There is significant evidence and expert professional consensus Hezbollah (Shia Islamist organization) has an established presence and is operating in Venezuela. The relationship between Hezbollah and Venezuela is a deeply entrenched and concerning one, characterized by political alignment, financial facilitation, and logistical support for illicit activities. This connection has evolved over decades, largely due to Venezuela's ties with Iran and its own internal issues with corruption and transnational organized crime. This infrastructure has been developed becuase at a foundational level Hezbollah exists in opposition to Israel. Here's a summary of Hezbollah activities and connections:
Fundraising and Illicit Activities
Iranian Proxy
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Hezbollah's primary motivation for its presence in Latin America, including Venezuela, is fundraising for its global and Lebanon-based operations. They are involved in various illicit activities to generate revenue, including:
• Drug and contraband smuggling (cocaine, charcoal, textiles, beef, cigarettes, liquors, electronics)• Money laundering through various schemes, including used car sales, casinos, and front companies.• Identity theft and document fraud (producing falsified passports, driver's licenses).• Potential involvement in illegal gold mining operations in Venezuela.• Arms trafficking.
Strong Ties to the Venezuelan Government
Hezbollah has long-standing and well-documented political ties with the Venezuelan government, particularly under the Chavez and Maduro regimes. Key aspects of this relationship include:
• High-ranking Venezuelan government officials, like former Interior Minister Tareck El Aissami, have been implicated in facilitating Hezbollah's activities, including issuing fake passports and facilitating travel for Hezbollah members.Operational Hub and Training
• There are reports of political alliances between Hezbollah's Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and President Maduro.
• Venezuela has been described as a source of political, financial, and logistical support for Hezbollah within Latin America.
Venezuela, especially Margarita Island, is considered a safe haven and a critical hub for Hezbollah's regional operations. There are reports of:
• Hezbollah operating cells in Venezuela since the 1990s.
• Training camps on Margarita Island for recruits from Venezuela and other Latin American countries.
Recruitment and Diaspora
The large Lebanese diaspora in Venezuela (and other South American countries) has served as a pool for Hezbollah's recruitment and infiltration efforts.
Iranian Proxy
Hezbollah operates as a proxy for Iran, and Iran's increased influence in Latin America has directly facilitated Hezbollah's presence and activities in Venezuela. Venezuela serves as Iran's entry point into Latin America.
Considering Venezuela's permissive environment, along with the Venezuelan government's ties to Iran and its own issues with corruption and transnational crime, has allowed Hezbollah to establish a significant and active network for fundraising and, potentially, operational planning in the region.
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Open Letter to President Trump: How you can reframe Iran and win back MAGA support
By Jon Rappoport | June 19, 2025
Here's a vital question: when months ago you said you might have to send troops down into Mexico to destroy the drug cartels, did people like Tucker Carlson and Steve Bannon scream at you, for dragging the US into a foreign war?
NO.
Why not?
Because they saw the simple truth. You were defending America against a direct threat, against the cartels and their drugs, their human trafficking, their crimes against the people of this country.
Well, Iran is very much like the drug cartels, although Americans don't know it.
You can make them know it.
Here’s an outline of your speech to the nation. As you tell the TRUTH.
ONE: Iran funds and backs the terror organization, Hezbollah.
TWO: Hezbollah is very active in South America, working hand in glove with the outlaw President Maduro of Venezuela to ship gigantic amounts of drugs into the US.
THREE: DEA indictments and records, think-tank and NGO reports, and other documents provide a mountain of evidence of this Hezbollah-Maduro operation.
FOUR: Hezbollah agents have been captured on American soil, planning to set off bombs, surveilling and hacking infrastructure, carrying out espionage. Your FBI has the names and charges and prison sentences. Basel Bassel Ebbadi, Ali Kourani, Alexei Saab, etc.
FIVE: Hezbollah has been using vicious Venezuelan gangsters inside America to help run the drug operation.
SIX: Hezbollah is creature of Iran. Iran is using this terrorist organization to make huge profits and attack America.
