Archive for Category: "South America"

February 17, 2012 08:03

US Senators Warn Latin America on Iran Ties

Researcher Douglas Farah said Iran’s intentions in Latin America are twofold. “To develop the capacity and capability to wreak havoc in Latin America and possibly the U.S. homeland, if the Iranian leadership views this as necessary to the survival of its nuclear program, and to develop and expand the ability to blunt international sanctions that are crippling the regime’s economic life,”

February 7, 2012 05:43

Mexico Nominates First Major Female Presidential Candidate

Vasquez Mota, a one-time journalist and economist, has served in the government as a legislator, as education secretary, and as the country’s first female social development secretary. She also was Mr. Calderon’s campaign manager.

January 23, 2012 09:05

Obama chooses Venezuela over Canada in Keystone cop-out

Obama picks Marxist dictator Chavez’s oil instead of ethical Canadian oil choosing Hollywood celebs over middle class workers. What a hypocrite.

January 16, 2012 16:20

New Guatemalan President appeals to US for help in drug war

In his inaugural address Saturday in Guatemala City before a crowd that included more than a dozen heads-of-state, Perez appealed to Mexico and the United States to help Guatemala fight drug trafficking.

January 11, 2012 17:36

Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez taunt US over ‘big atomic bomb’

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez joked about having “a big atomic bomb” and mocked US disapproval during a meeting between the two allies in Caracas. – The Telegraph

January 10, 2012 06:02

Allen West: Iranian missiles could threaten south Florida

“The enemy sees weakness…” “One thing that troubles me is the fact that Mahmoud Ahmajinedad next week will be traveling to Latin America and coming up through Central America. We know that there are some concerns about Iran establishing missile bases in Venezuela. We’re on the crux of having what could be a twenty first century Cuban missile crisis that could threaten us right down here in south Florida.”

January 9, 2012 07:35

Iran Woos Anti-American Allies in Latin America

Iran has expanded its economic, political and military influence in Latin America, taking advantage of an upswell of anti-American sentiment in the region led by Chavez and his eight-nation Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas. – Bloomberg.com

December 5, 2011 10:07

Hugo Chávez echoes Obama – need more time to establish utopian socialism

Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez says his Bolivarian Revolution needs more time to produce its utopian fruits. “We barely have 10 years here,” he told a crowd of supporters in Caracas last week. “We will take it to 10 more and 10 more and 10 more to construct the new social virtues.” In that time, Mr. Chávez pledged, “we will deepen the socialist revolution: socialism, socialism and more socialism. We have to deepen the struggle and defeat the vices of the past [...]

December 9, 2010 05:30

Iran Placing Medium-Range Missiles in Venezuela; Can Reach the U.S.

Venezuela has agreed to allow Iran to establish a military base manned by Iranian missile officers, soldiers of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and Venezuelan missile officers. In addition, Iran has given permission for the missiles to be used in case of an “emergency”. by Anna Mahjar-Barducci at HUDSON NEW YORK EXCERPTS: Iran is planning to place medium-range missiles on Venezuelan soil, based on western information sources[1], according to an article in the German daily, Die Welt, of November 25, 2010. [...]