President Assad Calls for "Purely Syrian" Solution

In his rare public appearance, Syrian President Bashar Assad offered on Sunday a plan for putting an end to the country’s 22-month-old crisis stoked up by the West and some regional puppet regimes, assuring his…

Ecuadorian President Warns of Possible "CIA Attack" Before the Feb. 17 Elections

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has said the CIA may try to kill him prior to upcoming elections. Citing reports of a plot to “destabilize the region,” Correa said the threats were “credible,” given the history of US involvement in Latin America. Correa alluded to reports by Chilean journalist Patricio Mery Bell, who allegedly passed on information to the Ecuadorian government that President Correa’s life was “under threat” by a CIA plot. “There are many cases of [the CIA] interfering” in Latin American affairs, Correa said during a campaign tour in the coastal province of Guayas. “These are credible [reports] because this has happened before in Latin America.”

From Iran Sanctions to US Anxiety of Influence

In what can be seen as a blatantly overt interference in Iran’s affairs, US President Barack Obama has recently enacted a law “aimed at countering Tehran’s alleged influence in Latin America” through a new diplomatic…