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Venezuela’s Crisis: A threat to Florida – April Men’s Breakfast

April 9, 2021 @ 7:30 am - 9:00 am

Joseph Humire

David Grantham

David Grantham, author of the book “Consequences: An Intelligence Officer’s War, and Joseph Humire, global security experts, will discuss counter intelligence operations. You won’t be disappointed.

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Joseph Humire is an expert on Latin America, specializing in international terrorism, transnational organized crime, and Iran and Hezbollah’s influence in the Americas. This is especially relevant now as Venezuela becomes a breeding ground for organized crime in the region, impacting the security of the region and the U.S. The following are several publications highlighting his expertise on the crisis in Venezuela:

1. The Maduro-Hezbollah Nexus: How Iran-backed Networks Prop up the Venezuelan Regime

An issue brief regarding Hezbollah’s crime-terror network in Venezuela that has facilitated Iran’s cooperation with the Maduro regime, highlighting how the group has helped to turn Venezuela into a hub for the convergence of transnational organized crime and international terrorism

  1. TRT Journal- Venezuela’s Crime-Terrorist Convergence

This issue of the TRT Journal delves into convergence within the Maduro regime and how this convergence is layered over an anti-Western ideology that has developed asymmetric tools that play to the benefit of Russia, China, and Iran’s global interests

  1. Iran and Venezuela’s strategic challenge to sanctions

An original op-ed in The Hill explaining Iran and the Maduro regime’s close relationship and how this plays out as the U.S. increases its max-pressure campaign on Maduro
Dr. David Grantham is the Center’s Senior Fellow, based in Texas. He is an expert on immigration and security and is a leading author for the Center’s Transregional Threats Journal. He has served as an officer in the United States Air Force and Special Agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI). The following are a few publications showcasing his work:

  1. TRT Journal- Weaponizing Networks (part one): Venezuela’s Asymmetric Attack on Texas

The latest TRT Journal delves into the Bolivarian threat network that has penetrated Texas through Venezuelan illicit drug networks and legitimate oil networks to tap into the core of economic and political influence in the Lone Star State

  1. Consequences: An Intelligence Officer’s War

“Consequences is both a riveting behind-the-scenes look at intelligence operations at the height of the Iraq war, and a charming and sobering story of one man’s journey through the pleasures and consequences that come with wartime intelligence.”

  1. Biden and the border crisis: what to do about the growing humanitarian situation at the U.S. border

The new From The Field webinar series from SFS delves into the impending crisis on the U.S. southern border and discusses the national security and counterterrorism aspects of the Biden administration’s immigration policies

 

Bio: Joseph Humire

Joseph M. Humire is a global security expert, specialized in analyzing trans-regional threats in the Western Hemisphere. Mr. Humire provides regular briefings and lectures on international terrorism, transnational organized crime, Islamism, and Iran and Hezbollah’s influence in the Americas. He has testified numerous times before the U.S. Congress and has served as an expert witness to several important terrorism trials in South America. He is the co-author of the book Iran’s Strategic Penetration of Latin America (Lexington Books, 2014).

Mr. Humire currently serves as the executive director of the next generation, national security think tank—Center for a Secure Free Society (SFS)—based in Washington D.C. and is a co-host of a weekly radio segment called the #NewWorld Report on the nationally syndicated The John Batchelor Show. Prior to SFS, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps with a combat tour in Iraq and a multinational training exercise UNITAS in Latin America and the Caribbean. After leaving the military, Mr. Humire graduated from George Mason University with a degree in Economics and Global Affairs and began building SFS’s global network at the Atlas Economic Research Foundation.

Bio: David Granham

David A. Grantham, Ph.D. is an SFS Stated-based Fellow in Texas and contributing author to the Transregional Threats Journal. He is a leading expert in national security matters and international affairs. He is a nationally renowned intelligence professional, having served in various positions on the federal and local levels..

Dr. Grantham has also served as the Senior Fellow of National Security at the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) and, before that, as an officer in the United States Air Force and Special Agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI).

Dr. Grantham holds a PhD from Texas Christian University with specializations in Latin America and Middle East history. He earned his Master of Science in International Relations from Troy University and Bachelor of Art in History from the University of South Florida in 2004.

Dr. Grantham is the author of Consequences: An Intelligence Officer’s War about his time at Camp Bucca, Iraq – the birthplace of ISIS – released November 2020.

 

Details

Date:
April 9, 2021
Time:
7:30 am - 9:00 am

Organizer

Republican Men’s Club
Phone
239-353-1687
Email
info@collierrepublicanmensclub.com
View Organizer Website

Venue

Hilton Naples
5111 Tamiami Trail No
Naples, 34103 United States
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Details

Date:
April 9, 2021
Time:
7:30 am - 9:00 am

Organizer

Republican Men’s Club
Phone
239-353-1687
Email
info@collierrepublicanmensclub.com
View Organizer Website

Venue

Hilton Naples
5111 Tamiami Trail No
Naples, 34103 United States
+ Google Map