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A Drone Factory Has Been Installed at the Most Important Air Force Base in Venezuela With the Support of Iran. Sanctioned Cargo Planes Make Strategic Deliveries, and the Cooperation Concerns the Neighborhood — Including Brazil.
While much of the world looks at conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, a silent (and not so subtle) movement has been happening right here in our backyard. The establishment of an Iranian military base in Venezuela, with drone production and joint operations with Nicolás Maduro’s regime, is already a reality — and the red alert is on.
At El Libertador Air Base, the most strategic in the Caribbean country, Iranian cargo planes are landing with increasing frequency. The latest, a Boeing 747 from Fars Air Qeshm, landed on March 30, 2025, loaded with who knows what. And all of this is happening in broad daylight.
Drone Factory Operating at the Military Base
The nerve center of this cooperation is the drone factory set up inside the military base, which is already reportedly producing models such as the Shahed-131 — the same one used by Russia in the war in Ukraine — and the Mohager-6, equipped with precision munitions. These equipment are being operated by Venezuelan military personnel trained directly by Iranian instructors.
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At the site, the drones have received “Bolivarian” names: the Shahed has been renamed Zamora V-1, in an attempt to create its own identity, but the Iranian DNA is unmistakable. And the objective is clear: to reinforce Maduro’s power and build a regional hub of technological and military influence.
Agreements and Increasingly Frequent Flights
Since the electoral fraud of 2024, the Chavista regime has tightened its ties with Iran even further. In November, a high-ranking Iranian delegation was in Caracas to sign a new round of economic and military agreements. Among the highlights: technology transfer, troop training, and visa exemptions between the two countries.
At the end of March 2025, the Iranian cargo plane EP-FAB, from Fars Air Qeshm (a company sanctioned by the U.S. for links to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard), landed at El Libertador military base. The frequency of these flights — without public inspection or transparency — has raised alarms in Western intelligence agencies.
A Geopolitical Hub at Brazil’s Doorstep
What once seemed like a conspiracy theory is now a concrete concern: the Iranian military base in Venezuela serves as a hub for strategic movements on the continent. Reports from the international press indicate that Iran is using Venezuela as a “bridge” to finance clandestine operations in the Middle East, including gold exchanged for fuel and resold via Turkey.
The South American country has become a possible safe harbor for high-ranking members of the Iranian regime, with guarantees of political asylum in case of crisis. It is no exaggeration to say that Caracas has become a knot on the board of global geopolitics.
And What About Brazil in All This?
The geographical proximity to the Venezuela puts Brazil in a delicate position. Despite friendly relations between the governments, the Brazilian Armed Forces remain on discreet alert, monitoring the developments of this alliance that challenges Western interests.
Experts point out that the country needs to intensify its surveillance programs, strengthen strategic alliances, and maintain an autonomous defense policy, especially in light of a neighbor that has become a military ally of Russia, now with an Iranian and Chinese military base — all at the same time.
Show de mentiras sucessivas. Venezuela é uma **** e o Brasil também exerce **** através do consórcio STF/PT que militam sob a égide do comunismo com flagrante desrespeito as liberdades individuais, massacrando o povo com impostos. Agora só ajuda exterior pois nós participamos escusamente de guerras a favor de terroristas etc. Ajudando e negociando fazendo comércio exterior com países sancionados. Precisamos de fato de ajuda exterior, como disse o ditatador brasileiro na década de 80: “a melhor **** é a do judiciário contra quem ninguém pode agir” SIC
Este es un artículo muy interesante que revela más sobre quien escribe, que sobre Venezuela y sus drones y la pretendida base militar iraní que se afirma tener en Venezuela en este artículo.
Primeramente la constitución de Venezuela no permite la instalación de bases militares extranjeras en el territorio nacional.
Segundo cuando quien redacta este artículo escribe “nuestro propio patio trasero” parece ignorar que Venezuela es un país libre y soberano y que no es colonia de NADIE más bien le dio la libertad a otras naciones, mientras que Brasil simplemente el rey se lo regaló a su hijo, por lo que no tienen ni tendrán ese orgullo de haberse ganado la libertad al arrebatarsela a quienes le oprimían.
Tercero si a Venezuela entran o no vuelos de aviones sancionados por EEUU eso es asuntos internos de Venezuela, otra cosa es ese ferviente entreguismo que posee el redactor de este artículo, que considera a EEUU como un omnipotente ser que puede dictarle a los demás países lo que hacer. Y por eso Venezuela si tiene dignidad al no dejarse imponer las voluntades gringas, cosas que si hace quien redacta este artículo.
Cuarto, Brasil desde la llegada de Lula al poder obtuvo negocios millonarios con el gobierno de Chávez, en los rubros de exportación de alimentos, aviones, construcción etc. Desde esa época Brasil y Venezuela fueron aliados excepto el periodo de Bolsonaro quien también era sumiso a los intereses de EEUU.
Quinto el redactor del artículo habla de que a Brasil le preocupa la supuesta presencia de bases militares iraníes y su influencia en la región (la cual definió como su patio trasero) y también le preocupa que Venezuela sea aliado de Rusia, ignorando mencionar un hecho que todos conocemos; que Brasil pertenece a los BRICS y que Rusia e Irán también están en esos mismos BRICS.
Sexto la seguridad nacional de un país soberano no es discutible, ya que un país soberano no recibe ordenes de nadie, si Venezuela quiere ampliar su fuerza militar mediante el uso de drones está en su derecho de hacerlo, y no tiene porqué rendir explicaciones ridículas a los antojos de necios de otras naciones, y menos si esos antojos son sesgados como el redactor de este artículo, que no parece ser opinión de alguien de Brasil sino de alguien o bien estadounidense o un títere de estados unidos.
Séptimo quien redacta este artículo habla de fraude electoral con una seguridad increíble como si fuera dueño de la verdad, olvidando (de nuevo) que Venezuela es un país soberano y que es el ente venezolanos encargado de organizar elecciones quien da resultados, y no los redactores de notas sesgadas.
Para terminar mi Opinión diré: Si se desea hacer un artículo de opinión y se parte desde una óptica de entreguismo, supremacismo e ignorancia, se termina escribiendo un artículo asi, que no sólo deja en evidencia que quien lo redacta desconoce las leyes de Venezuela, la historia de la región entera, y que además impone por encima de Brasil, de Venezuela y del mundo las demandas y órdenes de EEUU al hablar de aviones sancionados por un ente de EEUU.