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Colombia's incoming foreign minister Omar Bola Escobar (left) meets with Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar in Washington on July 14, 2026. (Shmulik Almany/Foreign Ministry)
August 5, 2026, 3:18 pm
Sa’ar heads to Colombia, Ecuador as Israel warms ties with Latin America’s right
Foreign minister to attend inauguration of pro-Israel Colombian president, who has vowed to renew strategic alliance, open embassy in Jerusalem after predecessor cut ties over Gaza
By Lazar Berman
A man votes during the presidential run-off election at a polling station in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 30, 2022 (Miguel Schincariol / AFP)
July 26, 2026, 5:43 am
Brazil denies visas to US envoys, accusing them of plans to undermine election system
US State Department rejects ‘baseless’ claim by Brazilian officials that delegation aimed to shape election between Trump ally Flavio Bolsonaro and leftist incumbent Lula da Silva
By Lisandra Paraguassu
Colombian President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella, left, waves to supporters next to his wife Ana Lucia Pineda during a Mass in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquira, in Chiquinquira, Colombia, July 9, 2026. (AP/Fernando Vergara)
July 18, 2026, 4:40 pm
Colombia and Slovenia recognized a Palestinian state. Now they’re moving embassies to Jlem
Political swings offer rare good news for Israel as hostile governments are replaced by pro-Israel conservatives – though local Jews wait to see what impact, if any, that may have at home
By Larry Luxner
Colombia's president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella speaks to supporters from behind bullet-proof glass following the preliminary results of the presidential runoff election in Barranquilla, Colombia, on June 21, 2026. (Jaime SALDARRIAGA / AFP)
June 24, 2026, 11:45 pm
Colombia’s president-elect vows to work with Israel ‘like never before’
Trump-backed De la Espriella says he’ll reverse outgoing Petro’s anti-Israel policies, push Bogota closer to Washington and Jerusalem; Sa’ar congratulates ‘true friend’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella of the Defenders of the Motherland movement addresses supporters from inside a bulletproof booth after leading the first round of the presidential election and advancing to a runoff in Barranquilla, Colombia, May 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
June 1, 2026, 4:33 am
Colombia election heads to run-off between pro- and anti-Israel contenders
Tough-on-crime De La Espriella is leading but falls short of the 50% needed to avoid run-off; outgoing president Petro refuses to accept results, claiming results were manipulated
By AP
US President Donald Trump holds up a newly-signed proclamation at the "Shield of the Americas" Summit at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, March 7, 2026. (Saul Loeb / AFP)
March 7, 2026, 11:35 pm
Trump offers missile support to Latin American leaders to target drug cartels
Speaking to right-wing leaders at ‘Shield of the Americas’ summit amid ongoing Iran campaign, Trump launches 17-nation ‘counter-cartel’ coalition, says Cuba ‘at the end of the line’
By Agencies
Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz (left) speaks next to Minister of Foreign Affairs Fernando Aramayo Carrasco and Germany's Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Johann Wadephul (right) in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, November 10, 2025. (Rodrigo URZAGASTI / AFP)
January 24, 2026, 6:04 pm
US pressing Bolivia to expel suspected Iranian spies, blacklist IRGC and proxy groups
Move is part of wider US push to deepen influence in Latin America, where former CIA officer says Iran is ‘using the most permissive jurisdictions as hubs’ for its operations
By Reuters
A woman holds Israeli and Venezuelan flags in front of the Venezuelan consulate in Miami to show solidarity with the Venezuelan Jewish community after an attack on a Caracas synagogue, February 13, 2009. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images via JTA)
January 9, 2026, 6:58 pm
Relieved to see Maduro deposed, can Venezuela’s Jewish diaspora imagine returning?
An estimated 20,000 Venezuelan Jews fled state-fueled antisemitism during the Chavez era, leaving just 4,000 behind. They’re hesitating to pick up the pieces for now
By Larry Luxner
People watch smoke rising from a dock after a series of US strikes at La Guaira port, Venezuela, January 3, 2026. (AP/Matias Delacroix)
January 3, 2026, 5:25 pm
Russia, Iran slam Venezuela strikes as EU and UK urge respect for international law
Moscow endorses Latin American statement calling for urgent UN Security Council meeting; leftist Latin American regimes warn of regional instability, as right-wing ones celebrate
By Agencies and ToI Staff
President of Argentina Javier Milei poses holding the Genesis Prize with Stan Polovets and Israeli President Isaac Herzog during the Genesis Prize ceremony at The Museum of Tolerance on June 12, 2025 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images for Genesis Prize Foundation via JTA)
August 15, 2025, 6:14 am
Argentina’s Milei to use Genesis Prize money to deepen Israel-Latin America ties
New initiative dubbed ‘American Friends of the Isaac Accords’ created after first non-Jew and first head of state receives ‘Jewish Nobel’ for his staunch support for Israel
By Juan Melamed
Rabbi Richard Gamboa Ben-Eleazar, Colombia's new director of religious affair, in a video posted to his Facebook page, on February 15, 2025. Gamboa has called Israel a 'Nazi state,' and calls Zionism 'heresy.' (Screenshot from Facebook via Richard Gamboa Ben-Eleazar)
April 10, 2025, 11:41 am
Colombia taps anti-Zionist, unrecognized ‘rabbi’ as director of religious affairs
He ‘cannot be entrusted with religious freedom of Jews,’ says one leader as Jewish community fumes over pick of online-ordained rabbi who calls Zionist Jews ‘Nazis’ and ‘apostates’
By Grace Gilson
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
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