Marcus Moraes
By Marcus Moraes
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Fast Forward New Venezuela Vice President Accused of Anti-Semitism and Ties to Iran
(JTA) — Venezuelan far-left President Nicolas Maduro tapped for his new vice president former minister Tareck El Aissami, who has been accused of anti-Semitism and ties to Iran and the terrorist group Hezbollah. The appointment was announced last week, according to reports, including the Miami Herald. El Aissami is a known entity in the world of…
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Fast Forward Israel Denies Aliyah to Jewish Converts From Venezuela
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A cohort of nine Venezuelan Jewish converts had their request to make aliyah denied by Israel’s Interior Ministry, which claimed their engagement in Jewish communal life has not been sufficient. The nine applicants, all indigenous Venezuelans who belong to three families, converted to Judaism in 2014 under the auspices of…
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Fast Forward Israeli Hardware Powers $20m Surveillance Center in Uruguay
(JTA) — Uruguay opened a $20 million video surveillance monitoring center near the tourism capital of Punta del Este with major support from Israeli technology. Those on hand for the launch Tuesday in the city of Maldonado included the defense minister of Uruguay, the mayor of Maldonado, the Israeli ambassador to Uruguay, and representatives of…
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Fast Forward Maid Attacked by ‘Jews Have To Die’ Maniac in Uruguay
RIO DE JANEIRO — A Uruguayan woman suffered injuries to her face and body after being attacked by a man who yelled anti-Semitic slurs at her. Mirta, who is not Jewish, met the aggressor on the street close to the building where she has been working as a housemaid for eight years in a building in…
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Fast Forward Jewish Man Found in Garbage Bag Given Proper Burial in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO — An Israeli Jewish man buried seven years ago in a non-Jewish cemetery in Brazil was given a proper Jewish burial after his body was found in a garbage bag. The discovery was made two weeks ago when his brother visited the grave in Sao Paulo, the Hebrew-language news website B’Chadrei Chareidim reported….
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Fast Forward 20 Latin American Universities Sign Deals With Hebrew University
RIO DE JANEIRO — Twenty rectors from leading universities across Latin America signed agreements with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem during a first-of-its-kind conference signaling growing academic cooperation. The university’s president, Prof. Menahem Ben-Sasson, welcomed the representatives from institutions in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay,…
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Fast Forward Brazilian Cardinal Who Faced Down Dictators Over Murdered Jew Dies at 95
RIO DE JANEIRO — Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns, who challenged Brazil’s brutal dictatorship to honor a Jewish journalist killed in prison by the military, has died. Arns, one of the Catholic Church’s most prominent pro-democracy voices in Latin America, became famous for his fight against torture during 1964-1985. He died Wednesday at 95. On Oct….
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Fast Forward Quoting Fidel Castro, Ecuador Envoy Compares Israel to Nazis at UN
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — The Ecuadorean representative to the United Nations equated Zionism with Nazism in his speech during the celebration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People at the United Nations General Assembly. “We repudiate with all our strength the persecution and genocide that in its time unleashed Nazism against the Hebrew people….
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