Venezuela has transferred at least one F-16 fighter to Iran in an attempt to help it calibrate its air defenses, in preparation for a possible Israeli or U.S. strike on its nuclear facilities, reports Spanish newspaper ABC. ABC, one of the three largest Spanish dailies and aligned with the ruling rightist party, wrote that the transfer, in 2006, was supervised by one of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez's closest aides. The paper's Washington correspondent, Emili J. Blasco, said the story was...

Iranian Regime President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for a new world order today during remarks at the G20 meetings in Brazil. Fars News reported: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at the world powers for their wrong policies, and reiterated his call for the establishment of a new world order based on justice and friendship. “The widening North-South divide and various crises and worries, including crises of family and identity, wars, occupations and revenge-seeking,...

The presidents of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Bolivia, Evo Morales, met today in La Paz, were treated warmly and strengthened their alliance against the United States, which has asked international pressure to control the Islamic republic’s nuclear program. Ahmadinejad was in La Paz less than five hours, on his third visit since 2007, before moving to Rio de Janeiro to attend the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20). The Iranian president, who called Morales...

The manager of Venezuela’s drone program is an engineer who helped build ballistic missiles for Iran. The engineer’s identity raises new questions about the purposes behind Venezuela’s drone program. But it’s also only one part of a mystery involving drones shipped from Iran to Venezuela while hidden in secret cargo containing possibly more military hardware than just ‘bots. According to El Nuevo Herald, the Spanish-language sister paper of The Miami Herald, US...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad embarked a tour of Latin America on Monday night which includes stops in Bolivia, Brazil for the Rio+20 summit and Venezuela, reported. Iran's Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi, Vice-President in Executive Affairs Hamid Baghaei and Vice-President for International Affairs Ali Sa'eidlou accompany President Ahmadinejad during the trip. Ahmadinejad is scheduled to arrive in Bolivia on June 19 to meet with his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales before...

The police beat reporter for the Zócalo Saltillo Newspaper, Stephania Cardoso Rodriguez and her two year old son were found alive. It was not reveal where they are and asked the Mexican state security for protection for herself and her family. In brief interview with Denise Maerker, the journalist did not reveal where, or how she came to take shelter, but said that so far it wasn't necessary to take extra security measures to protect their lives. Nervous and choppy voice sent a...

Hundreds of Jews, gays and rights activists jointly marched along Rio's famed Ipanema beach Sunday to protest Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's attendance at the UN summit on sustainable development. "We want the world to know that religious hatred harms the environment and Ahmadinejad represents hatred. Sustainable development encompasses human rights," said Ivanir dos Santos, of the commission against religious intolerance. Unlike previous demonstrations organized by the...

Assailants kidnapped and killed a reporter who covered the crime beat in Mexico's Veracruz state, officials said on Thursday, the latest in a series of attacks on journalists amid a relentless drug war across the country. Victor Baez, who worked for Mexican daily newspaper Milenio was abducted when he was leaving his office in the town of Xalapa late Wednesday and police found his body in the morning in the city center, said Gina Dominguez, spokeswoman for Veracruz state government. ...

According to Chavez, Lukashenka and Ahmadinejad will take part in the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro on June 20-22. "They are going to Rio and would like to visit Venezuela to greet us and to promote peaceful joint projects", informs RIA "Novosti" quoting the Venezuelan leader. Chavez claimed earlier that we was expecting Lukashenka to arrive on June 26.

Venezuela is building unmanned drone aircraft as part of military cooperation with and other allies, President Hugo Chavez said, in a move likely to heighten U.S. anxiety over his socialist government's role in the region. Referring to a Spanish media report that U.S. prosecutors are investigating drone production in , Chavez said late on Wednesday: "Of course we're doing it, and we have the right to. We are a free and independent country." In a televised speech to military...