South America: Venezuela, China and Iran

Trouble To The South, Washington Times ...Howard Whetzel,   October 30, 2008, Pg. 21

…Iranian Hezbollah has set up training camps in Venezuela. It is expected that these “trainers” will then expand their operations, reported to be drug and weapons smuggling, and money laundering, to the countries Iran has established diplomatic relations with in the region. This is not news to the United States. The U.S. Navy and State Department are both well aware of this recent activity.