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 Uruguay's President-elect Yamandu Orsi departs following a meeting with former President Jose "Pepe" Mujica, in Rincon del Cerro, on the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay November 25, 2024.

Uruguay elects a left-wing president who is not anti-Israel, a rarity in Latin America

By Juan Melamed/JTA
 Participants from the fourth annual 2024 Latin American Forum Against Antisemitism.

Latin American nations demand action against Iranian threats, declare solidarity with Israel

 Claudia Sheinbaum.

No. 12: Claudia Sheinbaum: Mexico's first female and Jewish president

 THE WRITER presides in the Knesset plenum, in July. ‘Since becoming speaker of the Knesset, I have sought to open a new front in the war for Israel’s global name and reputation – parliamentary diplomacy,’ he says.

A proactive approach to Latin America antisemitism after October 7

By AMIR OHANA
 PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA Nicolás Maduro speaks to the press last week in Caracas.

How do you solve a problem like Maduro?

By TRACY WILKINSON/LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS
 JACOB MARRACHE presents to the director of Bayt Dakira Ghita Rabouli the book resulting from his project transcribing ‘beit din’ ledger books from Essaouira dating from 1919 to the 1960s.

From Essaouira to Latin America: Reviving the Moroccan Jewish Diaspora’s rich history

 Mr. Silvio Joskowicz, member of the board of the World Zionist Organization and head of the department for Zionist enterprise

Education, leadership, and hope reunited in Buenos Aires

Argentinian President Javier Milei receives ILAN's 1st Innovation in Politics Award.

Argentinian President Javier Milei receives ILAN's first Innovation in Politics Award

 142 leaders from 17 countries came together in Cancún.

Jewish leaders from 17 countries convene, discussing Latin American Judaism post October 7

 A soldier sits atop an military vehicle as Bolivia's President Luis Arce "denounced the irregular mobilization" of some units of the country's army, in La Paz, Bolivia June 26, 2024.

Bolivia coup attempt fails after military assault on presidential palace

By REUTERS
 Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum gestures as she speaks on the day she is certified as presidential candidate for the ruling National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party during a ceremony, in Mexico City, Mexico September 10, 2023.

Mexico's first Jewish president: Who is Claudia Sheinbaum

 Hot lava flows from Mount Ruang volcano during an eruption in Sitaro, North Sulawesi province, Indonesia, April 17, 2024.

Volcano in Iceland erupts for fifth time since December

By REUTERS
 Nitsana Darshan-Leitner

Hatred from the Casa de Nariño: Colombia severs ties with Israel - Opinion

The $20b shipwreck at the heart of a legal dispute in Colombia

By Walla!
 Luis Almagro, OAS Secretary General (23/2/2017)

Organization of American States Secretary-General honored for work countering antisemitism

 El presidente estadounidense Joe Biden (izq.) y el ex presidente Donald Trump.

Latino Americans hold unfavorable views of Trump, Biden, still favor Democrats

 PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog meets with Argentinian President Javier Milei in Jerusalem, in February.

To fight antisemitism in Latin America, one must recognize it

By JOSEPH BOUCHARD , GARION FRANKEL
 Eric Rosenthal, founder and executive director of Disability Rights International, testifies on Dec. 6, 2022, before a Senate committee in support of the International Children with Disabilities Protection Act.

Meet the Jewish activist fighting for the rights of people with disabilities

By LARRY LUXNER/JTA