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Paraguay plans to open Jerusalem embassy in November

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Paraguay is set to open the doors of its new Jerusalem embassy in November, in a sign of growing support for Israel in Latin America, Paraguayan officials said on Wednesday. The move comes as an...
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,...
Remains of the AMIA Jewish center after the 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Credit: La Nación via Wikimedia Commons.

Argentina increases border security following tip of bomb plot against Jewish target

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Argentina announced on Saturday that it is going to tighten security at its border with Paraguay after its embassy in Britain received an anonymous tip about a person possibly smuggling bomb-making materials into the...
The Shenzhen skyline from the Nanshan District, China, June 23, 2016. Credit: Simbaxu/Wikimedia Commons.

Hebrew University to open tech centers in Chicago, China and Paraguay

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The Hebrew University in Jerusalem announced this week that it will open three tech centers in Chicago; Asunción, Paraguay; and Shenzhen, China. The centers will encourage cooperation between Hebrew University researchers and local industries, according...
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence at the celebration marking the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem and Israel’s 70th anniversary in Washington, D.C. on May 14, 2018. Credit: Israeli Embassy.

Pence pressures Paraguayan president to reconsider Israel-embassy reversal

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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence put some pressure on Paraguay’s new president, Mario Abdo Benitez, to reconsider his reversal to move its embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv from Jerusalem, where it moved in...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President of Paraguay Horacio Cartes (left) at the official opening ceremony of the Paraguay embassy in Jerusalem on May 21, 2018. Photo by Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.

Turkey to open embassy in Paraguay after policy-reversal on Israeli capital

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Turkey will open an embassy in the city of Asuncion in Paraguay, the South American country announced on Thursday, following current Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benitez’s reversal of the decision by the previous administration,...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes at the official opening ceremony of the Paraguay embassy in Jerusalem on May 21, 2018. Photo by Amos Ben Gershom/GPO

New Paraguay Embassy inaugurated in Jerusalem

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The new Embassy of Paraguay in Jerusalem was opened in the Malha Technological Park on Monday, attended by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Paraguayan president Horacio Cartes, dignitaries, officials, and guests. The new embassy is the...

Abbas thanks Venezuela, encourages Latin American nations not to move embassies

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In a meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas urged Latin American countries not to move their countries’ Israeli embassies to Jerusalem. “We hope that some countries across Latin America will...

President of Paraguay says he will move embassy to Jerusalem

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Paraguayan president Horacio Cartes told attendees at a special event marking Israel’s 70th anniversary that his country would relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Cartes said he hoped to perform the relocation before the...