Chile’s Police And U.S. Embassy Are Working Together To Investigate CAM.A radicalized indigenous Mapuche group linked with acts of violent protest is gathering strength and becoming more organized, according to the recently released U.S. State Department’s 2009 report on world terrorism. The Mapuche is Chile’s largest indigenous group. The report says that the group Arauco Malleco Committee (CAM) has shown signs of “improved planning” in its activities and of a...

Mystery continues to surround Hezbollah’s alleged links to the seventeen suspects arrested on drug trafficking charges on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao on April 28. According to Curacaon authorities, approximately 250 law enforcement officials took down a major drug trafficking and money laundering ring led by a criminal network that shipped and sold cocaine and other contraband from Latin America and the Caribbean to Europe and the Middle East. In a significant twist, Curacaon...

The Peruvian government's decision this month to revoke the broadcast license of a local radio station could have a chilling effect on community broadcasting in Peru, Human Rights Watch said today. The timing and circumstances of the revocation suggest that it may have been an act of censorship, or punishment, in response to coverage of anti-government protests on June 5, 2009. On June 8, the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications revoked Radio La Voz de Bagua's broadcast license. Other...

"We call on the world to respect Iran because there are attempts to undermine the strength of the Iranian revolution," Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said in his weekly radio and television address on Sunday. "President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's triumph was a triumph all the way. They are trying to stain Ahmadinejad's triumph and through that weaken the government and the Islamic revolution. I know they will not succeed," Chavez said. The leftist leader said he had...

Speaking during his weekly program “Hello President” Chavez said “we send our support and respect for President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, the great leader of Iran, and to Ayatollah Alí Jamenei and the Iranian people. We call on the world to respect Iran because protests are trying to undermine the strength of the Iranian revolution”. “We ask for respect from the world. The victory of Ahmadinejad has been an ample victory in all corners. They are trying to...

The Islamic Republic of Iran and Venezuela studied the trend of joint cooperation projects on Wednesday. IRI's Ambassador to Caracas Abdullah Zifan and Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro held a meeting and discussed the process of the joint projects underway in the two countries. Following the meeting, the Iranian Ambassador in a news conference stressed the necessity for accelerating implementation of the projects. Zifan reiterated that one of the duties of Tehran and Caracas is to...

Caracas - The Bolivarian Government of Venezuela, through a statement issued by the Ministry of People's Power for Foreign Affairs, expressed its recognition to the Iranian people by the historic electoral journey carried out the past June 12, which resulted in the reelection of the current President of Iran, Mahmud Ahmadineyad. Following the full statement: The government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, on behalf of the Venezuelan people, ratifies its recognition to the people...

Colombian and Panamanian authorities are working together to capture FARC boss 'El Becerro', who is in charge of trafficking drugs and weapons between the two borders, reported. Gilberto 'El Becerro' Torres Muñeton is the leader of the 57th front of the FARC and a holds a crucial position in the guerrilla organization, as he controls a strategic corridor through which munitions pass into Colombia and drugs pass out, according to El Tiempo. The newspaper cites a Police source as...

Mérida -- In response to the fatal clashes between indigenous protestors and the Peruvian government over the weekend, the Venezuelan Foreign Relations Ministry has released a statement expressing its solidarity with both the security forces and the indigenous people killed, while Venezuelan Indigenous Affairs Minister Nicia Maldonado called the Peruvian government's violent repression "terrorism." Over the weekend, an estimated 30 to 50 indigenous activists were killed and...

Terrorist-sponsoring nation Iran is increasing its presence in Latin America, and Hezbollah, a terrorist organization it sponsors, is making inroads in drug trafficking in Colombia, according to Pentagon spokesperson Donna Miles in a press statement to the National Association of Chiefs of Police. During a recent congressional hearing, Navy Admiral James G. Stavridis told the House Armed Services Committee that he shares the concerns of Defense Secretary Robert Gates about Iranian activity...