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...

Iranian members of parliament held talks with Bolivian President Evo Morales and Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca Wednesday on ways to foster parliamentary cooperation. The talks were held in the presence of the head of Iran-Bolivia Parliamentary Friendship Group, Arsalan Fathi-Pour who arrived in the Bolivian capital city of La Paz on Tuesday. President Morales expressed hope the two nations would further promote cooepration. Meanwhile, the Bolivian foreign minister expressed pleasure...

The Bolivian government asserted on Monday that the investigations about existence of violent groups have confirmed the implementation of plans to assassinate President Evo Morales and divide the country. Pictures: Efe Source:

La Paz - The special commission of the Bolivian Chamber of Deputies begins today the questioning of alleged members of a terrorist group arrested in Santa Cruz last April 16. Cesar Navarro, of the governing Movement to Socialism (MAS), heads the work group. He said deputies traveled to the San Pedro penitentiary in La Paz to start the process. The pólice detained Juan Carlos Gueder Bruno and Alcides Mendoza Malavi, as well as members of the Union Juvenil Crucenista, opposition shock...

Bolivian President Evo Morales waves at the end of a press conference at the Quemado presidential palace in La Paz on April 21, 2009. Morales said that Ireland, Croatia and Hungary have no authority to request an international investigation into the shooting of three and the arrest of two other foreigners natives of their countries. On April 16, a police raid in Santa Cruz broke up an alleged assassination plot against Morales, his Vice President Alvaro Garcia and Santa Cruz's opposition...

WASHINGTON - Iran is increasing its presence in Latin America, and Hezbollah, a terrorist organization it sponsors, is making inroads in drug trafficking in Colombia, the commander of U.S. Southern Command told Congress today. Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis told the House Armed Services Committee he shares concerns expressed by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates about Iranian activity in Central and South America. Iran has opened six embassies in the region during the past five years and is...

The commander of U.S. forces in Latin America says the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is involved in drug trafficking in Colombia. The admiral is worried about increased Iranian and Hezbollah activities throughout the region. At Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday Admiral James Stavridis accused Hezbollah of involvement in the drug trade. "We have seen in Colombia a direct connection between Hezbollah activity and the narco-trafficking activity," he...

CARACAS, Venezuela, Feb. 7 -- Jewish leaders said it had never before happened in Venezuela: a break-in with anti-Jewish intent at one of the city's most prominent synagogues. A dozen armed men overpowered guards, spray-painted office walls with anti-Semitic insults, desecrated historic Torah scrolls and made off with computers containing personal information on congregants. President Hugo Chávez condemned the Jan. 30 attack, which has shaken the country's political establishment. But...

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Senators Tuesday that although much attention was given to Russia's recent courting of some Latin American countries, he is more concerned about new activities of Iran in the region. Secretary Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee he is worried about efforts by the Iranian government to gain influence in Latin America. "I'm concerned about the level of, frankly, subversive activity the Iranians are carrying on in a number of...

Yesterday, the Iranian news agency FARS reported that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would be attending celebrations at Tehran University to celebrate the end of the Gaza war and the victory of the Palestinians over the Zionist army. According to the report, Bolivian President Juan Evo Morales and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez have also been invited to the ceremony, to be held yesterday by Iran's Islamic Students Society. FARS cited Esmail Ahmadi, public relations director for the...