Iran's strategic penetration of Latin America / edited by Joseph M. Humire and Ilan Berman ; foreword by Marta Lucía Ramírez.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In recent years, significant attention has focused on the Islamic Republic of Iran's nuclear ambitions, and the threat they pose to the United States and the West. Not well understood, however, has been the phenomenon of Iran's regional advance in America's own Hemisphere--an intrusion that has both foreign policy and national security implications for the United States and its allies. In this collection, noted specialists and regional experts examine the various facets of Iran's contemporary presence in Central and South America, and detail what the Islamic Republic's growing geopolitical footprint south of the U.S. border signifies--for Iran, for the United States, and for Latin America itself.