6/19/2008: Intel News Brief: Venezuela Harboring Hezbollah:

Amid growing concerns that Hezbollah is planning attacks outside the
Middle East, perhaps in Latin America, the United States Treasury
Department today accused Venezuela of harboring Hezbollah
"facilitators and fundraisers."

The Treasury Department designated Ghazi Nasr al Din and Fawzi Kan'an,
along with two travel agencies in Caracas owned by Kan'an as
supporters of Hezbollah and froze all their assets that are under US
jurisdiction. Al Din is a Venezuelan diplomat and runs an Islamic
Center.

"It is extremely troubling to see the Government of Venezuela
employing and providing safe harbor to Hezbollah facilitators and
fundraisers," said Adam J. Szubin, Director of the Office of Foreign
Assets Control.