Iran in Latin America Honest Reporting JAN 14, 2026
WATCH: Iran in South America: The Iran-Venezuela alliance
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Why did Nicolás Maduro matter to the U.S.—and why act now?
Venezuelan political, diplomatic, and business elites enabled links between South American and Middle Eastern terror networks, using state access, identity documents, financial channels, and logistics.
In doing so, Venezuela gave the Iranian regime something it couldn’t secure anywhere else: state protection.
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