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Argentine Prsident Jabier Milei, left, and Gerardo Werthein attend his inauguration as foreign minister in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Nov. 4, 2024. Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina.

Argentina’s new foreign minister sworn in on Torah

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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

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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...
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz (right) welcomes Argentine President Javier Milei at Ben-Gurion Airport, Feb. 6, 2024. Photo by Shlomi Amsalem/MFA.

Argentina’s president in Israel on wartime solidarity visit

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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 in 2015. Credit: Ministerio Bienes Nacionales via Wikimedia Commons.

Daniel Jadue on supremacism, Nazi ideology and a ‘chosen people’

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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...
Javier Milei on stage at the VIVA22 festival in Spain, Oct. 8, 2022. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Netanyahu invites Argentinian president-elect to Jerusalem

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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"...
The flag of Bolivia. Photo by Aboodi Vesakaran/Pexels.

Bolivia cuts ties with Israel

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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...

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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...
Andre Lajst, head of the Brazil chapter of StandWithUs. Credit: Courtesy.

Anti-Israel activist breaks nose of Brazilian university rector

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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 Foreign Minister Eli Cohen seen during an interview at the ministry in Jerusalem, June 12, 2023. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

Israeli FM heads to Paraguay for presidential inauguration

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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...
Sen. Gustavo Leite, chairman of the Paraguayan Israel Allies Caucus; Vice President-elect Pedro Alliana; President of the Senate Silvio Ovelar; President-elect Santiago Peña, Leopoldo Martinez, IAF Latin America director; and Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Raul Latorre. Credit: Courtesy. | courtesy

Paraguay poised to return embassy to Jerusalem

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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,...