Latin America
“The cooperation between us will make both of us stronger,” Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu tells Colombian President Ivan Duque.
State Department envoy Ellie Cohanim also noted that the United States is urging nations to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism.
The global coronavirus crisis has led to a 116 percent increase in aliyah applications from Latin America since 2019, with 140 Brazilian Jews having arrived in the country since March.
Esteban Lizondo apparently also remarked that the State of Israel’s creation was a surrender to the “Zionist lobby” in exchange for money.
The appointment marks the second time Luis Fux, 67, has made history in Brazil; in 2011, he became the first Jewish judge named to the bench of the Federal Supreme Court.
“The rogue regimes in Caracas and Tehran are unified by their penchant for corruption, self-enrichment and gross mismanagement of their peoples’ wealth,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
U.S. missile destroyer conducts “freedom of navigation” operation in seas over which the Maduro regime “falsely claims” control, according to the navy.
According to Iranian media reports, an order was issued to Iran’s armed forces to identify and track U.S. merchant vessels in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
The Trump administration could sanction as many as 50 tankers.
The South American country has a history of anti-Semitic tragedies, such as the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.
The United States may impose sanctions on at least 40 additional foreign oil tankers for trading with Venezuela, say American officials.
“I am obliged to go to personally thank the people,” says Venezuelan President Nicolas Máduro.