SEVEN: There is evidence that other terror groups backed by Iran (Qods Force, Hamas, PIJ) are involved in arms trafficking and destabilizing operations against America.
Iran has been directly attacking America.
You can make this case because it's true.
Your MAGA base supported you when you said a military operation against the Mexican cartels could be necessary.
A US operation against the Iran government/military, intelligence services ranks on the same level.
Convincing the MAGA base of that would be your job.
And you would at least have a puncher's chance.
Many of us recall the 1960s, when this country went way off the rails, when DO YOUR OWN THING became "the new Constitution," and people decided drugs were a ticket to freedom. Those who didn't kill themselves now know that drugs are self-destruction and a ticket to Nowhere.
Iran and its drug-trafficking terror groups are banking on the premise that this country can never regain its moral compass.
Your job would be to prove them wrong.
It's a tall mountain to climb, but you've said, over and over again, that you can win Herculean struggles.
Try this one.
You'll be surprised at how many people back you up.
Even if MAGA people won't support a military operation against Iran, at least they'll understand Iran IS America's enemy, not just Israel's enemy.
-- Jon Rappoport
Considering Venezuela's permissive environment, along with the Venezuelan government's ties to Iran and its own issues with corruption and transnational crime, has allowed Hezbollah to establish a significant and active network for fundraising and, potentially, operational planning in the region.
________
Open Letter to President Trump: How you can reframe Iran and win back MAGA support
By Jon Rappoport | June 19, 2025
Here's a vital question: when months ago you said you might have to send troops down into Mexico to destroy the drug cartels, did people like Tucker Carlson and Steve Bannon scream at you, for dragging the US into a foreign war?
NO.
Why not?
Because they saw the simple truth. You were defending America against a direct threat, against the cartels and their drugs, their human trafficking, their crimes against the people of this country.
Well, Iran is very much like the drug cartels, although Americans don't know it.
You can make them know it.
Here’s an outline of your speech to the nation. As you tell the TRUTH.
ONE: Iran funds and backs the terror organization, Hezbollah.
TWO: Hezbollah is very active in South America, working hand in glove with the outlaw President Maduro of Venezuela to ship gigantic amounts of drugs into the US.
THREE: DEA indictments and records, think-tank and NGO reports, and other documents provide a mountain of evidence of this Hezbollah-Maduro operation.
FOUR: Hezbollah agents have been captured on American soil, planning to set off bombs, surveilling and hacking infrastructure, carrying out espionage. Your FBI has the names and charges and prison sentences. Basel Bassel Ebbadi, Ali Kourani, Alexei Saab, etc.
FIVE: Hezbollah has been using vicious Venezuelan gangsters inside America to help run the drug operation.
SIX: Hezbollah is creature of Iran. Iran is using this terrorist organization to make huge profits and attack America.
SEVEN: There is evidence that other terror groups backed by Iran (Qods Force, Hamas, PIJ) are involved in arms trafficking and destabilizing operations against America.
Iran has been directly attacking America.
You can make this case because it's true.
Your MAGA base supported you when you said a military operation against the Mexican cartels could be necessary.
A US operation against the Iran government/military, intelligence services ranks on the same level.
Convincing the MAGA base of that would be your job.
And you would at least have a puncher's chance.
Many of us recall the 1960s, when this country went way off the rails, when DO YOUR OWN THING became "the new Constitution," and people decided drugs were a ticket to freedom. Those who didn't kill themselves now know that drugs are self-destruction and a ticket to Nowhere.
Iran and its drug-trafficking terror groups are banking on the premise that this country can never regain its moral compass.
Your job would be to prove them wrong.
It's a tall mountain to climb, but you've said, over and over again, that you can win Herculean struggles.
Try this one.
You'll be surprised at how many people back you up.
Even if MAGA people won't support a military operation against Iran, at least they'll understand Iran IS America's enemy, not just Israel's enemy.
-- Jon Rappoport
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