 Kunyange zvazvo Chávez akafuridzira mamwe masangano muLatin America kuti atevedzere muenzaniso wake wechavismo mukuedza kugadzirisa South America, yakazoonekwa seisingachinjiki uye simba rake munyika yose rakawedzerwa. Akadzokorora hurongwa hwekunze kweVenezuela mukubatanidzwa kwehupfumi nehupfumi hweLatin America nekumisikidza zvibvumirano zvekutengeserana uye zvekubatsirana, kusanganisira izvo zvinonzi hupfumi hwayo hwemafuta zvichiita kuti Venezuela iwedzere kutsamira pakushandisa mafuta, chinhu chayo chikuru, uye ichiwedzera kusagadzikana kwayo kwenguva refu. Chávez akazvibatanidzawo amene nemarudzi anodzvinyirira uye masangano akasimba ayo aionwa seanoshatisa kuMadokero, noukama neCuba neIran kuva hunokosha zvikuru. Zvikurukuru ukama pakati peVenezuela neUnited States hwakashata zvikuru sezvo Chávez akava anotsoropodza zvikuru mutemo wokunze weU.S., achishora kupindirwa kweU.S. muIraqmuna 2003 uye vachishora kupindira kwechiuto kweNATO muLibya. Hukama hwakadzikira zvishoma muhurumende yaVaBarack Obama muna Chikumi 2009, asi hwakadzikira zvakare nguva pfupi yapfuura. Chávez akaisawo pfungwa dzake pamasangano akasiyana-siyana emarudzi akawanda kuti atsigire zvaaifunga nezvekubatanidzwa kweLatin America, kusanganisira Petrocaribe, Petrosur, uye TeleSUR. Ukama hwekutengeserana hwenyika mbiri nedzimwe nyika dzeLatin America hwakaitawo basa guru mumutemo wake, naChávez achiwedzera kutenga zvombo kubva kuBrazil, achiumba zvibvumirano zvekutengeserana zvemafuta neCuba, uye achigadzira zvibvumirano zvega zvega zvinotsinhanisa peturu yeVenezuela nenyama yeArgentina yakashomeka nemukaka. Akaitawo ushamwari nenyika dzakanga dzisingafarirwi nehurumende dzakadai seBelarus neIran. Kubata zvisina kufanira kwenyika pasi paChavez kwakadzivisa Venezuela kusimbisa nzvimbo yayo munyika. 