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Argentina removes federal judge over antisemitic remarks in historic first

Alfredo Eugenio López, who headed Federal Court No. 4 in the coastal city of Mar del Plata, was removed by Argentina’s Jury of Impeachment, a special panel composed of judges, lawmakers and lawyers.

Aerial view of Argentina's courthouse in Buenos Aires on February 24, 2026.
Israeli Embassy in Vienna published an infographic asking for assistance in locating two Israelis last seen in Austria, August 2026.

Israeli mother, daughter's AI search history helped authorities track them down in Argentina

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (second from right) and IRGC commander General Mohsen Rezaie (left) stand together during a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, July 3, 2026.

Iran appoints AMIA bombing suspect to National Security Council

The AMIA building, the Argentinian and Israeli flags woven with names of all the victims of the 1994 bombing.

AMIA bombing victims remembered as Argentina marks 32 years without justice


Holocaust survivor who became a bat mitzvah at 91 dies in Buenos Aires

In 2011, Eugenia Unger was declared Outstanding Personality by the Buenos Aires city parliament.

 President Mauricio Macri with Eugenia Unger, 82, one of the survivors of the Shoá who told her personal story. 2016

Argentina arrests three from Lebanon, Syria in Maccabi Games terror plot

This planned attack came multiple months after an Iraqi national was arrested for lurking outside of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, shortly after a series of bomb threats.

 Two of the three suspects arrested in Argentina for planning a terror attack on the Jewish community in Buenos Aires

Urgently reopen the Buenos Aires AMIA bombing investigation - opinion

We must not forget the tragedy that struck Buenos Aires on July 18, 1994, when a suicide bomber targeted the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA), claiming 85 innocent lives.

 ARGENTINA’S PRESIDENT Javier Milei takes part in a Hanukkah celebration in Buenos Aires, last week.

False bomb threat hits Buenos Aires Jewish center where 85 people died in 1994 bombing

Police in Argentina are investigating the emails to determine their origin and find the individual or individuals responsible for Wednesday’s threats.

MEMBERS OF THE Argentinean Jewish community in Buenos Aires hold up pictures of the victims of the AMIA Jewish center bombing, during a ceremony in 2015 to mark the 21th anniversary of the 1994 attack

First Jewish university in South America to open in Buenos Aires next year

The seminary is named after American rabbi Marshall Meyer, a New York native who worked to revitalize the Conservative movement in Buenos Aires from 1958 to 1984.

 A general view of Puerto Madero neighborhood, in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 21, 2023.

Roger Waters drops antisemitic iconography in Argentina following legal threat

Waters completed his tour without his infamous Nazi costume, an Anne Frank comparison or his inflatable pig with a star of David. However, he insulted a Jewish hotel owner on stage.

Roger Waters barred from using antisemitsm in Buenos Aires concerts.

US and Israeli embassies hit with bomb threats in Buenos Aires

The US embassy said it is back to normal operations on Wednesday afternoon.

 People hold a Palestinian flag and placards during a demonstration in support of Palestinians, in Buenos Aires, Argentina October 9, 2023.

Four Argentinian-Israelis dead, others missing from kibbutzes after Hamas attack

Argentina is home to an estimated 180,000 Jews, the sixth-largest Jewish population of any country in the world.

 The scene where a rocket fired from Gaza into Southern Israel, hit and caused damaged in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon. October 7, 2023

Argentina police shut down Nazi and antisemitic bookseller

After the war, many Nazi officials including death camp supervisor Adolf Eichmann also emigrated to Argentina to avoid trials for war crimes.

  Argentina's Anti-Terrorist Investigation Unit Department after a raid on a propaganda distribution operation, in Buenos Aires, Argentina September 13, 2023.

Buenos Aires to rename subway station after Jewish woman who famously stood up to sex traffickers

Born in what is now Ukraine in 1900 and raised in Poland, Liberman immigrated to Buenos Aires in 1922, joining a wave of Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe to South America.

 Raquel Liberman.