The Terrorist Connection Does El Salvador’s Opposition, the FMLN
A leading, yet elusive figure of El Salvador’s primary political opposition party has come under legal and political scrutiny in his country for allegedly offering to sell weapons and arrange business...
View ArticleSuspected Hezbollah Operatives Nabbed in South America, Congress Should...
Colombian officials announced last week that they had arrested suspected Hezbollah operatives in Colombia. The capture of the three potential terrorists was part of an international anti-drug and...
View ArticleA Colombian “Witch” Trial
That I know of, witchcraft is not a crime in Colombia, but this is not about hexing or potions. An international arms smuggler needs to concern him or herself with numerous things, the most important...
View ArticleAround Town …
Transparency International released its 2010 corruption index. It ranks Communist Cuba – the most corrupt government in the entire Western Hemisphere – in the same bucket with Colombia and less...
View ArticleColombia, Not Sure What to Think of President Santos
Earlier this week, Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos said, yet again, that Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez has been helpful in the war against the FARC terrorist group. “President Chavez has...
View ArticleFARCleaks
Three years after Colombia’s successful raid of a terrorist camp in Ecuador, a European think tank has announced that it will release a report of the contents of a computer seized during the operation...
View ArticleCriminals and Terrorists Kill, Not Guns
Just a few years ago, you could not get people in this town to focus on the pockets of instability throughout the Western Hemisphere. It is not top-ranked news but, as of late, it has become the issue...
View ArticleColombia’s President Santos Misses the Mark
Prostitutegate aside, there were other, more pressing things that happened at the Summit of the Americas two weeks ago. We can tinker with a lot of things. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, for...
View ArticleColombia’s FARC Folly, Cuba’s End Game
Over on Facebook recently I posted the following comment to see what reaction it would receive from interested FB connections: Starting to wonder if Colombia was forced to negotiate with the FARC to...
View ArticleCuba-supported Terror Group, FARC, Speaks with a Forked Tongue
For Colombia, last week supposed to be the week of peace. It was anything but. Five Colombian soliders were killed by the FARC terrorist group, just a few days after peace talks were launched in Oslo....
View ArticleWhitewashing & Policy Laundering Cuban Terrorism
(Update, 21 Feb): After I posted this item yesterday morning, later in the day a colleague in town advised me that the Obama Administration named Bernie Aronson — a former government official who...
View ArticleCuba is a Terror State, Notwithstanding Presidential Decrees, and...
The Miami Herald reports this morning that Cuba’s removal from the state sponsors of terror list may prove more symbolic than business friendly. Some of the experts cited in the story have a somewhat...
View ArticleVenezuelan Ammunition Reaching Colombian Terrorist Group
The Miami Herald reports this morning that Colombian officials told them that Venezuela continues to supply ammunition to the FARC terrorist group operating out of southern Colombia. “The [Colombian]...
View ArticleApprove Colombia FTA, Designate Venezuela a Terror Sanctuary
The Associated Press reports that Venezuela leader Hugo Chavez yesterday “urged Venezuela’s allies to form an “anti-imperialist” military alliance to defend Latin America from possible attacks by the...
View ArticleColombia Fights Terror, Her Neighbors Aid and Abet It
Imagine for a moment that a well organized group of American citizens decide to secede from the Union. These separatists, frustrated the lack of progress in their quixotic effort abandon legal and...
View ArticleColombia Wins, anti-U.S. Axis Loses – Opportunity to Exert Robust U.S....
U.S. Review of Venezuela’s Inclusion on the State-Sponsor of Terrorism List or Haven Designation, Warranted Last week Colombia scored three significant victories by striking hard against the...
View ArticleUranium in Latin America
Who is Doing What, Where is it Going? I received several calls last week from reporters and colleagues recalling past conversations regarding nuclear proliferation and related concerns in the Western...
View ArticleGov. Richardson’s Great Adventure to Venezuela Hurts U.S. Interests, Puts...
In a diplomatic low point for the U.S., former President Jimmy Carter visited with terrorists in the Middle East last week. At a time when the Bush Administration is seeking to make some progress in...
View ArticleStrong Nation-States Needed for A Robust Inter-American System
If Mexico allowed al-Qaeda to build camps on the Mexico-side of the U.S.-Mexico border, would Mexico really expect the U.S. to sit idly by and do nothing? Why should Colombia act any differently when...
View ArticleU.S. Targets Hizballah in Venezuela
The U.S. Department of the Treasury yesterday issued a press release announcing the designation of two Venezuelan-based supporters of the terrorist group Hizballah. The Director of the Office of...
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