Javier Milei
The Argentine leader’s comments come as the Latin American country assumes the rotating presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
“While the vast majority of the free world decided to turn its back on the Jewish state, we extended a hand to it,” the Argentine president said.
The archives show that Buenos Aires knew by the mid- to late 1950s that the Nazi doctor known as the “Angel of Death” had fled to Argentina.
Israel will open an Economic Attaché Office in Buenos Aires next year to deepen trade and boost Israeli investment in the Latin American ally, said Gideon Sa’ar.
A business delegation will join the mission to expand economic ties with the Latin American allies.
Since taking office two years ago, Argentina’s president has propelled relations with Israel to unprecedented heights.
The near doubling of his party’s seats in parliament will allow the unorthodox head of state to push through spending cuts and his pro-U.S. and Israel policies.
The Isaac Accords aim to foster diplomatic, economic and cultural cooperation between Israel and Latin American nations.
“We won’t stop until justice is done,” President Javier Milei told reporters at a ceremony in Buenos Aires.
“This is not a local conflict—it’s a global struggle between life and death, between light and darkness,” said Ambassador Axel Wahnish.
“You are a real hero to the Jewish people,” Israeli statesman Natan Sharansky said at the ceremony in the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem.
Javier Milei, the country’s president and one of Israel’s staunch supporters, is on his second visit to Israel in as many years.
