Marcus Moraes
By Marcus Moraes
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Breaking News Israeli Passenger Removed From Colombia Flight Over Bomb Joke
(JTA) — An Israeli passenger was removed from a domestic flight in Colombia after he reportedly joked about detonating a bomb due to a long delay, according to local media. Yossef Bronfen, 49, was aboard a Latam Airlines flight at the El Dorado International Airport in Bogota earlier this week for seven hours awaiting departure when…
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Fast Forward Venezuelan President Meets Jewish Leaders To Smooth Rocky Relations
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro welcomed Jewish leaders at the governmental palace to strengthen cooperation. Ties between the government and the Jewish community have been rocky. “A good day of dialog for peace. Boosting the co-existence and the dialog of civilizations, of religions to consolidate our nation,” Maduro tweeted after the Tuesday meeting in Caracas,…
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Breaking News 3 Single Dads Unable To Take Their Mexico-Born Babies Home To Israel
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Three Israeli single fathers whose babies were born in Mexico to surrogate mothers are unable to fly their children to the Jewish state because local authorities are refusing to issue birth certificates. The Mexican birth certificates are necessary in order to allow the children to be issued Israeli passports. The…
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Fast Forward Israel Investment In Mexico Doubles to $2 Billion
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Israel invested over $2 billion in Mexico in 2016, representing the “greatest dynamism” among all other countries in economic relationships with Mexico compared to 2015, reported the country’s El Economista newspaper. The Latin American nation saw a rise of $26.73 billion in Foreign Direct Investment, or FDI, last year, including the outstanding…
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Breaking News Chile Blames Israelis For Breaking Rules At National Parks
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A senior official of an entity under the Chilean Ministry of Agriculture threatened Israeli tourists with a hate-filled speech after a group was removed from a national park. National Forestry Corporation director Elizabeth Munoz criticized “Israelites” for “cultural bad behavior” after three Israeli tourists were expelled late last month from…
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Breaking News Venezuela Vice President Accused Of Anti-Semitism Is Barred By U.S.
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — The Trump administration imposed sanctions against Venezuelan Vice President Tareck El Aissami, accusing him of playing a major role in international drug trafficking, ABC News reported. El Aissami, who has has been accused of anti-Semitism and ties to Iran and the terrorist group Hezbollah, has been barred from entering the United States. The executive…
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Fast Forward Stricken Israeli Traveller Needs Blood Donations To Survive in Peru
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — An international against-the-clock blood donation call boosted by social media aims at saving the life of an Israeli tourist hospitalized in Peru after contracting a serious blood-related illness. The family of 21-year-old Zohar Katz, from Kibbutz Yotvata in southern Israel, is reaching out to Israelis traveling in the area and…
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Breaking News Israel Shuns Peru’s Fugitive Ex-President — Faces $20M Bribery Case
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Israel says Peru’s fugitive former president, Alejandro Toledo, who is wanted on corruption charges, would not be allowed to enter the country. Toledo’s arrest was requested in Peru last week over allegations he took $20 million in bribes. He was said to have chosen to flee to the Jewish state because his wife,…
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