Tehran Takes Caracas
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...
Hugo Chávez
What Is Venezuela Flying to Moscow?
Iran is a willing accomplice in the rape of Ukraine. Iranian drones have helped Russia sustain its terror attacks against Ukrainian civilian targets and infrastructure even as Russia’s arsenal became...
Op-eds
Mystery Cargo
Senior Iranian and Venezuelan officials are traveling around the world on a cargo plane. Argentina detained them. But what are they up to?
Op-eds
Soleimani U
A new academic center in Caracas named after the Iranian mass murderer is the latest node in Tehran’s soft power network in Latin America
Op-eds
Corrupt Venezuelan Officials Face Impending Extradition to United States
The constitutional court of the African island nation of Cape Verde last week authorized the extradition of Colombian businessman Alex Saab to the United States, while Spanish police arrested former Venezuelan...
Policy Briefs
Two More Reasons to Worry About China
Keep an eye on China’s relationship with Cuba, for starters.
Op-eds
The World’s Most Dangerous Alliance
How Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin are using international institutions to undermine American interests.
Op-eds
U.S. Court Exposes Turkey’s Role in Iran’s and Venezuela’s Sanctions Evasion Schemes – Again
A Manhattan federal jury on Monday convicted Ali Sadr Hasheminejad, the Iranian owner of the now-defunct Pilatus Bank of Malta, of evading U.S. sanctions against Iran by conspiring to transfer payments...
Policy Briefs
The return of the Monroe Doctrine
Sanders aside, Trump finds bipartisan support for a pro-U.S. Venezuelan leader
Op-eds
U.S. Sanctions Four More Venezuelan Military Officials
Today, the U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions on four current or former Venezuelan generals for their involvement in c...
Policy Briefs
The U.S. Sanctions Venezuela’s President
On Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The designation came a...
Policy Briefs
In Venezuela’s Toxic Brew, Failed Narco-State Meets Iran-Backed Terrorism
As if the political and economic chaos wracking Venezuela wasn’t worrying enough, a couple of recent stories underscore the potential national security threat brewi...
Op-eds
Ecuador, Iran, and Latin America’s Pink Tide
Ecuador will elect a new leader on April 2 to replace its left-wing, populist president Rafael Correa. Washington should pay close attention. Correa’s vice-president Lenin Moreno is a close...
Policy Briefs
Expert: Zarif Leveraging Latin America Trip to Boost Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program
The Iranian foreign minister’s visit to Latin America last week signaled the Islamic Republic’s intent to rebuild its missile program in the Western Hemisphere, Emanuele Ottol...
Op-eds
Iran looks to Latin America to revive missile infrastructure
With the presidential campaign in full swing, U.S. media may be forgiven for downplaying the news of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamma...
Op-eds
Britain’s Corbyn Is No Laughing Matter
"Few people outside Britain have ever heard of Jeremy Corbyn," the British journalist Nick Cohen ...
Op-eds
How the U.S. Put Latin America Up for Grabs
TAMARINDO, COSTA RICA – I’m not about to pretend that spending a few days in this rather funky little surfing village on the Pacific has given me great insights into Latin America&rsq...
Op-eds
In Iran, Two Bombing Suspects Run for President
After disqualifying a number of presidential candidates from the June 14 elections, Iran's Guardian Council has pared the list down to eight. Remarkably, two of the remaining candidates --...
Op-eds
The Ron Paul Institute: Be Afraid, Very Afraid
In December 2011, when Ron Paul was leading the Republican presidential-primary pack in the Iowa caucuses, the former Texas congressman’s notorious newsletters resurfaced in the national de...
Op-eds
Why the Falklands Matter
We should stand up for the United Kingdom in its just claims against Argentina