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| Caribbean-Latin America |
| Iran networking with Latin America's underclass |
| 2008-02-02 |
| From Geostrategy-Direct, subscription. Welcome to Iran's new playground, located just south of the U.S. border. Iran has been pumping billions of dollars into creating a network of agents in just about every country in South and Central America. The network has forged close ties to everybody from politicians to organized crime. Iran has gotten lots of help from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Chavez has introduced Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to leaders on the continent and allowed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to train in his country. Hugo, the New Fidel, found his Iranian Nikita. But IRGC has chosen to seek out the lower level of society. Iranian agents formed alliances with drug traffickers throughout South America in an effort to be able to export terrorism north toward the United States. Are ya listening Obama, Hillary, McCain, and Romney? Ahmadinejad has formed strong ties with Bolivia as well. Again, Iranian money and Shi'ite fronts have blended Islamic terrorism with South American crime. Iran has also made inroads in Ecuador. Chavez convinced Ecuador President Rafael Correa to meet Ahmadinejad, which led to a strategic dialogue with a key country in Latin America. That has left the United States very uncomfortable. For 100 years, Latin America was regarded as the U.S. sphere of influence, a turf defended even at the height of the Cold War. Well, we won the Cold War, so all is peace and hugs, no maintenance required. But Teheran is not Moscow and Iran has exploited large Shi'ite populations in such countries as Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. |
| Posted by:Alaska Paul |