The legacy of Carlos the Jackal
He instructed revolutionary leftists to march behind Islamists – and they’re marching
Peru
Can The Earthquake Help Venezuela Shake The Dictatorship?
The earthquake in Venezuela made the failures of the Rodriguez administration painfully clear.
Op-eds
US must halt the terror-driven gold rush that’s looting Venezuela
A human-rights horror is unfolding right under America’s nose, with kids under age 10 laboring in mines, girls as young as 12 working in brothels and whole communities fleeing cartel violence. Venezuela...
Op-eds
Russia Recruits Young Migrant Women from Latin America to Build Iranian Drones
Memos
A Foundation Led by a Terror Sympathizer Is Waging Lawfare Against Israel
The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) — a Belgium-based advocacy organization — is hunting IDF soldiers and government officials all over the world, attempting to manipulate the international legal...
Op-eds
Iran’s web of terror and propaganda: The case of Al Mustafa University
Last July, Israel’s ambassador to Argentina gave an interview to Latin America’s leading news platform, Infobae, where he named Edgardo Ruben (aka Suhail) Assad, Abdallah Cerrilla, and Abdul...
Op-eds
All Minerals are Local: China’s Man in Lima
China’s quest to control critical mineral and battery metal supply chains is a global project. But the CCP’s playbook recognizes that all politics is local. To that end, Beijing is cultivating...
Op-eds
Chinese President Xi Jinping Lays Out “Red Lines” in Final Meeting with Biden
Chinese President Xi Jinping presented four “red lines” that the U.S. should not breach during future negotiations between Beijing and Washington in his final meeting with outgoing US President Joe...
Policy Briefs
Post-Biden, we must secure the border to address the looming national-security threat
Just two days after that 50 ISIS-linked illegal migrants were on the loose somewhere in the United States, President Biden dismissed the threat of terrorists entering our...
Op-eds
Iranian Citizen Planning to Attack Israeli Arrested in Peru
Police in Peru arrested an Iranian citizen on March 7 suspected of planning to murder an Israeli in the South American country. At least two Peruvian citizens are also implicated...
Flash Briefs
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
Washington Needs a New Economic Security Framework for the Americas
Washington must bring powerful answers to pressing issues in the region: populism, political unrest, and disinformation; water and food insecurity; extreme weather; mass migration; the evolving drug trade; money laundering and corruption; and weakened democratic institutions.
Op-eds
Countering Threats Posed by Nation-State Actors in Latin America to U.S. Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence
Legislative Testimonies
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...
Op-eds
Two Years On, Syria’s Suspension from the OPCW Was Beneficial
Member States’ Next Act Should be Suspending Russia
Memos
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
FDD’s Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: The Year in Review
Memos
Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: November
Policy Tracker
How Iran is Making Inroads in South America
Al Mustafa International University in Qom caters to converts in their native language. Some of them come home to run for office.
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