Aporrea is a Venezuelan website that publishes news and opinions from the point of view of supporters of former president Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution.

[3] Aporrea was created after the 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt to "defend the gains of the 1999 Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the will of the people".

According to Gomez, Aporrea's role as an independent left wing outlet is pivotal, as content critical of government policies "have no space in State owned media".

[10]" According to Manuel Laya of the Communist Party of Venezuela, Aporrea no longer serves its original purpose and was an instrument of the "fifth column" to hinder the flow of information.

[11] According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Aporrea has "a record of promoting antisemitic conspiracies"[12] and presented multiple articles which they found offensive in their 2014 Antisemitismo en Venezuela report.