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Latin America vs Iranian Interference

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Latin America vs Iranian Interference


Posted on YouTube: October 30, 2024

Source: Iran’s terrorist expansion to Latin America
Dallas Morning News
by Dina Siegel Vann
November 23, 2024

Too few people realize the full extent of Iran’s role in backing terrorist groups across the Middle East, from Hamas in Gaza to Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen. Even fewer are aware of Iran’s expanding influence in the Western Hemisphere, threatening regional stability and U.S. security at an alarming level.

But we can’t afford to ignore the threat any longer. It’s time for the U.S. to act, forging a comprehensive plan with our allies to preempt Iran’s geopolitical ambitions in our own neighborhood.

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As this website has noted, many times, Iran has influence all over Latin America, not just through propaganda with HispanTV, but with smuggling and drug trafficking.

This, unfortunately, is nothing new. It has been going on for years.


Posted on YouTube: April 19, 2024

Hezbollah funds itself by drug trafficking.

Source: The Laundromat: Hezbollah’s Money-Laundering and Drug-Trafficking Networks in Latin America
The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
Bar Ilan University
by Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi
July 14, 2021

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Over the past decades, Hezbollah has built a well-oiled, multibillion-dollar money-laundering and drug-trafficking machine in Latin America that cleans organized crime’s ill-gotten gains through multiple waypoints in the Western hemisphere, West Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Traditionally, Hezbollah used the TBA’s illicit economy as a hub for money-laundering—less so for cocaine trafficking. For years, Hezbollah-linked drug traffickers in the TBA moved only relatively small quantities of cocaine. Multi-ton shipments are another story.
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Finally, this is from 2007


Posted on YouTube: January 24, 2007

This has been going on in Latin America for some time.

Latin Arabia has a post on the problem in 2012 (Click Here).

This post from 2020 has a blockquote from 2011 about the problem in Chile (Click Here).

Venezuela Chooses Unwisely

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Venezuela Chooses Unwisely


Posted on YouTube: October 17, 2023

In practice, Venezuelan support for Palestine may not amount to much, but the government of Venezuela has been supporting the Palestinian cause for a long time, since the administration of Hugo Chavez.

This continues with President Maduro. However, inasmuch as Venezuela is a leftist dictatorship, the official show of support may not be anything but a facade. It may not reflect the will of the people.

What the policy does do is ingratiate Venezuela with Iran, which is problematic. It introduces Iranian influence into Latin America.

Source: Venezuelans Join Global Outcry for Gaza Ceasefire Amid Escalating Violence

Nimrah Khatoon
November 5, 2023

In an outpouring of international solidarity, thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets of Caracas, joining the global call for an immediate ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Palestinian conflict raging in the Gaza Strip. These demonstrations are part of a significant global response to the escalating situation in the Middle East.

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About 1.6 million Venezualans have Arab ancestry – around 6% of the total population – which does not mean that these Arabs necessarily support the Palestinian cause. Many are of Lebanese and Syrian descent (mostly Christian) which means they may be neutral when it comes to Hamas/Islamic sympathies.


Posted on YouTube: February 6, 2022
(A taste of Arab food in Venezuela)

The country has had an Arab vice-president, Tareck El Aissami.

Again, an official support for Palestine may be nothing but political grandstanding, but I note it here since Venezuela is a Latin country.

Remember that Venezuela is an outlier, and it is presently pre-occupied with provoking a war with Guyana.