ABSTRACT
While the United States considers the threat from Middle Eastern organizations and is vigilant against this threat, there are other threats against not only the American homeland, but against Americans worldwide. This threat originates from some of the neighbors of the United States to the south. The United States has seen attacks from Puerto Rican nationals, anti-Castro organizations, and other groups. This chapter looks at organizations that have been involved in terrorist activities in the Americas in the past. The State Department reports that “[t]he threat of a major terrorist attack remains low for most countries in the hemisphere. Overall, governments took modest steps to improve their counterterrorism (CT) capabilities and tighten border security, but corruption, weak government institutions, ineffective or lack of interagency cooperation, weak or nonexistent legislation, and reluctance to allocate sufficient resources limited progress.”2
