Iran in Latin America

Iran in Latin America
Author: Cynthia Arnson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Iran
ISBN: 9781933549958

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The essays in this report reflect an effort to provide background and context for understanding Iran's relations with Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Venezuela; the articles emphasize the foreign policy objectives and strategies of Latin American nations as well as the strategic objectives of the Iranian government.

Iran's Strategic Penetration of Latin America

Iran's Strategic Penetration of Latin America
Author: Joseph M. Humire
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2014-10-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0739182676

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In recent years, significant attention has focused upon the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and the threat they pose to the United States and the West. Far less well understood, however, has been the phenomenon of Iran’s regional advance in America’s own Hemisphere—an intrusion that has both foreign policy and national security implications for the United States and its allies. In this collection, noted specialists and regional experts examine the various facets of Iran’s contemporary presence in Central and South America, and detail what the Islamic Republic’s growing geopolitical footprint south of the U.S. border signifies, both for Iran and for the United States.

Axis of Unity

Axis of Unity
Author: Sean Goforth
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2012
Genre: History
ISBN: 1612340164

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Two of the most prominent trends in world affairs over the past decade--the projection of American power abroad and high energy prices--have made for some strange bedfellows. Flush with oil revenues, autocratic governments in Venezuela, Iran, and Russia have tried to counter U.S. influence not only in Latin America but around the world. In Axis of Unity, Sean Goforth explores the motives and contributions of each nation to the partnership. Venezuela and Iran's self-declared "axis of unity" in 2007 forms the alliance's base. Caracas and Tehran support each other's attempt at regional domination through a series of illicit ties. Russia provides the alliance's superstructure, shielding Iran from Western ire and selling billions of dollars worth of sophisticated arms to Caracas and Tehran. The regional repercussions of this alliance, Goforth asserts, are far-reaching. Venezuela and Iran utilize various forces--the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Quds Force--to attack regional competitors, chiefly Colombia and Israel. The key to dismantling the threat, Goforth demonstrates, is a flexible foreign policy. America should take a bold stand against Russia in Eastern Europe, where leaders seek strong U.S. backing, and adopt a long-term plan for reducing the influence of Venezuela and Iran in Latin America and the Middle East. Axis of Unity will be of great value to readers interested in international affairs, U.S. foreign policy, security studies, and the geopolitics of rising powers.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard

Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Author: Steven O'Hern
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2012-10-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1597977012

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Since the Iranian Revolution more than thirty years ago, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also known as the Revolutionary Guard, has conducted covert and overt military operations, built an economic empire, and trained, financed, and guided terrorists to pursue one goalùthe preservation and expansion of the Islamic revolution. Inside Iran the IRGC influences the country's politics, economy, and foreign policy, and controls its nuclear program. Outside Iran the operations of the IRGC and its proxies, including Hezbollah in Lebanon and Shiite militias in Iraq, have left a trail of deathùfrom the 1983 truck bombings in Beirut that killed 241 U.S. peacekeepers and 58 French paratroopers to numerous attacks on U.S. (and allied) troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, no longer content to strike in Iraq and Afghanistan or at targets in the Middle East and south Asia, the IRGC and Hezbollah operate throughout North and South America, developing the capability to strike the continental United States and deliver a blow to America's economy far worse than today's financial crisis. In Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Steven O'Hern reveals new information about the IRGC and Hezbollah operations inside America based on interviews with former and active members of the FBI, CIA, local law enforcement, military intelligence, and even one former Revolutionary Guard officer. The author details how the IRGC has grown into such a dangerous foe and explains how its members' activities have put the American economy and American lives at risk. His research suggests that the IRGC may be planning to explode, high above a Midwestern city, a nuclear weapon that would emit an electromagnetic pulse strong enough to render anything with a computer chip useless, including the hundreds of transformers that control the country's electrical grid. One thing is certain, according to O'Hern: the Revolutionary Guard is a serious threat to the well-being of all U.S. citizens.

How’s Life in Latin America? Measuring Well-being for Policy Making

How’s Life in Latin America? Measuring Well-being for Policy Making
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2021-10-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9264685936

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Many Latin American countries have experienced improvements in income over recent decades, with several of them now classified as high-income or upper middle-income in terms of conventional metrics. But has this change been mirrored in improvements across the different areas of people’s lives? How’s Life in Latin America? Measuring Well-being for Policy Making addresses this question by presenting comparative evidence for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) with a focus on 11 LAC countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay).

Iran's Influence and Activity in Latin America

Iran's Influence and Activity in Latin America
Author: United States Senate, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps,, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Global Narcotics Affairs, Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate
Publisher:
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2012-06-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781477628393

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As we tighten the noose around the Iranian regime, we must pay close attention to where President Ahmedinejad's increasing isolated government looks for friends and resources. Within 4 years of President Ahmedinejad's election in 2005, Iran opened six new embassies in Latin America, including Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Uruguay. Iran has announced its intention to form a joint oil company with Venezuela, signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in oil activities and personnel training with Ecuador, and been awarded the right to explore 12 oil and gas blocks in Bolivia.

Latin American Foreign Policies towards the Middle East

Latin American Foreign Policies towards the Middle East
Author: Marta Tawil Kuri
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2016-11-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137599391

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This volume surveys the interplay between state and non-state actors in Latin American foreign policies and attitudes towards the Middle East in the twenty-first century. How will domestic instability and international tensions affect the choices and behavior of Latin American countries towards the Arab world? The chapters here offer insight into this and similar questions, as well as a comparative value in analyzing countries beyond those specifically discussed. Common topics in policy making are considered–namely, Israel and Palestine, Iran, the Gulf countries, and the Arab "Spring”–as authors from distinct disciplines examine the crucial relation between ends and means on the one hand, and foreign policy actions and context on the other.

Iran's Influence and Activity in Latin America

Iran's Influence and Activity in Latin America
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2017-12-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781981741038

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Iran's influence and activity in Latin America : hearing before the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Global Narcotics Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, second session, February 16, 2012.