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A false HispanTV report claims Israel performs medical experiments on Palestinian prisoners. (HispanTV screenshot via JTA)
April 6, 2019, 5:16 am
Iranian news site in Latin America: Israel performs medical tests on prisoners
Fake HispanTV article spreads to news outlets across region, despite citing no evidence
By JTA
A hand print in honor of migrants that have been killed or are missing is seen on a border wall structure separating Tijuana, Mexico from San Diego, in Tijuana on October 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
November 1, 2018, 10:29 am
Lost migrant, unidentified body: Missing in the Americas
AP finds 3,861 dead or missing on treacherous route from Mexico to US; 3,410 Venezuelan migrants die, mostly of easily treatable diseases
By Maria Verza
The Eleva school is the latest project of Jorge Paulo Lemann, Brazil’s richest man. (Courtesy of Eleva/via JTA)
July 23, 2018, 12:43 pm
An elite private academy in Rio puts pressure on the city’s Jewish day schools
For parents looking to move abroad, Eleva’s emphasis on English and technology is a big bonus. But at what expense?
By Marcus M. Gilban
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
This undated photo provided by the Argentina Navy shows an ARA San Juan, a German-built diesel-electric vessel, near Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentina's Navy said Friday, Nov. 17, 2017, it has lost contact with its ARA San Juan submarine off the country's southern coast. (Argentina Navy via AP )
November 17, 2017, 10:58 pm
Argentine navy loses contact with submarine carrying 44
Navy spokesperson says army is considering case just a loss of communications, not a lost vessel, for now
By Almudena Calatrava and Paul Byrne
Pope Francis greets the faithful with a bruise on his face, after he knocked his head on the popemobile, in Cartagena, Colombia, September 10, 2017. (Alberto Pizzoli/Pool via AP)
September 26, 2017, 11:14 pm
Israeli surveillance balloon helped protect Pope in South America
Vatican security detail upgraded the security blimp with advanced cameras ahead of Masses lead by the pope in Colombia
By JTA
Benjamin Netanyahu, right, training in 1971 (Photo credit: Wikicommons/ GPO)
September 15, 2017, 7:32 pm
After his own ‘trek,’ PM urges Israeli hikers to visit South America
At end of tour of Argentina, Colombia and Mexico, Netanyahu posts clip referring to typical Israeli post-army backpack tradition
By TOI staff
Shuttered storefronts on Sao Paolo's popular Augusta Street. (Luiz Roiz/Times of Israel)
August 15, 2017, 10:07 am
Jewish community jumping ship as political storm takes Brazil
Unemployment, lack of upward mobility and fear of street violence among reasons for rapid increase of Brazilian Jews making aliyah
By Luis Roiz
A ship entering the Panama Canal. According to recently declassified files, Nazi agents plotted to bomb and destroy the canal during World War II. (CC BY 3.0 SA Dozenist/Wikipedia)
June 23, 2017, 7:16 pm
Chile police declassify World War II-era files on Nazi plots
Files show Nazi agents in Chile’s main port of Valparaiso plotted to destroy the Panama Canal
By AP
Illustrative photo of cocaine and heroin confiscated by Israeli police in 2012. (Israel Police)
May 10, 2017, 5:26 pm
Police say massive cocaine smuggling ring busted
Eight arrested in joint operation with police abroad; group suspected of smuggling over 300 kilograms from South America
By TOI staff
IAI's BirdEye650D is a small unmanned system intelligence gathering, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) uses; the system will be sold to a South American country (Courtesy)
March 27, 2017, 5:09 pm
Israel cyber consortium lands multi-million dollar Latin America deal
Chief partner IAI makes separate agreement with South American country for border protection technologies
By Shoshanna Solomon
A view of the damage caused by flash floods in Huachipa district, east of Lima, Peru on March 19, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Ernesto BENAVIDES)
March 21, 2017, 5:32 pm
Israel issues Peru travel warning amid heavy rains, flooding
Foreign Ministry urges citizens to avoid country’s north and capital Lima, as authorities struggle to cope with catastrophic deluge
By TOI staff
A view of Puyehue National Park in southern Chile. (CC BY 2.0, Christian Cordova, Wikimedia Commons)
February 1, 2017, 8:47 pm
Rescuers retrieve Israeli backpackers stranded on Chile mountain
Three hikers picked up by helicopter after spending night trapped in popular Puyehue National Park
By TOI staff
A view of Puyehue National Park in southern Chile. (CC BY 2.0, Christian Cordova, Wikimedia Commons)
February 1, 2017, 4:06 pm
3 Israeli backpackers stranded on mountain in Chile
Rescue crews are searching for the hikers, who became trapped in the Puyehue National Park due to nightfall
By TOI staff
An image of the Andes mountain region of Apurimac, Peru. (screen capture: YouTube)
December 20, 2016, 6:53 pm
At least 12 police killed as Peru bus veers off cliff
Another 13 officers ‘gravely injured’ after vehicle falls 700 meters into river bed in Andes Mountains
By AFP
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