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Elliott Abrams, now the US special representative for Venezuela, testifies at a hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Feb. 13, 2019. The hearing featured a testy exchange between Abrams and Rep. Ilhan Omar. (Alex Wong/Getty Images via JTA)
February 15, 2019, 8:14 am
Who is Elliott Abrams and why is Ilhan Omar attacking him?
The Trump administration’s new envoy to the Venezuela crisis is a controversial former diplomat whose influence is woven throughout Republican foreign policy
By Ron Kampeas
Judith Colp Rubin
February 22, 2018, 12:05 pm
Judith Colp Rubin
Off on the Hummus Trail
My daughter’s post-army travel adventure is a lesson in endurance — for me, impatient to hear from her
El Salvadorian Ambassador to Israel, Werner Matias Romero Guerra, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, November 9, 2015. (Issac Harari/Flash90)
June 30, 2016, 10:22 pm
Lawmakers, diplomats urge keeping Israeli embassy in El Salvador
Ambassador says his country is ‘natural location’ for mission in Central America
By JTA
Panama President Juan Carlos Varela, February 13, 2015 (Facebook)
May 16, 2016, 7:55 pm
Panama president visits country’s first synagogue on its 140th birthday
Juan Carlos Varela hails local Jewish community for its commitment, contributions to the Central American nation
By JTA
Portrait of then-incoming El Salvador Ambassador to Israel Werner Matias Romero Guerra at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, November 9, 2015. (Isaac Harari/Flash90)
January 18, 2016, 12:40 am
El Salvador denies claims it is moving embassy to Ramallah
Rumor spreads as Foreign Ministry plans to ax its mission to Central American nation to free up funds
By TOI staff
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