Tag: Venezuela
Iran Grants Venezuela $500 Million Line of Credit
Iran has deep financial ties with Venezuela and other South American countries.
Iran ‘Alarmed by Hatred’ – Elsewhere
Iran, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela told the U.N. Human Rights Council their countries are bastions of freedom.
US Removes Iran, Hezbollah from National Intelligence Terrorist List
The US has removed both Iran and its Lebanon-based proxy, Hezbollah, from the National Intelligence list of terrorism threats.
Venezuelan Anti-Semitism at New Heights in Race between Chavez and Capriles
Anti-Semitism in Venezuela has spiked during the electoral race for president between a Catholic man of Jewish descent and President Hugo Chavez, according to...
Israel Calls ‘Absurd’ UN Equating It with Venezuela, Egypt, Zimbabwe
Israel's Foreign Ministry criticized as "absurd" the country's inclusion on a list of countries that restricts the activities of human rights and advocacy groups.
Monday's...
ADL, Wiesenthal, Condemn Venezuelan Anti-Semitic State Media Article
CNN reports that two Jewish organizations are calling on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to stop what they say are anti-Semitic attacks by his government's...
Iranian PM Says Iran “being punished for no reason”
Ahmadenijad: "Have we ever attacked anyone?"
Venezuela Diary: Fear, Courage, Responsibility
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
As our plane lands in Caracas I think about why we've come. Our objective is to express solidarity; to learn facts on the ground; and to speak with community leaders, rabbis, and clergy of other faiths with the goal of helping to map out future policy.
Kill This Myth
It's been raining rumor and myth since the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. And though most of the so-called urban legends that now abound on the Internet and even make an appearance or two in mainstream news outlets are easily dispelled by their very outlandishness, there are some that just won't go away.