U.S. says Hezbollah gets money via South America
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The United States on Wednesday froze the U.S. assets of nine people and two businesses in the border area of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay who Washington said helped funnel millions of dollars to Lebanon's Hezbollah.
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President Bush, battling anti-America sentiment in Central and South America, said Wednesday the United States doesn't get much credit for its generosity in the region.
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The United States blamed Syria and Iran on Wednesday for the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah militants and the ensuing violence. The White House called for the immediate and unconditional release of the two soldiers.
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LA PAZ/CARACAS  - U.S. foe Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad courted leftist Latin American leaders on Thursday, visiting Bolivia and Venezuela to strengthen ties in a region where anti-American sentiment is on the rise.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, on the second day of a mission to strengthen security ties across Central and South America, received an unambiguous promise
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General Motors Corp  said on Wednesday it would invest $500 million in its operations in Argentina and Brazil for developing small vehicles for Latin America and other emerging markets.
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US prosecutors said a suitcase filled with nearly $800,000 was brought into Argentina from Venezuela as a campaign contribution allegedly intended for Argentina's newly elected president
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Hezbollah on Monday released footage of an drone aircraft it had sent into Israeli airspace a day earlier, a flight which the United Nations said violated the U.N.-drawn border between Lebanon and Israel.
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A Venezuelan who U.S. prosecutors say acted on behalf of Venezuela's intelligence services pleaded guilty on Friday to serving as an unregistered foreign agent in a scheme to smuggle $800,000 into Argentina to fund a presidential election campaign.
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A Colombian court approved the extradition to the United States of one of the South American nation's most notorious paramilitary leaders on drug smuggling charges.
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Major South American economic powers threw their support Friday behind anti-U.S. crusader Hugo Chavez of Venezuela in his fight against Washington for a U.N. Security Council seat.
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LIMA, Peru, Dec. 12 -- The United States on Wednesday said it had evidence that Venezuelan President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez's government tried to secretly funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars to the campaign of Argentina's new president.
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A man who tried to fund an Argentine campaign was offered a bribe to hide Venezuelan sources, a US court hears.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Monday the United States was trying to divide Latin America with accusations his government smuggled $800,000 to influence Argentina's recent election campaign.
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Former Liberian president Charles Taylor sold conflict diamonds to known al-Qaeda operatives that may have been used to finance the September 11 attacks on the United States, according to a confidential report from the UN-backed war crimes court in Sierra Leone.
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Night vision goggles that were apparently made in Britain were found in the Shiite militia Hezbollah's command bunkers in southern Lebanon by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), a spokesman for the Foreign Office told AFP.
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The militant Hezbollah organization Monday released footage of a reconnaissance drone it had sent into Israeli airspace a day earlier, a flight which the United Nations said violated the UN-drawn border between Lebanon and Israel.