Argentina’s new foreign minister sworn in on Torah
Argentine President Javier Milei on Monday officially appointed Geraldo Werthein, a Jewish businessman and former ambassador to the United States, as the country’s foreign minister.
Werthein is a former Argentine ambassador to the United States...
Argentina to seek Interpol warrant against Hezbollah kingpin
Argentina will put out an Interpol red alert on a Hezbollah terrorist living in Lebanon for his role in the deadly 1994 Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) bombing in Buenos Aires, the South American...
Argentina’s president in Israel on wartime solidarity visit
Argentine President Javier Milei arrived in Israel on Tuesday, reiterating his pledge to move his nation's embassy to Jerusalem and opening a new chapter in bilateral relations.
The three-day solidarity trip, which is one of...
Daniel Jadue on supremacism, Nazi ideology and a ‘chosen people’
If you thought the sordid row in 2017 over the contention that women who support Israel have no place in the feminist movement was a low point for the far left, you might perhaps...
Netanyahu invites Argentinian president-elect to Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday called Argentinian President-elect Javier Milei “a true friend of Israel" and invited him to visit Jerusalem.
The Israeli leader congratulated Milei on his election victory in a "friendly"...
Bolivia cuts ties with Israel
Bolivia is severing diplomatic relations with Israel over the war against Hamas, the Latin American country announced on Tuesday as Colombia and Chile said they were recalling their ambassador to the Jewish state.
La Paz's move came...
The former Jewish head of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo is the presidential candidate...
Sheinbaum seeks to become the first woman in the country's history to hold that position, facing the opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez.
Born on June 24, 1962, the granddaughter of Bulgarian and Lithuanian Jewish immigrants, Sheinbaum...
Anti-Israel activist breaks nose of Brazilian university rector
Andreas Lajst, director of the Brazil chapter of StandWithUs, was to deliver a talk on Aug. 10 at the Federal University of Amazonas about the capacity of Israeli technology to aid isolated Brazilian populations.
When...
Israeli FM heads to Paraguay for presidential inauguration
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen is traveling to Paraguay to attend Tuesday’s inauguration of President-elect Santiago Peña, the ministry in Jerusalem announced.
The Latin American visit by Israel’s top diplomat, which is the first in over...
Paraguay poised to return embassy to Jerusalem
Paraguay will move its embassy back to Jerusalem, in a sign of growing support for Israel in Latin America, a Paraguayan senator said on Monday.
Sen. Gustavo Leite spoke a week before Paraguayan President-elect Santiago Peña,...