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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 535

Latin America

Looking to sway Spanish-speaking world, new series interviews Latin Israelis about Oct. 7
By Rich Tenorio
Following its premiere last month, ‘Testigos del Terror,’ or ‘Witnesses of Terror,’ seeks to show non-Jewish Hispanic viewers that the tragedy is not a political issue but a human one
Natalia Casarotti speaks about the murder of her son Keshet at the Supernova music festival on October 7 for the Spanish-language series 'Testigos del Terror.' (Courtesy Fuente Latina)
March 24, 2025, 2:00 am
Looking to sway Spanish-speaking world, new series interviews Latin Israelis about Oct. 7
Following its premiere last month, ‘Testigos del Terror,’ or ‘Witnesses of Terror,’ seeks to show non-Jewish Hispanic viewers that the tragedy is not a political issue but a human one
By Rich Tenorio
Chile's Palestino soccer team and their jerseys, which replace the numeral 1 with an outline of the entirety of Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. (photo credit: Facebook/Club Deportivo Palestino)
September 9, 2024, 4:02 pm
Chile’s ‘Palestino’ soccer team wears its anti-Israel politics on its sleeve — and jersey
In sport where athletes are penalized for flaunting political affinities, club in country with largest Palestinian diaspora community outside Middle East is an unabashed exception
By AP and ToI Staff
(L-R) Cuba's Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel, and his wife Lis Cuesta take part in a march in support of the Palestinian people and against Israel's war with Hamas in Havana, Cuba on November 23, 2023. (Yamil Lage/AFP)
November 24, 2023, 8:51 am
Cuban president leads pro-Palestinian march in front of US embassy in Havana
Some 100,000 people said to participate in anti-Israel rally, including Palestinian medical students studying in Latin American nation
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Belize Prime Minister Johnny Briceno speaks during the opening plenary session at the Summit of the Americas Thursday, June 9, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
November 15, 2023, 10:15 am
Belize suspends ties with Israel over war against Hamas in Gaza
Following Bolivia, Belize becomes second Latin American nation to sever relations, citing ‘unceasing indiscriminate bombing’
By Agencies
The Museo Judio de Sosua, which tells the story of the Jewish refugees who found a safe haven in the Dominican Republic during the Holocaust. The museum is closed while the community waits for funding to reopen it. (Dan Fellner/ JTA)
May 11, 2023, 7:54 am
Shuttered museum seeks to tell story of Dominican Republic as haven for Jews in WWII
About 1,000 Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis landed on the island country’s shores. With few relics of that time left, a small Jewish museum wants the government to help it reopen
By dan fellner
A view inside a Mercado Libre warehouse. (Courtesy of Mercado Libre via JTA)
December 23, 2022, 11:53 pm
Latin American retail giant says it reduced antisemitic products by 89% this year
Mercado Libre further strips its shelves of content that violates violence and discrimination rules after removing books like ‘Mein Kampf,’ ‘The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’
By Juan Melamed
From left, Jeimer Candelario, Nelson Cruz and Cesar Hernandez pose for a photo at a baseball field in Ra'anana, Israel. (Nico Andre' Duran via JTA)
November 28, 2022, 2:50 am
Nelson Cruz, Hispanic MLB players visit Israel to promote Christian-Jewish relations
Devout US group including Cesar Hernandez, Jeimer Candelario tours land where Jesus once walked; visitors say they’ll advocate for Israel in Latin America and in world of baseball
By Hillel Kuttler
A Venezuelan-owned Boeing 747 taxis on the runway after landing in the Ambrosio Taravella airport in Cordoba, Argentina, June 6, 2022. (AP/Sebastian Borsero)
June 19, 2022, 2:08 pm
Argentina president says plane grounded over fueling issue, not Iran Quds Force ties
Fernandez insists ‘no irregularity,’ blames US sanctions against Venezuelan oil, a day after Paraguayan intelligence said captain from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards was on board
By Agencies and ToI Staff
FILES - This combination of photos shows Colombian presidential candidates: Gustavo Petro (left), June 17, 2018; and Rodolfo Hernandez, June 2, 2022, in Bogota, Colombia. (AP/Martin Mejia, Fernando Vergara, Files)
June 19, 2022, 10:26 am
Colombians face tough choice between populist and former guerrilla for president
Both candidates are seen as a challenge to the status quo of politics in Colombia; turnout said to be key as voters head to the polls to vote in runoffs
By Agustin Lao-Montes
Chilean President-elect Gabriel Boric waves to supporters as he arrives to La Moneda presidential palace for a meeting with President Sebastian Pinera in Santiago, Chile, December 20, 2021. (AP Photo/ Matias Delacroix)
December 20, 2021, 9:51 pm
Chile’s new president is bitter Israel critic, whose win has many local Jews worried
Gabriel Boric has publicly called for Chilean Jewish community to condemn Israeli policy; Jews fear he will also promote a Palestinian supporter accused of antisemitism
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A view inside a Mercado Libre warehouse. (Courtesy of Mercado Libre via JTA)
February 25, 2021, 5:49 am
Latin America’s largest online retailer removing anti-Semitic objects from site
Among articles for sale were copies of ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion,’ Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ and other Nazi memorabilia
By JTA
Uruguayan flag flies in front of the entrance to the Ministry of Public Health as precautions are taken against COVID-19 in Montevideo, Uruguay on March 16, 2020. (Carlos Lebrato/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images via JTA)
December 31, 2020, 10:20 am
Argentina-based Latin American rabbinical institute expands to Uruguay
Many citizens of ‘volatile’ country, not just its Jews, seen immigrating to stable, safer, less coronavirus-infected neighbor
By JTA
Wooden crosses mark freshly dug graves at the Flores cemetery where people who died from the coronavirus are being buried, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 25, 2020. (Gustavo Garello/AP)
July 26, 2020, 10:37 am
Number of global virus cases tops 16 million
More than 5 million cases declared since July 1, a third of the total since pandemic began; of deaths, US has highest number at 146,460, Belgium most per capita
By AFP and ToI Staff
A cemetery employee works in a section where COVID-19 victims were buried at the Sao Luiz cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
June 29, 2020, 1:34 pm
Worst virus fears are realized in poor or war-torn countries
While even the world’s most developed countries are struggling, COVID-19 rips through countries with poor health services and limited testing capacity
By Gerald Imray and Joseph Krauss
Aerial view showing graves in the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery in Manaus on June 21, 2020. (Photo by MICHAEL DANTAS / AFP)
June 22, 2020, 9:25 am
Brazil death toll hits 50,000 as coronavirus bedevils Latin America
World’s 2nd worst-hit country passes grim mark as Bolsonaro insists lockdown would be more costly; cases, fatalities mount across continent
By Agencies
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