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FARCleaks

By On April 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Three years after Colombia’s successful raid of a terrorist camp in Ecuador, a European think tank has announced that it will release a report of the contents of a computer seized during the operation that belonged to a FARC commander, Raul Reyes. According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies announcement the publication:

“provides unique insights [...]

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Around Town …

By On April 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Over at the Daily Caller, there is a new poll out that gives President Obama low marks on national security matters. Could Libya have something to do with it? The Obama Administration has yet to make a compelling case as to why U.S. involvement in Libya is in the U.S. national interest. Absent finding [...]

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Around Town …

By On February 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The Australian newspaper reported earlier this week that the Australian government has blocked several shipments of controlled items including water pumps used to cool nuclear reactors.  Ominously titled “Kevin Rudd’s secret war on Iran,” the reporter who penned the article asks readers to contact them if they have had exports blocked by the [...]

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Iranian Bank to Open Branch in Western Hemisphere

By On September 10, 2009 · 1 Comment

The Iranian regime continues to expand its presence in the Americas.  Yesterday, officials with Ecuador’s Central Bank announced that the Iran Export Development Bank will open a branch in Quito.  This is part of an agreement penned in December 2008 when Ecuador’s Rafael Correa visited Tehran.  ”The agreement is in line with the Ecuadorian government’s [...]

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Venezuelan Officials: Drug Kingpins

By On July 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment

According to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Republicans, “Venezuela’s cooperation on counternarcotics has deteriorated according to a report released today by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). 

“The report, requested by U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar in February 2008, is an effort by Lugar to ensure that funding for United States Government policies designed to interdict narcotics [...]

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Around the Hemisphere …

By On July 1, 2009 · 1 Comment

Mexico has started nuclear radiation detection operations at one of its busiest seaports.  A similar program was initiated in Jamaica earlier this year.

For decades a majority of the leaders throughout the Western Hemisphere worked against U.S. policy toward Cuba.  Regional leaders criticize U.S.-Cuba sanctions as “inhumane,” among other things.  How times [...]

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Around the Hemisphere …

By On June 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The Bolivarian Axis makes a move in Honduras to institutionalize leftist rule.  This is how it was done in Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Nicaragua.  They will trample rule of law, minority rights, and slowly take control of the country.   A blogger claiming to be the son of an Honduran [...]

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Ecuador and Terrorists, Targeted Sanctions May Be Warranted

By On June 23, 2009 · 1 Comment

The Wall Street Journal’s Mary Anastasia O’Grady’s latest op-ed is well worth a read by folks considering extending ATPDEA trade preferences to Ecuador.   The op-ed has struck a nerve with the Correa regime that has responded with shrill commentary, rather than facts.

Bottom line:  Ecuador remains a terrorist safe haven and, unless [...]

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Ecuador, A Democracy in Name Only

By On June 12, 2009 · 2 Comments

Last year Ecuador strongman Rafael Correa stated that he preferred “one thousand times” to be an ally and friend of state sponsor of terrorism Cuba and Venezuela, than to be a friend of the United States.  And Correa has by act and deed, kept his word.  

The only democracy existing in Ecuador,  in name [...]

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Iran May Inherit U.S.-Taxpayer Built Military Facility in South America

By On May 30, 2009 · 1 Comment

Will the U.S. military facility in Manta, Ecuador go down in history as the Iranian intelligence base that U.S. taxpayers paid for?   That seems to be the possibility.  The folks at CNS News have written an article on the matter that is well-worth a read, “Ecuador Eye Military Ties As U.S. Prepares [...]

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Iran’s Growing Penetration of the Americas, Courtesy of Latin American Leftist Leaders and Interests

By On November 10, 2008 · 1 Comment

“The core of this effort is fueled primarily by Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez and Communist Cuba.  This Lernaean Hydra also breathes its ideological poison with fellow travelers in Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, and political parties and business interests throughout Latin America and the Caribbean…” 

The incoming Obama-Biden Administration has been making the perfunctory statement that it [...]

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U.S. Suspends Trade Preferences for Bolivia, While Ecuador Receives Limited Extension

By On October 24, 2008 · 2 Comments

In response to Bolivia’s repeated failures to cooperate in regional anti-drug efforts, the Bush Administration announced this week that it would suspend trade preferences for Bolivia.   The move will increase tariffs on Bolivian goods entering the U.S. effective October 31, 2008. 

“Unfortunately, Bolivia has failed to cooperate with the United States on important [...]

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