MIAMI -- A nonprofit group is suing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for alleged terrorism and human rights violations.

Freedom Watch, which advocates for ethics in government, also accuses Chavez of conspiring with Colombian guerrillas, al-Qaida and the Taliban.

The group filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Miami federal court on behalf of Venezuelan journalist Ricardo Guanipa. Guanipa received political asylum in the U.S. in 2005 and now lives in Miami. Freedom Watch is seeking class action status for the case.

Freedom Watch attorney Larry Klayman emerged in the 1990s when he founded Judicial Watch and repeatedly sued then-President Bill Clinton and his administration. Klayman's targets have also included former Vice President Dick Cheney, Osama bin Laden and Fidel Castro.