Venezuela Real

Iran's Growing Presence in Latin America

Please join us on

Tuesday, April 8, 2008 - 11:30 AM-2:00 PM
11:30-12:00 - Lunch
12:00-2:00 - Program

Jaime Daremblum
Director, Hudson's Center for Latin American Studies
Introductory Remarks

Keynote Address:
Douglas Farah
The Strategic Threat: Iran in Latin America

Douglas Farah is a senior investigator for the NEFA Foundation (www.nefafoundation.org) and a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center (IASC).He is also a national security consultant to the U.S government and military, author of two books, "Blood From Stones: The Secret Financial Network of Terror," (Broadway, 2004) and "Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes and the Man Who Makes War Possible," and was a foreign correspondent covering Latin America and West Africa for the Washington Post for two decades.

Panel Discussion:
Hillel Fradkin (moderator)
Iran's International Horizon and Ambitions

Hillel Fradkin is a senior fellow of the Hudson Institute where he directs its Center on Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World. He is the founder of Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, the leading journal on contemporary Islamism (sometimes known as militant or radical Islam) which he co-edits with Husain Haqqani and Eric Brown.

Brian Fonseca
Emerging Relationships: Iran and Latin America

Brian Fonseca is the Senior Political and Security Analyst at Florida International University's Western Hemisphere Security Analysis Center.

Julio Cirino
Chavez and His Iranian Supporters

Julio Cirino is a historian, journalist, and Director of International Relations with the Fundacion Pensar in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has published numerous articles and books on Latin American politics, international relations, and security affairs.