Caroline Glick and their influence over neighboring countries. These alliances are a strategic threat to the US, if not an immediate military threat. Iran is not only using the alliances to built Iran's strength in the Middle East, it is also helping to build an anti-capitalism, anti-freedom block in Latin America. This regional alliance will be able to influence other Latin American countries' relations with the US and with our trade and investment interests. Obama and his administration seem...

Venezuela and Bolivia are supplying Iran with uranium for its nuclear program, according to a secret Israeli government report obtained Monday by The Associated Press. The two South American countries are known to have close ties with Iran, but this is the first allegation that they are involved in the development of Iran's nuclear program, considered a strategic threat by Israel. "There are reports that Venezuela supplies Iran with uranium for its nuclear program," the Foreign...

A US advocacy group and a Venezuelan exile said Tuesday they have filed suit seeking five billion dollars in damages from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and state oil companies for alleged human rights abuses. The suit, which was first filed in April by Washington-based Freedom Watch and exiled Venezuelan journalist Ricardo Guaripa, accuses Chavez of alleged acts in support of terrorism, torture and human rights violations. Freedom Watch president Larry Klayman said he increased the amount...

CARACAS - President Hugo Chavez's ruling party stepped up attacks on a private television channel, accusing it of "media terrorism" for getting ahead of the government in airing a report on an earthquake. The attacks on Globovision, an independent 24-hour news channel, came a day after Chavez charged that private radio and television stations were "inciting hatred" and hinting that they were in for "a little surprise." Chavez's United Socialist Party followed up...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has canceled a trip to Latin America scheduled for this week, Iran's official state news agency reported on Monday. Ahmadinejad was to leave Wednesday for visits in Brazil, Venezuela and Ecuador, according to IRNA, which gave no reason for the cancellation. The Iranian leader will travel on Tuesday to Syria, a country with which Tehran is closely linked. News of Ahmadinejad's canceled trip comes after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton...

In an apparent change of policy, Israel took credit on Tuesday for blocking Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's trip to South America. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman issued a statement taking partial credit for stopping the trip, in a move that represented a break from previous government policy of trying to stay behind the scenes when it came to diplomatic steps against Iran. One government source pointed out that former prime minister Ariel Sharon had taken on that policy so as not...

Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has postponed a planned visit to Latin America as his administration braces itself for the upcoming presidential elections. President Ahmadinejad was scheduled to leave Tehran on Tuesday for official visits to Brazil, Ecuador and Venezuela. However, Fars news agency reported on Monday that the president had indefinitely postponed his three-country tour. The report comes as the White House has expressed discomfort with Iran's growing influence in Latin...

Police from seven countries arrested 17 people in the island of Curacao Tuesday suspected of involvement in an international drug ring with links to Hizbullah, Dutch authorities said. The group is suspected of having traded in some 2,000 kilograms of cocaine per year, the Dutch prosecution service said in a statement. "The group shipped containers with cocaine from Curacao to the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Jordan," it said. "From Venezuela, containers with drugs went to...

Iran’s Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar arrived in Venezuela on Sunday, on an official visit aimed at boosting defense ties. Najjar, the first Iranian defense minister to visit the Latin American state since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, was welcomed by his Venezuelan counterpart, Raul Baduel, and Vice President Ramon Alonso Carrizales, reports the semi-official ISNA news agency. During his three-day visit to Caracas, Najjar is expected to discuss issues of mutual interests and...

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez by Larry Klayman, founder of the government watchdog group Freedom Watch, seeking damages for "assault, supporting terrorism, crimes against humanity, violations of civil and human rights, torture" and other crimes. Chavez, however, was amused when he heard about the claims, according to was Fox News. "Lawsuit filed in the United States against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and all his...