19.02.2026, Caracas.
The Venezuelan authorities have begun dismantling organizations that were created to support the Bolivarian Revolution, which indicates a tacit dismantling of Chávez’s legacy, Rossa Primavera News Agency‘s America Desk wrote.
Earlier, Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodríguez signed a decree reorganizing the Ministry of the Office of the President, as a result of which a number of organizations and foundations subordinate to that ministry are being dissolved. These organizations were engaged in implementing social programs, managing state projects, and overseeing structures loyal to the government.
The following are subject to dissolution: the Robert Serra Youth of the Homeland Mission Foundation, the Presidential Office of Special Plans and Projects, Propatria 2000, the Revolutionary Bolivarian Active Reserve Movement of General Félix Antonio Velásquez, the José Félix Ribas Foundation, as well as the Strategic Center for the Security and Protection of the Homeland (Ceppa).
The Robert Serra Youth of the Homeland Mission Foundation was named after one of the founders of Chávez’s movement. It was engaged in educating young people in the spirit of revolutionary values, effectively preparing a cadre reserve for the ruling party. The José Félix Ribas Foundation (named after a hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence) provided scholarships and ran educational programs, but under Maduro it was also used for political propaganda.
The Presidential Office of Special Plans and Projects and the Propatria 2000 Foundation were created to rapidly implement infrastructure and social projects while bypassing standard bureaucratic procedures. In practice, this made it possible to allocate budget funds directly to priorities determined by the president and was often accused of corruption.
The Revolutionary Bolivarian Active Reserve Movement of General Félix Antonio Velásquez was involved in military-patriotic education of reservists and retired military personnel. It served as a tool for keeping the security forces within the orbit of the ruling party’s influence. The Strategic Center for the Security and Protection of the Homeland (Ceppa) coordinated intelligence and counterintelligence activities, acting as a key body in the national security system under Maduro.
What all these structures had in common was that they ensured ideological loyalty, social control, and the management of resources outside parliamentary and public oversight. Their dissolution by Delcy Rodríguez’s new government indicates the dismantling of Chavism by the hands of Chávez’s former supporters.
