U.S. counterterrorism officials have authenticated a video by an al Qaeda recruiter threatening to smuggle a biological weapon into the United States via tunnels under the Mexico border, the latest sign of the terrorist group's determination to stage another mass-casualty attack on the U.S. homeland. The video aired earlier this year as a recruitment tool makes clear that al Qaeda is looking to exploit weaknesses in U.S. border security and also is willing to ally itself with white militia...

CARACAS - President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday alleged that U.S. intelligence agencies were behind a purported assassination plot that prevented him from visiting El Salvador. Chavez had planned to attend the inauguration of leftist President Mauricio Funes in the Central American nation on Monday, but said he canceled his trip due to the alleged plot. "I don't doubt that the intelligence organizations of the United States are behind this," Chavez said, accusing them of plotting...

Honduras will be at the center of the international media this week. The Central America nation is the seat of the 39th Organization of American States’ summit in San Pedro Sula. Then it can be forecast which countries will get more attention: Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, United States, Iran and Israel. Surely it will be interested to know why Iran and Israel will get attention in the summit of the American states, but they did their appointment to this already. The 7.1 magnitude...

This was asserted by Alex Ben Zvi, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Latin America Division. The diplomat stressed that “both bombings in Buenos Aires (Regarding the Israel Embassy and AMIA) are a clear representation of the danger” that Iranian presence represents in the region. Ben Zvi avoided providing further detail regarding a report that links Venezuela and Bolivia with Iran’s nuclear program. Speaking to this agency, he confirmed that Israel will be an Observer in the...

The Iranian delegation is in Bolivia to discuss ways to develop parliamentary, political and economic cooperation with the Latin American state. During the meeting, head of the Iranian delegation, Arsalan Fathipour, pointed to friendly ties between the two countries and said that Iranian parliament is willing to help materialize the agreements already signed between Iranian and Bolivian presidents. Highlighting Iran’s capabilities and potentials in different fields including...

In a Radio program broadcast on Wednesday, Ahmadinejad lashed out at critics of his government's foreign policies. "One of these gentlemen (rival candidates) still cannot understand the world affairs and this is why he asks us why we have focused on Latin America," Ahmadinejad was qouted by press tv as saying. His remarks were made after presidential hopeful Mir-Hossein Mousavi slammed the Ahmadinejad government's policy of getting closer to Latin American states. "Instead of...

The Supreme Court of Argentina on Thursday night ordered the reopening of an investigation into a 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires' Jewish community center, which left 85 people killed. The court ruled with a four-to-two majority that Carlos Telledín, a former car mechanic, will be tried again for his alleged involvement in the attack at the AMIA center. He is suspected of providing a van loaded with explosives used to carry out the attack. At the time he was arrested, questioned and...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez Frías should refrain from making threatening statements and ensure the press is allowed to work without government interference, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said. Chávez accused private media outlets of destabilising democracy in comments earlier last week. During his weekly radio and TV programme "Aló, Presidente" on Sunday, Chávez said Venezuelan private media outlets were "inciting...

Caroline Glick and their influence over neighboring countries. These alliances are a strategic threat to the US, if not an immediate military threat. Iran is not only using the alliances to built Iran's strength in the Middle East, it is also helping to build an anti-capitalism, anti-freedom block in Latin America. This regional alliance will be able to influence other Latin American countries' relations with the US and with our trade and investment interests. Obama and his administration seem...

LA PAZ,-- Bolivia denied supplying uranium to Iran for its nuclear program, saying Tuesday it has never produced the metallic element, a key ingredient for nuclear energy and weapons. Mining Minister Luis Alberto Echazu dismissed allegations in a secret Israeli government report, saying "there isn't even a geological study (of uranium deposits), much less export" of uranium to another country. The secret Israeli Foreign Ministry document, obtained by The Associated Press on Monday,...