Argentina has captured a three-man Iranian-Hizballah cell and is hunting for the rest of the network, according to exclusive debkafile sources. Its counter-terror police were a step ahead of attacks plotted against several of the 10 Habad centers in the country, part of a worldwide joint terrorist offensive against Israeli and Jewish targets. Two strikes were thwarted earlier this month in . The three-man cell was captured in the Argentine resort town of San Carlos de Bariloche, 1,680...

Univision, the largest TV broadcaster in Spanish of the United States, recently presented a report showing that Iran is actively preparing an attack against the US to be carried out from bases in Latin America. The documentary, "La Amenaza Irani" (" "), illustrated, though undercover footage, how the growing economic, political and military ties Iran has developed in South American countries are rapidly evolving into a tangible threat for the security of the US. The...

“It appears that Iranian organizations provide support to other terrorist organizations" in South America, Peruvian ex-chief of staff says. The world needs to act to counter the growing presence of Iranian-supported terrorist organizations throughout South America, former chief of staff of the Peruvian Armed Forces, Gen. Francisco Contreras, told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday. Contreras served as the head of the Peruvian Military until about half a year ago, when he retired...

Bolivian Foreign Ministry sent an apology letter to for inviting Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi, who is accused of planning the 1994 bombing of the Jewish center, which killed 85, a Reuters report stated. Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca said on Tuesday that they had taken steps to ensure that the Defense Minister, leaves Bolivia at the earliest. Bolivia's Defense Ministry said to his counterpart in that Vahidi had come to help inaugurate a defense academy for members of...

In secret negotiations with Iran, Argentina has offered to "forget" the bombings of the Israeli embassy and the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, in 1992 and 1994, respectively, in exchange for improved relations between the two countries. According to the Argentine weekly Perfil, which broke the story yesterday, Foreign Minister Hector Timerman is personally involved in the talks. The Argentinean Foreign Ministry has so far declined comment. For his report, the veteran...

The South American trade bloc Mercosur on Thursday opened talks with Syria and the Palestinian Authority on free trade agreements, an Argentine official, Luis Kreckler, told reporters. The bloc -- comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay -- signed formal agreements on the negotiations with Syrian and Palestinian officials on the sidelines of a Mercosur meeting underway in the southern Brazilian town of Foz de Iguacu. The accords follow the controversial recognition by Brazil and...

Shots were fired with a big-calibre firearm at Radio FM Cerrillos, a local station based in San José de los Cerrillos, in the northern province of Salta, on 26 November but no one was injured although it is located in the house where station’s owner and his family live. The unidentified gunmen fled immediately after the shooting. Luisa Tilca, the wife of owner Carlos Villanueva, was hosting the morning programme when three shots were fired at the door to the radio station and one...

President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of Argentina held a luncheon in honor of President al-Assad in the presence of members of the two official delegations, where the two presidents delivered two speeches. President al-Assad underlined in a speech during the lincheon that Syria seeks to develop cooperation with many countries in the world, whether the distant or near countries. "What makes Syria cooperate with a far continent is this independence in the political decision in...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad embarks on a landmark Latin American tour on Friday to reinforce economic ties with a continent he is visiting for the first time. Accompanied by his wife, Asma, the Syrian leader will arrive in Venezuela on Friday before proceeding to Brazil and Argentina, all three home to large communities of Syrian emigres. He will also visit Cuba to strengthen traditionally close ties. "Bilateral relations and developments in the Middle East and Latin...

The recent increase in anti-Semitic incidents in Argentina is "deeply troubling," B'nai B'rith International said. This week, swastikas were painted on some 30 graves at a Jewish cemetery in the province of San Luis. “Death to Jews” was also scrawled on the cemetery walls, according to a statement released Wednesday by the organization. In addition, Jewish graves at a cemetery in Buenos Aires were desecrated in early December. Also, the phrase “Argentina is a...