A TOP Israeli diplomat for Latin America on Friday accused Venezuela of giving fake documents to Iranians to help facilitate their travel in the region, Argentine Jewish news media said. 'Venezuela is offering fake documents to the Iranians,' Dorit Shavit told Jewish News Agency (AJN) of Argentina, home to the largest Jewish community in South America. 'With these documents, they don't need a visa to enter any other country in Latin America... No tourist enjoys these benefits and nobody knows...

Colombia has sent a copy of a video, in which a leftist rebel says the guerrillas supported the presidential campaign of Ecuadorean leader Rafael Correa, to the OAS and Interpol, the government said on Sunday. Correa says the video is a setup and has denied receiving any funds from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Friday's release of the video, in which a top rebel chief says the FARC gave money to Correa's campaign, has heightened tensions between the the Andean...

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has made countering Iran’s diplomatic presence in Latin America the cornerstone of his upcoming tour to the region. A statement by the Israeli Foreign Ministry said the visit was meant to “emphasize the high importance” Tel Aviv attributes to Latin America, AFP reported. Senior Israeli officials have, however, acknowledged that the trip is aimed at countering Iran’s increasing political and economic influence in the region. ...

Venezuela rejected on Tuesday a U.S. government report that said it was not cooperating fully in the war on drug trafficking, saying such accusations had to stop if bilateral relations were to improve. A report from the Government Accountability Office, the U.S. Congress' investigative agency, said drug corruption had reached the ministerial level in Venezuela and decried a "permissive" attitude to trafficking groups from Colombia. Venezuela, whose allies include Cuba and Iran,...

Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah has an active cell in La Guajira, the north Colombian department bordering Venezuela, Israel's Foreign Ministry said. In an interview with newspaper El Tiempo, Dorit Shavit, director of The Foreign Ministry's Latin America office said Iran is trying to extend its influence in Latin America and is behind the creation of this particular cell. The group, considered terrorists by Israel, the United States and Europe, has infiltrated mosques in the north of...

Relatives and friends of the victims of the AMIA Jewish community centre levelled in a 1994 terrorist attack yesterday gathered to mark the 15th anniversary of the bombing, which left 85 people dead and more than 300 injured. Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández attended the ceremony and pledged to keep working to bring to justice those responsible for the worst terrorist attack in the country’s history. Although the traditional ceremony, which has been held every year since...

The South Florida Jewish community will join together on Monday, July 20 at 7:00 p.m. for a Memorial Service to mark the 15th anniversary of the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The commemorative service will be held at The Shul, 9540 Collins Avenue, Surfside. The bombing on July 18, 1994 was an attack on the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentine Israelite Mutual Association) building in Buenos Aires, killing 85 people. A powerful bomb made of ammonium nitrate was...

Fifteen years ago today, in the morning hours of 18 July 1994, a powerful explosion rocked the peaceful city of Buenos Aires. A terrorist attack had been launched against the city's Jewish community center, AMIA (Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina). Tragically, 85 people lost their lives in the attack and hundreds more were injured, all victims of international terrorism. The seven-story AMIA building, the central location for Argentina's Jewish communal activities, was totally...

Evidence obtained by Human Rights Watch suggests that Honduran soldiers may have used excessive force against supporters of the ousted president, Manuel Zelaya, outside the Tegucigalpa airport on July 5, 2009, Human Rights Watch said today. At least one teenage boy was killed, and more than 10 other people are reported to have been injured during the confrontation between soldiers and demonstrators. Reports of a second death remain unconfirmed. Honduran officials have publicly claimed that...

"The UnoAmerica group located in Bogota, warned that Hugo Chavez could provoke a massacre in Honduras to maintain order/change the Constitution the way Zelaya desires. They also stated that the financial support that the Venezuelan Government gives to Zelaya comes with a series of obligations. Among them are: Incorporate himself to the ALBA Align himself with the axis of Havana and Caracas Confront the Untied States Establish relations with Ahmadinejad Modify the Constitution Take...