How the Left Views Langley
REVIEW: 'The CIA: An Imperial History’ by Hugh Wilford
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Israel Announces Plans for New Domestic Production of Air-Launched Munitions
Israel is creating an additional domestic production capacity for air-launched munitions and an associated raw materials plant after the Biden administration delayed the delivery of some munitions following...
Policy Briefs
Guterres embraces the authoritarians
By attending a three-day summit in Russia and lending credence to Putin’s despotism, the U.N. secretary-general is effectively spitting in the faces of both Ukraine and Israel.
Op-eds
Argentina Becomes First Latin American State to Designate Hamas as Terrorist Organization
Argentina became the first state in Latin America to designate Hamas as a terrorist organization, in a move announced by President Javier Milei on July 12. A statement from the president’s...
Flash Briefs
How Hezbollah Fundraises Through Crime
Hours after Hamas massacred 1,200 Israelis on October 7, Hezbollah opened a second front against Israel on its northern border, re-igniting a conflict now at risk of escalating into a full-blown war. While...
Op-eds
Amid Tensions With Israel, Spain Requests to Join ICJ Case Targeting Jewish State
Spain on June 6 became the first European country to request to join South Africa’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) case accusing Israel of genocide in its war against Hamas...
Flash Briefs
Gustavo Petro’s Anti-Israel Fantasy Has a High Price for Colombia
The Colombian president's severing of diplomatic relations with Israel will terminate a budding bilateral partnership.
Op-eds
Israel Retaliates for Rocket Fire From Lebanon
The Israeli military struck terrorist cells in southern Lebanon that had fired rockets at northern Israel, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported on April 2 and 3. The “Hezbollah...
Flash Briefs
Explosion Wounds Three UN Military Observers Patrolling Lebanese Border
An explosion near the Israel-Lebanon border on March 30 wounded three unarmed United Nations peacekeeping observers and a Lebanese interpreter on a patrol. The observers from Chile,...
Flash Briefs
Telesur’s Pro-Iran Propaganda
Disinformation from the Maduro regime should draw just as much attention from the State Department as Russian disinformation does.
Op-eds
Brazilian Authorities Disrupt Hezbollah Plot
Two alleged Hezbollah agents were detained by Brazilian authorities for plotting to carry out terror attacks against Jewish targets in Brazil. The arrest of the Brazilian-Lebanese...
Flash Briefs
HispanTV Is Iran’s Propaganda Arm in Latin America; Why Is It Still Being Broadcast?
On October 7, Hamas terrorists breached the Gaza security fence, entered Israel, and massacred more than 1,400 people — raping, burning, mutilating, and torturing their victims, including infants, children, pregnant women, the elderly, and disabled people. They also took more than 220 hostages back to Gaza...
Op-eds
Hezbollah’s Terror Threat In Latin America
In the land of symmetrical war, the asymmetrical warrior is king. The U.S. and Israeli governments are rightly concerned that Hezbollah – Iran’s oldest and best-armed proxy – could open a second front in the Israel-Hamas conflict. But who says Hezbollah would limit itself to striking U.S. or Israeli targets in the Middle East?
For decades, Hezbollah has patiently built a global web of networks, engaged in illicit financial activities, and supported terrorist plots. Hezbollah and Iran have repeatedly struck at Israeli, Jewish, and other Western targets overseas. Latin America is a region of particular concern in this respect, for several reasons.
Emanuele Ottolenghi is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
Op-eds
America’s Power Competition Goes Awry in Lula’s Brazil
When the dust settles, the consequences of Lula’s approach will serve neither American interests nor Brazil’s.
Op-eds
Domestic Investments Can Aid All Democracies
Last summer's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was a huge win for America's "green" game, but it also provoked worries among U.S. allies about the protectionism...
Op-eds
The United States’ Energy Future Needs Critical Minerals—and Latin America
Energy is a weapon in wartime and a key to prosperity in peacetime. As the world moves towards greater adoption of renewable energy sources and electric vehicles, we need to ensure that America’s...
Op-eds
A Prosecutor Was Murdered for Investigating Iran and Argentinian Corruption
Argentina has “serious corruption problems,” according to Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index. Will this regrettable condition continue to conceal the truth behind the identity...
Op-eds
Grounded: Why Biden Must Sanction Iranian Aviation
Iran’s airlift does not rely on a massive fleet. The Biden administration’s sanctions arsenal can make a difference.
Op-eds
Iran Is Testing Us. So Far, We Are Failing
In February, a jet carrying Iran’s minister of the interior, Ahmad Vahidi, landed at Pakistan’s Nur Khan air base and he was not arrested. He should have been. Vahidi, and four other senior...
Op-eds
The Kremlin’s Latin American Echo Chamber
A trio of Spanish language media networks controlled by Iran, Russia, and Venezuela push out propaganda and disinformation to demonize the West.