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...

From Dec. 3-5, B’nai B’rith International held its annual policy conference in Montevideo, Uruguay-the first international B’nai B’rith event ever held in Latin America. Former Chilean President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Vice-Prime Minister of Israel Moshe Yaalon and U.S. State Department Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal were among the conference’s many high-profile speakers. They spoke about issues from efforts to delegitimize...

U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today announced that he will request a Congressional hearing on the threat to the United States posed by Iran’s diplomatic and espionage activities in Latin America first thing next year in his capacity as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. The hearing will examine the growing influence of Iran in Latin America and the implications for the U.S. and its allies in the region. The hearing follows the Iranian...

Caracas - The Venezuelan Government released an official communication yesterday denouncing accusations made against Venezuela by Israeli Vice Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon as “slanderous” and “abusive”. Yaalon accused Venezuela of working with Iran to create a “terrorist infrastructure” in Latin America that could “attack the interests of the United States or in the United States,” during his visit to Uruguay this week. The Venezuelan Government...

Israeli Vice Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon declared on Monday in an interview that Iran is framing, with the little help of Venezuela, a "terrorist infrastructure" in Latin America against the United States, Israel and their allies. "The idea is framing a terrorist infrastructure to be underlying for a while and in due time be able to attack the interests of the United States or in the United States," as well as "Israeli or Jewish interests or of any other country...

A group of Venezuelans opposed to the Venezuelan government said at a press conference that their e-mails and social networks accounts in Twitter or Facebook have been hacked. On the occasion of the Summit of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), the well-known figures said that the vandalistic acts against their personal accounts have been due to the "policy of computer terrorism promoted by the government of Hugo Chávez Frías." Among the people affected...

Relatives bid farewell to former FARC hostages executed by FARC troops during a military raid (Photo: AFP) Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe said that Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez acknowledged some years ago that he was aware of the presence of guerrilla members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Venezuela. Chávez would have told him that he would not order their capture because he (Chávez) wanted to "make a contribution to...

Several Venezuelan military officials are among the "international contacts" of Rodrigo Londoño Echeverry aka "Timochenko," the newly appointed leader of guerrilla organization Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), according to a report released by Colombian newspaper El Tiempo. The Colombian daily said in an article that in 2003 "Timochenko" reported on "agreements" between the FARC and the Venezuelan army to "provide...

Relatives of political prisoners held in the National Bolivarian Intelligence Service (Sebin) and in the prison center of Ramo Verde urged President Hugo Chávez to ensure compliance with human rights of the population deprived of liberty, some of whom are seriously ill. At a press conference, Yajaira de Forero, the wife of former police chief Lázaro Forero, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the events of April 11, 2002, recalled the words of President Hugo...

Venezuela's National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) imposed a USD 2.1 million fine to TV news network Globovisión, an amount that represents 7.5% of the TV channel. The private channel was fined in connection with the coverage of riots occurred some months ago in Venezuela's prison El Rodeo. Pedro Maldonado, the director of Conatel, said that the penalty is mandatory and must be paid immediately. "The fine was imposed by the editorial behavior and the way...