Expands Hamas and Hezbollah Designation: Paraguay designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization on April 24. The Latin American nation also...
South African President Seeks Deal With Trump: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has stated that he wants to “do a deal” with U.S. President Donald Trump after the United...
Hamas Commends Coalition: The Iran-backed Hamas terrorist organization on February 3 praised a newly established 10-member bloc of anti-Israel nations calling itself “The Hague...
Latin American Nation Reopens Embassy in Jerusalem: Paraguay reopened its embassy in Jerusalem on December 12, becoming the first nation to move its main diplomatic mission to Israel’s...
Argentine authorities arrested four individuals last month suspected of financing Hezbollah using a cryptocurrency wallet. As Hezbollah has increased its military action against Israel, these arrests signal...
Illegal immigration through the U.S.-Mexican border is at an all-time high, straining public resources and fueling political tension in the United States. Much of what moves migrants to undertake the...
On December 27, an Israeli missile hit a home in the Southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil, killing brothers Ali and Ibrahim Bazzi and Ibrahim’s wife. Within hours, Al Manar, Hezbollah’s official media...
Hezbollah's presence in the region merits swift recognition and action.
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...
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.
In the aftermath of 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) could count on and leverage the primacy of U.S. global leadership and economic influence to address a range of foreign threats...
Latest Developments Papua New Guinea’s prime minister will visit Israel next week to open an embassy in Jerusalem, a spokesperson for his office said on August 28. The inauguration, tentatively...
Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence
On Monday, Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi began a five-day tour of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua, three Latin American countries governed by authoritarian, anti-Western regimes. Raisi’s three predecessors...
Member States’ Next Act Should be Suspending Russia
The outcome of this month’s hotly contested Paraguayan election will likely determine whether Asuncion maintains diplomatic relations with Taipei or switches recognition to Beijing, a move that would...
Honduras has said it intends to shift diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China. We know this story: with the exception of 2007, when St. Lucia switched from Beijing to Taipei, the trend has run in this...
A deeply corrupt South American country has entered the White House’s sights.