Left-wing governments in Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Bolivia have all become allies of Iran in recent years, and other countries in Latin America have diplomatic ties with the Islamic republic.
Shannon said Iran wants to ease its international isolation by showing it is able to win friends in Latin America, which has been historically in the [...]

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Bolivian President Evo Morales faces an uphill battle to keep his nation whole as several eastern provinces, which hold the country’s lucrative gas reserves, are balking at his constitutional reform proposals. Among the proposals being put forward by Morales — Bolivia’s first indigenous leader — is a more equal distribution of the country’s revenue [...]

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Bolivia appears to be on the verge of a constitutional crisis after four of its richest states declared their autonomy over the weekend. At issue is a new draft constitution—approved by supporters of President Evo Morales—that leaders in the energy-producing lowland states of Santa Cruz, Tarija, Beni, and Pando fear will put the country on [...]

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Despite the fact that Chile has not engaged in a conflict with another state since the war of the Pacific in the late nineteenth century, the Chilean military has been carrying out aggressive weapons purchases in recent years. Long known for having an almost semi-autonomous military force, Chile, in recent years, has spent hundreds of [...]

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“I’m here to resolve problems,” Bolivian President Evo Morales, the country’s first Aymara Indian leader, recently told the Miami Herald. “My job is to take care of the poor.” Thus far, statistics make those two goals appear mutually exclusive. After Morales’ first year in office, revenues are booming due to high natural gas prices, but [...]

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