The failed coup that Hugo Chavez led in 1992 was organized in cooperation with the clandestine organizations MBR, PRV, Red Flag and the Socialist League.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Chavez��s early ties with the FARC and ELN

Then in 1971, Hugo Chavez entered the Military School and immediately established contacts with the PRV through his brother, Adam, and began organizing the clandestine Bolivarian Revolutionary Movement (MBR) to recruit other military personnel for the revolution.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Chavez's early ties with the FARC and ELN