Posted on YouTube: April 26, 2024
But the documentary was made in 2017 THE VIDEO CAN BE AUTO-TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH
The CD Palestino team has become somewhat of an international phenomenon. Not only does it have fans in Chile, but also in the Mideast, and also in Europe.
This is the whole documentary and gives a sense of how powerful the Palestinian Community is in Chile. We have noted this documentary before, but this is now the whole documentary.
And it shows how politicized the team has decidedly become. They made a version in English for worldwide effect.
Again, note that the video (above) is by Al Jazeera which is funded by the Qatari government, and can be biased.
The video is in Spanish, but it there is an option to have it translated to English.
1) Click Settings Wheel and choose Subtitles/CC.
2) Click to turn on: Spanish (auto-generated) .
3) Click – for a second time – to turn on: Subtitles/CC(1) Spanish (auto-generated) .
4) Click auto-translate.
5) Choose English – THIS CAN BE TRICKY – I suggest using up and down arrows to chose English, and then press Enter.
This can be very touchy, and you may have to play with it, but it works. Once you get the hang of it, you can turn the option on in a few seconds.
Unlike the USA, where there are very influential organized pro-Israel advocates, in much of Latin America the Jewish influence can be muted. Hence there is a mixed response of Latin American countries to the Mideast situation.
So Israel has to use different methods – other than it would in the USA or Canada – to get its message across.
Argentina is sort of an exception, as the Jews in Argentina were, by percentages, much larger than in other Latin countries. And Argentina’s president Javier Milei is very pro-Israel.
The real game changer is the rise of strong Evangelical Christianity in Latin America, especially in Brazil, where the Evangelical Christians are close to one-third of the population. When the President was Bolsonaro, the policies of the government were quite pro-Israel. Now that Lula is president, the police of Lula’s anti-Israel stances have to be muted from what they would otherwise be. The Evangelicals in Brazil are a powerful voting bloc.
Again, Brazil is an exception. Under President Bolsonaro, Brazil’s foreign policy was very, very pro-Israel, but the last Brazilian presidential election returned Lula to office. (However, that election was suspicious). Even so, Lula cannot be quite as anti-Israel as he would like, because of the Evangelical votes.
Posted on YouTube: November 13, 2023
So the best thing for Israel to do would be to support Evangelical Christianity.
Too few people realize the full extent of Iran’s role in backing terrorist groups across the Middle East, from Hamas in Gaza to Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen. Even fewer are aware of Iran’s expanding influence in the Western Hemisphere, threatening regional stability and U.S. security at an alarming level.
But we can’t afford to ignore the threat any longer. It’s time for the U.S. to act, forging a comprehensive plan with our allies to preempt Iran’s geopolitical ambitions in our own neighborhood.
As this website has noted, many times, Iran has influence all over Latin America, not just through propaganda with HispanTV, but with smuggling and drug trafficking.
This, unfortunately, is nothing new. It has been going on for years.
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Over the past decades, Hezbollah has built a well-oiled, multibillion-dollar money-laundering and drug-trafficking machine in Latin America that cleans organized crime’s ill-gotten gains through multiple waypoints in the Western hemisphere, West Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Traditionally, Hezbollah used the TBA’s illicit economy as a hub for money-laundering—less so for cocaine trafficking. For years, Hezbollah-linked drug traffickers in the TBA moved only relatively small quantities of cocaine. Multi-ton shipments are another story.
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Argentine President Javier Milei rejected the arrest order the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is being accused of committing crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Milei posted a statement on X on Thursday backing Netanyahu on behalf of Argentina. He said that the country deeply disagrees with the arrest order that also involves former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
“This decision disregards Israel’s legitimate right to defend itself from the constant attacks of terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah,” Milei wrote.
Argentina’s President Milei has declared his affinity for Israel, and also for the Jewish religion. So this is no surprise.
But it goes deeper than that, Argentina – unlike other Latin nations – has had a large Jewish population for over a century, and they have greatly affected Argentina’s politics and culture. There have been Jews on the Argentine Pampas to Jews in Argentine music, etc.
Milei has broken ranks with much of Latin America’s drift to the left by being a free market advocate and a friend of Israel – he even considered converting to Judaism.
Last year, Milei even went so far as to fly up to New York to consult with Hasidic rabbis.
Posted on YouTube: November 27, 2023
President Milei takes this seriously.
To see the effect of Jews on Argentina:
Posted on YouTube: July 10, 2024
Argentina has the seventh largest community of Jews in the world, and the largest in Latin America.
Posted on YouTube: November 20, 2013
There were some rough times during the general’s dictatorship from (1976-1983), but that was due more to politics than religion.
Historically, Argentina has been one of the more friendly countries in the world to Jews. Herzl actually considered a province in Argentina as an option for a Jewish state, if the Jews could not get back the Holy Land.
Due to the influence of Arabs in Latin America, particularly Palestinian-Latins, there has been a diplomatic move away from Israel by some Latin countries.
Argentina has been the notable exception.
This does not mean that things have been perfect for Jews in Argentina. After the October 7 attack, antisemitism has gone up, even in Argentina.
Posted on YouTube: November 2, 2023
But President Milei remains friendly to Israel and to Judaism.
