Argentina

As socialist governments fall, Israel must seize moment in Latin America - opinion

Political changes in Latin America are paving the way for new diplomatic opportunities for Israel – and the Jewish state must seize the moment

Paraguay’s President Santiago Pena (L) speaks with US President Donald Trump at the Board of Peace meeting during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22, 2026.
Argentina's President Javier Milei walks to the podium ahead of addressing the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the U.N. headquarters in New York, US, September 24, 2025.

Direct flights, Jerusalem embassy move mark historic turn in Argentina-Israel ties - opinion

From left to right: Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Robert Karofsky, Global Wealth Management President at UBS Americas, Barbara Levi, General Counsel at UBS Group AG, and Neil Barofsky, partner at Jenner and Block LLP, testify during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.

Credit Suisse had many more bank accounts with Nazi ties than previously known, investigation finds

HONDURAS PRESIDENT Nasry Asfura and his wife, Lissette del Cid, walk after the swearing-in ceremony, outside the Congress building, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, January 27, 2026.

South America’s new blue wave: A temporary shift or lasting change?


Argentina investigates daughter of former Nazi official and her husband over stolen painting

Friedrich Kadgien was a senior Nazi official who fled to Argentina after the war. He died in 1979.

Argentine Federal Police escort Patricia Kadgien to a hearing on charges of concealment and obstruction of justice, after authorities recovered a portrait of Contessa Colleoni by Italian artist Giuseppe Ghislandi, an iconic painting stolen decades ago by the Nazis, Argentina, September 4, 2025.

Argentina officials recover missing painting stolen by Nazis, ending 80-year mystery

One of 1,000 paintings stolen by Nazis was finally located after a global search.

Federal Attorney General of Mar del Plata Daniel Adler listens as Assistant Prosecutor Carlos Martinez addresses the media next to curator Ariel Bassano as a portrait of Contessa Colleoni by Italian artist Giuseppe Ghislandi, hangs on the wall, after Argentina officials recovered the iconic painting

World's first gene-edited horses are shaking up the genteel sport of polo

Eduardo Ramos, who began breeding in the 70s, said that breeders had also been skeptical at first of other advances in biotech, such as embryo transplants and cloning.

A cloned newborn horse stands next to its surrogate mother in an enclosure at a horse birthing hospital, in San Antonio de Areco, near Buenos Aires, Argentina July 29, 2025.

Human rights lawyers call for Netanyahu's arrest on Argentinian soil

Netanyahu was expected to visit Argentina in September, according to media reports, but the Israeli government has not confirmed the visit.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conferene at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, August 10, 2025

Meet Kostensuchus Atrox, a land-stalking crocodile cousin from late Cretaceous Argentina

A 70-million-year-old apex predator fossil with a well-preserved skull and skeleton marks the first nearly complete specimen of its kind ever described in the region.

A 3D printed and painted reconstruction of a Kostensuchus Atrox skeleton.

Argentine authorities probe Milei official over bribery accusations, media report

Argentinian authorities raided Diego Spagnuolo's home as part of a criminal investigation; until this week, Spagnuolo headed the country's disability agency.

 Argentina's President Javier Milei addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 24, 2024.

Thousands in Buenos Aires protest Gaza war, Netanyahu's planned visit to Argentina

Videos from the rally showed protesters mainly wearing red to indicate blood, and many were carrying doll infants covered in blood.

Protesters hold signs depicting Argentine President Javier Milei and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu while marching in solidarity with the Palestinian people, in Buenos Aires, Argentina August 9, 2025.

'Ellipsis,' an intimate murder mystery movie from Spain, arrives in Israel - review

If you liked Knives Out and its sequel, Glass Onion, then Ellipsis may be the movie for you.

 The cast of Spanish film 'Ellipsis.'

On this day in history: Hezbollah terror cell bombs AMIA building in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Argentina's AMIA building was bombed by terrorists 31 years ago today. The attack and the absence of real justice to this day are still open wounds in Argentina.

 Rescue workers search for survivors and victims in the rubble left after a powerful car bomb destroyed the Buenos Aires headquarters of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA), in this July 18, 1994.

Baby stolen in Argentina reunited with family after nearly 50 years

The 49-year-old man was found after taking a DNA test and is now the 140th child recovered by the human rights organization Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo. 

Adriana Metz, daughter of Graciela Alicia Romero and Raul Eugenio Metz, who disappeared during the 1976 to 1983 Argentine dictatorship, and Estela de Carlotto, president of the human rights organization Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo), react during a press conference announc