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The government of Spain raided a leading heavy machinery and equipment manufacturer in the Basque region of country for alleged violations of EU and Spain export control laws.
Among other allegations, ONA Electro-erosion is accused of setting up a Turkish front company that was used to export to Iran at least seven [...]
It has been some time that I post on Ecuador and its dictator, Rafael Correa. There are a lot of things happening down there that, daily, continue to erode basic freedoms such as private property rights, rule of law, and the right to speak your mind without government meddling, among many other things.
Therefore I [...]
State Sponsor of Terrorism Review for Venezuela is Long Overdue
A lot of folks in this town that are supposed to be in the know on such matters, dismiss the Iran-Venezuela connection. There is nothing to see here, move along, they try to say. This town is full of foreign policy Pucks. But there is [...]
Two European companies, Hispasat, and it appears another one with strong U.S. ties, Intelsat, are reportedly going to facilitate satellite broadcasts in Latin America for Iran, a state sponsor of terror.
According to an article in Broadband TV News, “Iran has secured capacity on three satellites for distribution of its Spanish language [...]
With a very few notable exceptions, most DC-based Western Hemisphere policy experts, for years, have downplayed Iran’s influence in the Americas. This would include both Democratic and Republican policymakers and staff.
Granted, after 09/11/01 there was a great deal of anecdotal information in the Latin American media about Iranian activities throughout the region. It has [...]
Earlier today I was reading posts on Andrea Viski’s Nuclear Export Controls blog, and eventually found my way to item on another site related to Taiwan export control issues and Iran.
There is a short story in today’s Tapei Times based on a recently-released WikiLeaks cable. The article, US worried over Taiwan’s exports to Iran, [...]
Seems like our cousins across the pond are having a slight case of buyer’s remorse over weapon sales to North African and Middle East governments. Some of this we can attribute to Europe’s anti-gun obsession. If they ascribed to our view that people kill, not weapons, maybe they would not worry so much about these [...]
ITAR-free satellites? The Washington Post recently penned an item on export control reform efforts underway. There were no U.S. government officials quoted on or off the record for that piece, however, there is a related article quoting an unnamed NSC official that the ” ‘effort is focused on controlling fewer parts [...]
