Latin America
“The greatest challenge these men and woman face is how to transmit Judaism to people with no connection,” said Rabbi Eliyahu Birnbaum.
A Venezuelan native, Gamus, 36—a lawyer and human-rights activist—was a one-time representative to the Latin American Jewish Congress.
Its small Jewish community lives in a besieged state, economically and socially, like the rest of the country, but also needing to rely on kosher food, especially as Passover approaches.
“When asked by the outlet if the embassy would be in Jerusalem, Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó said “it is one of the subjects we are talking about. I will declare the resumption of ties and the site of the embassy at the proper time.”
Weighing just 800 kilograms, the GEN-350 is easily transportable and needs no infrastructure to operate except for electricity.
The Jewish state was the only nation to send a search-and-rescue team.
“Israel has become an important international player, and it must assume its responsibilities. Recognizing [opposition leader Juan] Guaidó was the right thing to do—not only as a matter of principle, but also as a matter of interest.”
“The Palestinian leadership should be focused on providing a better future for Palestinians, but instead focuses on supporting the morally bankrupt Maduro who has stolen Venezuelans’ future and destroyed the Venezuelan economy,” U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt said in a tweet.
Hezbollah declares its support for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and condemns U.S. intervention in Venezuela’s affairs.
A search-and-rescue team of 130 Israeli conscripted and reserve soldiers landed on a specially chartered emergency El Al flight to South Western Brazil to join local rescue crews in the search for hundreds of people who went missing when a dam collapsed.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recognizes Juan Guaidó as country’s interim president • Israel is the first country in the Middle East to recognize Guaidó • Guaidó: “74 years ago, the Auschwitz extermination camp was liberated, and today, as our country fights for its independence, we are thankful for the support we received” from Israel.
On Jan. 18, the day before he was to present a report to Argentina’s Congress, federal prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found dead in the bathroom of his locked 13th-floor apartment. A .22-caliber bullet had been fired at close range into his head.
