{"id":184853,"date":"2026-04-03T21:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/184853\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T21:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:06:07","slug":"meet-bill-de-bogota-ex-nyc-mayor-de-blasio-visits-colombia-with-alleged-china-linked-far-left-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/184853\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Bill de Bogot\u00e1: Ex-NYC Mayor de Blasio visits Colombia with alleged China-linked far-left group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He\u2019s Bill de Bogot\u00e1. <\/p>\n<p>Aging hipster former <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/tag\/bill-de-blasio\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor Bill de Blasio<\/a> recently gallivanted down to Colombia with his terminally online new girlfriend and an alleged <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/10\/us-news\/state-department-identifies-code-pink-and-other-far-left-groups-as-vectors-of-chinese-influence-operations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese Community Party-linked lefty group<\/a> to denounce American imperialism, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The under-the-radar trip in January saw de Blasio join an \u201cemergency\u201d conference \u2014 Nuestra Am\u00e9rica \u2014 to defend democracy and peace in the Americas after the controversial <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/03\/world-news\/how-us-forces-captured-venezuelas-maduro-in-extraordinary-raid\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/a> that month.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-Hizzoner\u2019s far-left trek drew disbelief and derision from many New York City political insiders, particularly because de Blasio jetted off along with Code Pink \u2014 an anti-war group bedeviled by accusations of ties to Beijing, sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio joins fellow lefties in Colombia to fight the power. instagram\/roxanna_valenzuela_<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not that Bill de Blasio does not know Code Pink is a CCP front group, it\u2019s that he is so desperate for relevance and validation that he does not care,\u201d a Democratic operative scoffed. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really bottom-barrel stuff that he has to pal around with a bunch of anti-American nuts no one actually takes seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>De Blasio and and gal pal and South Tucson Mayor Roxanna Valenzuela (left) meet with Colombian politician Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Pizarro Rodr\u00edguez. instagram\/roxanna_valenzuela_<\/p>\n<p>The leftist summit was organized by Progressive International, an umbrella group that aspires to \u201ceradicate capitalism everywhere\u201d and includes Code Pink as one of its member organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Code Pink, founded as an anti-war group in 2002 ahead of the eventual US invasion of Iraq, is infamous for its colorful, disruptive protest stunts \u2014 such as members showing up <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2017\/01\/10\/kkk-costumed-protesters-show-up-at-jeff-sessions-confirmation-hearing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">clad in KKK costumes<\/a> to antagonize President Trump\u2019s first-term Attorney General Jeff Sessions in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>But the group has increasingly been under fire as socialist billionaire Neville Roy Singham, who married its co-founder Jodie Evans, became its benefactor.<\/p>\n<p>The China-loving Singham\u2019s cash helps fund what a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/05\/world\/europe\/neville-roy-singham-china-propaganda.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">2023 New York Times expos\u00e9<\/a> cast as a extensive pro-Beijing propaganda apparatus stretching into American nonprofits.<\/p>\n<p>Code Pink founder Jodie Evans is married to Neville Roy Singham, a socialist billionaire who allegedly funds a Chinese propaganda machine. Getty Images for V-Day<\/p>\n<p>The Code Pink organization \u2014 once a critic of China \u2014 has become so much of an apologist for the communist regime that its website sports a page titled \u201cChina is not our enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Trump\u2019s State Department has identified Code Pink and the so-called \u201cSignham network\u201d as <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/10\/us-news\/state-department-identifies-code-pink-and-other-far-left-groups-as-vectors-of-chinese-influence-operations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">vectors of Chinese propaganda<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The group denies being funded by China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo state it very clearly: CODEPINK is in no way funded by China, nor any other foreign government or agency,\u201d its site contends. \u201cWe are funded primarily by donations from concerned citizens that support peace over war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Code Pink members, with de Blasio in tow, traveled to the conference in Bogot\u00e1.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting of 90 delegates from 20 countries adopted the San Carlos Declaration against a Trump-driven \u201cDonroe Doctrine\u201d calling for US preeminence in the Americas.<\/p>\n<p>De Blasio\u2019s girlfriend, South Tucson Mayor Roxanna Valenzuela, breathlessly documented the trip in a spate of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUCb8S1jbVt\/?img_index=1&amp;igsh=MXkxZDhlbGZrbTIzNw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sunny social media posts<\/a> on her very active Instagram account.<\/p>\n<p>De Blasio and his fist-pumping girlfriend attend a leftist conference in Colombia, where he met with the nation\u2019s president, Gustavo Petro. instagram\/g_pisarellop<\/p>\n<p>Valenzuela\u2019s snaps feature her apparently giving a middle finger to a \u201cRIP Monroe Doctrine\u201d effigy, posing with a smiling de Blasio and Colombian politician Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Pizarro Rodr\u00edguez, meeting with the country\u2019s president Gustavo Petro and scenic vacation-style pics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a privilege to connect with delegates from across the globe, all united in supporting Latin American sovereignty,\u201d she wrote. \u201cBeyond the vital work, I\u2019ve made friendships that will last a lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>De Blasio, Valenzuela and Code Pink didn\u2019t return Post requests for comment Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He\u2019s Bill de Bogot\u00e1. 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