Spanish police and the FBI have reportedly blocked a major Mexican drug cartel from launching a European operation. Sinaloa cartel member Jesus Gutierrez Guzman was part of the operation. Guzman is alleged to be the cousin of Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman, known as “El Chapo,” the leader of the Sinaloa cartel. The ministry said the cartel wanted to [...]
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During the last six months, Iran is developing an offensive in Latin America. Tehran views the latinamerican region as one of the main points to overcome its increasing international isolation due to its nuclear program. The Iranian strategy is comprehensive. For example, a few weeks ago, the inhabitants of Quito were surprised by [...]
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Spanish oil company Repsol-YPF announced it will demand over nine billion dollars from Argentina for nationalizing 51 percent of its YPF division, a price tag that has already been rejected by authorities in Buenos Aires. The Argentine government’s decision to take control of the company has sparked a diplomatic crisis between Argentina and Spain, while provoking [...]
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez threatened on Sunday to nationalize any private bank that fails to comply with local legislation setting standards for agricultural finance and other projects in the country. The leftist leader, who since 2008 has increased state involvement in the financial sector, has criticized banks repeatedly for their lack of support with agriculture [...]
This weekend a unique diplomatic standoff took place when a Spanish ship, authorized by Britain to fish in the Falkland Islands, was pursued by Argentine authorities but successfully fled to Uruguayan waters. The incident began when the Spanish ship Villa Nores, having departed for the Falklands from Montevideo the previous Saturday, was challenged by the [...]
During the inauguration in Montevideo, Uruguay of the XI International Conference of the Interpol Working Group on Technology Crime (including cybercrime) , the President of the Interpol Working Group Mr. Miguel Angel Justo (from Argentina) said that “the police of the countries of Latin America must bring their national legislation on tech crime to the conference, [...]
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During a lecture under the XXIX Interdisciplinary Course on Human Rights which concluded on August 19th at the American Institute of Human Rights in Costa Rica, the Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón said that governments foster instability among citizens when politicians elaborate security policies without consulting the people. Garzón called upon the american states to include [...]
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