Uruguay
Uruguay basketball team invited to play in Israel next summer
A delegation, including former player Esteban Batista, visited the IBA. Chairman Amos Frishman invited the South American team for a warm-up game ahead of the World Cup.
Thailand revokes citizenship of Israeli businessman six years after naturalization
Uruguay’s Broad Front endorses government's October 8 pro-Palestinian march in Montevideo
Lawmakers from 12 Latin American countries back Isaac Accords, Jerusalem embassy move
Uruguayan Jewish soccer fans face World Cup dilemma: Root for Uruguay or Israel?
Strong pro-Israel sentiment is common throughout Latin America’s large Jewish communities.
Israel Under-20 to face off against Uruguay in the semifinals
With Uruguay's victory against the United States on Sunday night, they will be facing off against the Jewish state in a soccer match later this week.
Iraq and Uruguay deposit crop seeds at Arctic doomsday vault
Svalbard facility is global back-up for gene banks which safeguards the biodiversity of crops. It now holds more than 1.2 million seed samples.
Israeli woman murdered in Uruguay, daughter main suspect
Hershtein's daughter confessed during the investigation to having physically fought with her mother, who fell, hit her head, and died.
Alberto Sonsol, 63, Uruguayan sportscaster who said ‘baruch Hashem’ on air
Sonsol is survived by his wife, Patricia Datz, and sons Diego, Alejandro and Micaela.
Andres Abt, first Jewish mayor of district in Montevideo, dies at 47
Abt was raised in an intermarried family in Montevideo and it was his non-Jewish mother who encouraged him to embrace his Judaism.
Latin American supporters of Israel gather for virtual conference
"When you see 20 legislators from 7 Latin American countries meeting together, and talking about the future of Israel and Latin America relations, it speaks to the power of faith-based diplomacy."
Argentina’s rabbinical seminary expands to Uruguay
Daniel Dolinsky, rabbi of Nueva Congregación Israelita de Montevideo or NCI, will be the director of the new institution in Montevideo, Uruguay’s capital and largest city.
Uruguay considers declaring Hezbollah a terror organization
"I have read the proposals of South American countries that have their own list and the arguments looked very solid to me," Uruguayan President Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou said.
Cultural impact of prestigious soccer game goes far beyond the pitch
While on-the-field efforts were truly something to remember, the off-the-field organizational work to make this event possible, is another story to tell.
