BUENOS AIRES — In much of Latin America, antisemitic stereotypes and conspiracy theories circulate among people who have never met a Jew. But since Oct. 7, antisemitism has taken on new urgency in the region, as Israel has become an increasingly charged presence in domestic politics, embraced by some politicians and rejected by others. Those […]
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BUENOS AIRES — Two years after an Argentine judge ordered a Spanish dictionary to drop a definition of “Jewish” as “miserly or usurious,” the institution responsible for the dictionary has yet to comply — frustrating the Jewish groups that brought the case. The definition reflects a long history of associating Jews with greed and moneylending, […]
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BUENOS AIRES – Brazilians reelected Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva as president, defeating the right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro, putting the breaks on a regional shift toward closer ties with Israel. The current president, a left-wing leader of Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers Party), obtained 51.79% of the valid votes, while Bolsonaro received 48.21%. Bolsonaro, of the […]
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MADRID — More than 350 writers and other cultural figures have signed a petition defending the author Ariana Harwicz, who was disinvited from a literary festival in Spain over her support for Israel. The Jewish-Argentinian novelist, longlisted for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize, was scheduled to participate in a talk on Sept. 26 at […]
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Two senior officials at the heart of Iran’s military and national security establishment are among the eight people set to face trial in absentia over their alleged roles in the 1994 terrorist bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. Argentine Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas issued the 648-page ruling Monday, formally processing the […]
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BUENOS AIRES – A Dutch journalist hunting for art treasures belonging to an Amsterdam Jewish art dealer spent years trying to get answers from Patricia Kadgien, the daughter of the Nazi financier who had made off with some of them, with no luck. So last year he went to her house in Mar del Plata, […]
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As Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, hit several Jewish hotspots in New York City this week, a criminal complaint was filed in his home country against a popular streamer who questioned the leader’s public support for Israel. During a monologue earlier this week, popular Argentinian streamer Tomás Rebord criticized Milei, who has stood out as one […]
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BUENOS AIRES — As 127 newly elected Argentine lawmakers took the oath of office in Buenos Aires last week, several departed from the standard formula to pledge allegiance to a “free Palestine.” The demonstration by the left-wing elected officials transformed what is typically a boilerplate ceremony into a political showdown over Israel, with shouting on […]
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BUENOS AIRES — The mayor of Buenos Aires is moving to punish an elementary school teacher who posted a video of himself unfurling a Palestinian flag and asking his students to applaud “for the teachers in Gaza and the children of Palestine.” The city is opening disciplinary proceedings against Federico Puy, a left-wing activist and teachers […]
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BUENOS AIRES — An Argentine lawmaker has been indicted on criminal charges after comparing Israel to the Nazi regime and calling it a “genocide state” on social media. Vanina Biasi of the left-wing Workers’ Party is the first sitting legislator in Argentina to be indicted for antisemitism, and the case against her marks the first […]
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