Tensions over Iran's presence and influence over Latin America arise after the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee hearing on the Iranian government’s activities in the Western hemisphere.
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“There is a track record,” agreed the panel’s first witness, Cynthia Arnson, referring to the embassy and AMIA bomb attacks.
Arnson is director of the Latin American program at the Woodrow Wilson Center, a Washington, DC, think tank.
Noting “this is a political year in the United States,” Arnson said, “It is easy to see how hot-button issues such as Iran and its intentions in the Middle East and Latin America can become the subject of heated debate and partisan contention.”
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