Less than a month ago, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez joined his Argentinean and Brazilian counterparts to sign the “2008 Declaration Against Anti-Semitism ”, under which the three countries agreed to “condemn racism, religious intolerance, racial discrimination and related intolerance.” However, it wasn’t long before the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Anti-Defamation League were obliged to issue another round of their regular condemnations of Chavez, this...

La Paz, Bolivia.- The Government of Iran accelerates cooperation to Bolivia in order to fulfill with agreements signed between Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Evo Morales on September, 2007. On September 27, 2007, Ahmadineyad visited La Paz - Bolivia to meet his counterpart Evo Morales. In that opportunity they signed a program of cooperation US$1.100 million. On September 3, 2008, the Bolivian president visited Teheran in order to deepen his bilateral relations to accelerate the execution of...

More than 100,000 people marched through Spain's capital and other cities Sunday calling for Israel to announce an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. The protest in Madrid was the largest of demonstrations across Europe expressing both support and opposition for the Israeli offensive in Gaza. Protesters filled downtown boulevards carrying banners saying "Peace," "SOS Gaza," placards with the word "Gaza" above a red-stained hand and mock blood-spattered bodies of...

This course exposes and illustrates the nexus between Foreign Terrorists, other terrorists and narcotics trafficking. It also covers narcoterrorists, Islamic fundamentalists and radicalization targeting America, as well as a proactive approach to combat the problem. Also illustrated will be The Current Islamic Terrorist Threat within the Borders of the US, Al Qaeda: The Current Threat, Jihad in America: An Expose of American Centers for Islamic Radical Activity, Developing Intelligence within...

MONTERREY, Mexico - Masked gunmen opened fire and tossed a grenade at a Mexican television station as it aired its nightly newscast Tuesday, leaving behind a message warning the station about its coverage of drug gangs. No injuries were reported in the assault on the Televisa network's studio in the northern city of Monterrey. It was the latest in a series of attacks on journalists covering drug cartels in Mexico. Televisa Monterrey director Francisco Cobo said the masked gunmen arrived in...

The president said he has asked the government's communication department to inaugurate the newspaper on Jan. 22, with the objective of "reporting the truth". Morales also said Sunday that Bolivia plans a new state television station with financial backing from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. He did not say when he plans to launch the station. Officials have previously mentioned the possibility of Iran backing a TV station in Bolivia. ...

Centro Simon Wiesenthal Cabello 3872, PB "C" (C1425APR) - Buenos Aires - Argentina Teléfono: (5411) 4802-1744 * Fax: (5411) 4802-1774 E-mail: Buenos Aires, January 2, 2009 The Simon Wiesenthal Center slammed a statement issued by Venezuela, which unilaterally criticizes Israel for the current situation in Gaza. The official Declaration ( ) states that President Hugo Chávez “expressed his indignation at the criminal attack by Israel in bombing the Palestinian...

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) made the announcement in a statement on the Anncol news agency website. "We announce the unilateral liberation soon of six prisoners," read the statement, giving no date. The move is being made "as a gesture towards generating conditions favourable for a humanitarian exchange," euphemism for a swap of hostages for imprisoned FARC rebels. "The conditions, time and place will be announced at the proper time," the...

BOGOTÁ, Dec 19 (IPS) - The leaders of Colombia’s FARC guerrillas ordered the release of two women hostages and the young son of one of them as a gesture of "compensation" for the frustrated facilitation efforts made by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and Colombian Senator Piedad Córdoba, and of goodwill towards the hostages’ families. "The order to free them in Colombia has already been given," says a seven-point communiqué sent...

In a further show of naval muscle-flexing, Russian warships will visit United States foe Cuba for the first time since the Soviet era. The destroyer Admiral Chabanenko and two support ships from a squadron that has been on a lengthy visit to Latin America will put in at Havana on Saturday for a five-day stay, Navy spokesman Captain Igor Dygalo said. It will be the first visit by Russian warships to the communist island just 145km from the US since the 1991 Soviet collapse. The Admiral...