confrontation between both governments.
However, according to Washington Examiner, Caracas's aggressions are not limited to drug trafficking. The Chavista regime has for years promoted far-left movements aimed at sowing political division within the United States, first by supporting Black Lives Matter (BLM) and now the terrorist group Antifa.
The outlet notes that "one can learn a lot about which domestic anti-American groups are emerging by the support they receive from our enemies abroad, especially Venezuela, but also Iran, Cuba, and China."
The report asserts that the Venezuelan dictatorship's support for BLM began during the government of dictator Hugo Chávez. Washington Examiner cites the testimony of a former high-ranking Venezuelan official, close to Chávez and currently a defector, who claims to have been present in late 2012 when the then-Chavista leader handed Opal Tometi, one of the founders of Black Lives Matter, "suitcases full of dollars, at least 20 million," intended to "project the Bolivarian revolutionary project onto the streets of the United States."
The defector, who according to the outlet collaborates with the US government and provided evidence of the link between the Chavista regime and the Cartel of the Suns, described that the meeting took place at the Palacio de Miraflores, in a suite known as the "Japanese Suite." At that meeting, Tometi was reportedly accompanied by three other African American women and actor Danny Glover, a well-known supporter of the regimes in Cuba and Venezuela.
