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...

Mexico Friday extradited Miguel Angel Beltran, alias Jaime Cienfuegos, who Colombian authorities say is a member of the FARC's International Committee. The Colombian -- a scholar at the Autonomous University of Mexico -- was arrested in Mexico City Friday afternoon and extradited to Colombia in the evening. According to Colombian Police, Beltran was in charge of infiltrating in Central America's academic circles to defend FARC interests. He is said to have been a close ally of slain FARC...

Recent anti-Semitic incidents in Argentina show that "anti-Semitic groups … are working to harm the Jewish community," the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said Thursday. An ADL statement cited a violence attack last week on a crown celebrating Israeli Independence Day in Buenos Aires, and bomb threats against two synagogues. "These groups should not be allowed to create and fuel an atmosphere of intimidation and fear, which undermines the democratic and pluralistic values of...

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...

BUENOS AIRES -- Two Buenos Aires synagogues received bomb threats in the wake of violent anti-Semitic attacks at a public street celebration. Monday's bomb threats on the Amaijai and New Israeli Community synagogues, both located in the highly Jewish-populated neighborhood of Belgrano, proved to be false. Also Monday, hundreds of protesters, mostly women and children, clamored for the release of the five men arrested Sunday during a cultural event organized by the Buenos Aires city...

A violent anti-Semitic demonstration took place in the Argentinean capital Buenos Aires during a public celebration of Israel's 61st anniversary. On Sunday afternoon, shortly after Jewish families and their non-Jewish neighbors began Independence Day celebrations at a "Buenos Aires Celebrates" event, a group of about 20 people came out of a subway depot with anti-Semitic banners and signs and fighting broke out. A number of Jews were beaten and required medical attention, the French...

“Don’t be surprised if the government takes action against a few media which continue to practice terrorism”, said Chavez during a press conference in Buenos Aires where he arrived for a brief visit in support of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner administration. His warnings follow instructions to his officials to begin legal actions against the “terrorist” media of Venezuela. Chavez was referring to the recent controversy involving the Deputy...

A US advocacy group and a Venezuelan exile said Tuesday they have filed suit seeking five billion dollars in damages from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and state oil companies for alleged human rights abuses. The suit, which was first filed in April by Washington-based Freedom Watch and exiled Venezuelan journalist Ricardo Guaripa, accuses Chavez of alleged acts in support of terrorism, torture and human rights violations. Freedom Watch president Larry Klayman said he increased the amount...

CARACAS - President Hugo Chavez's ruling party stepped up attacks on a private television channel, accusing it of "media terrorism" for getting ahead of the government in airing a report on an earthquake. The attacks on Globovision, an independent 24-hour news channel, came a day after Chavez charged that private radio and television stations were "inciting hatred" and hinting that they were in for "a little surprise." Chavez's United Socialist Party followed up...

Regarding reports on cancellation of Iran's President trip to Brazil due to pressures on the South American country, he said Brazil issued a statement a head of Iran's president trip in which it said it acts independently on relations with other countries. Brazilian foreign ministry then declared the trip was cancelled by Iranian side after the visit was postponed for another time, he said. Source: