Most of today's discussions among experts, politicians and the media relate to the Sunni Jihadist / Salafist type of terrorism, as it is considered the most important global threat .
According to Mehmet Ozkan, a professor at the Turkish National Police Academy, Latin American Muslims are very well connected with social media, through which many of them learn about Islam, Arab culture and the Middle East . However, the strong presence of Latino Muslims in virtual spaces did not succeed in attracting them to ISIS through these channels. As of 2017, a total of 76 people from Latin America (23 from Argentina, 50 from Trinidad and Tobago, and 3 from Brazil) are believed to have traveled to ISIS territory . If these numbers are true, they clearly indicate that Latin American fighters constitute less than 0.003 percent of the total population of foreign fighters .
ISIS's only foothold in Latin America is Trinidad and Tobago, which is among the countries that have contributed the most fighters to the Islamic State per capita . There are more than 100 Islamic State members operating in the nation of the two islands, according to the Soufan Center's October 2017 report, 70 of them are men and the remaining are divided equal numbers of women and children . Therefore, returnees to Trinidad and Tobago should establish a facilitation and logistics center for potential South and North American foreign fighters for any jihadist theater abroad.
On the contrary, the terrorism of Hezbollah and Iran in Latin America clearly appears as the greatest terrorist threat to the continent : testimony to this are the two largest terrorist attacks in Buenos Aires, in 1992 against the Israeli embassy and in 1994 against AMIA. the Jewish community building. This in addition to the links Hezbollah has with criminal cartels and drug traffickers on the continent .
I would like to focus my presentation on the ideological and strategic reasons behind the close relations between Venezuela and Iran and offer a reflection on Venezuelan support for Hezbollah at the political and operational level .
Iran's strategic motivations for flirting with the Hugo Chávez regime and the marriage of convenience between the Venezuelan president and Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad beginning in 2005, are quite obvious.
Looking at the flags of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Hezbollah, it becomes clear that their strategic objective is not hegemony in the Gulf or the Middle East, but rather global presence and influence . And the means to implement this vision is through armed struggle, symbolized by the Kalashnikov. According to Khomeinist doctrine, terrorism is a legitimate weapon of defense against the West, Israel, and all of its numerous other enemies, including its own opposition abroad.
We cannot talk about Hezbollah terrorism without emphasizing the fact that it is a joint venture between the theocratic regime in Tehran and its Lebanese branch, a company in which Hezbollah serves as a contractor for its masters.
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