Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has canceled a trip to Latin America scheduled for this week, Iran's official state news agency reported on Monday. Ahmadinejad was to leave Wednesday for visits in Brazil, Venezuela and Ecuador, according to IRNA, which gave no reason for the cancellation. The Iranian leader will travel on Tuesday to Syria, a country with which Tehran is closely linked. News of Ahmadinejad's canceled trip comes after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton...

In an apparent change of policy, Israel took credit on Tuesday for blocking Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's trip to South America. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman issued a statement taking partial credit for stopping the trip, in a move that represented a break from previous government policy of trying to stay behind the scenes when it came to diplomatic steps against Iran. One government source pointed out that former prime minister Ariel Sharon had taken on that policy so as not...

The Bolivian government asserted on Monday that the investigations about existence of violent groups have confirmed the implementation of plans to assassinate President Evo Morales and divide the country. Pictures: Efe Source:

Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has postponed a planned visit to Latin America as his administration braces itself for the upcoming presidential elections. President Ahmadinejad was scheduled to leave Tehran on Tuesday for official visits to Brazil, Ecuador and Venezuela. However, Fars news agency reported on Monday that the president had indefinitely postponed his three-country tour. The report comes as the White House has expressed discomfort with Iran's growing influence in Latin...

RIO DE JANEIRO: Hundreds of people gathered for protests on the weekend in Brazil's largest cities against an upcoming visit of Iran's president. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will arrive in Brazil on Wednesday for talks with his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Around 400 members of sexual minorities and the Jewish community held a rally in central Sao Paolo, where Ahmadinejad and his 110-member delegation will pay a visit. Protestors accused the Iranian leader of...

La Paz - The special commission of the Bolivian Chamber of Deputies begins today the questioning of alleged members of a terrorist group arrested in Santa Cruz last April 16. Cesar Navarro, of the governing Movement to Socialism (MAS), heads the work group. He said deputies traveled to the San Pedro penitentiary in La Paz to start the process. The pólice detained Juan Carlos Gueder Bruno and Alcides Mendoza Malavi, as well as members of the Union Juvenil Crucenista, opposition shock...

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon has said that Iran's expanding infiltration into Latin America must be put to a stop. Ayalon made the remark at an Israel Center for International Cooperation (MASHAV) conference at the Israeli Foreign Ministry on Wednesday. "Iran's expanding infiltration into Latin America must be stopped," said Ayalon, who has recently returned from a visit to South America. "MASHAV is an important tool of the Israel Foreign Ministry to cope with...

Police from seven countries arrested 17 people in the island of Curacao Tuesday suspected of involvement in an international drug ring with links to Hizbullah, Dutch authorities said. The group is suspected of having traded in some 2,000 kilograms of cocaine per year, the Dutch prosecution service said in a statement. "The group shipped containers with cocaine from Curacao to the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Jordan," it said. "From Venezuela, containers with drugs went to...

Iran’s Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar arrived in Venezuela on Sunday, on an official visit aimed at boosting defense ties. Najjar, the first Iranian defense minister to visit the Latin American state since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, was welcomed by his Venezuelan counterpart, Raul Baduel, and Vice President Ramon Alonso Carrizales, reports the semi-official ISNA news agency. During his three-day visit to Caracas, Najjar is expected to discuss issues of mutual interests and...

The PSNI has arrested a 32-year-old man wanted on terrorism charges in Spain. The man was detained this morning on foot of a European Arrest Warrant and is expected to appear in court later today. Another Spaniard, former ETA leader Inaki de Juana Chaos, is currently fighting extradition from Northern Ireland to Spain on charges of inciting support for terrorism. Source: