Argentina is a very large country on the southeast of South America, running from the polar south to the tropical north. The population is very European in ancestry, with roughly half being pure-European in background, and another large section being mostly European in background.
It has a large Arab population (9±%), but which is intermarried and assimilated into the country’s larger demographic This is because it is heavily Maronite (Catholic) Lebanese who assimilate well.
Interestingly, Argentina has around 180,000 Jews – the seventh largest Jewish population in the world – and they can be politically active.
There is a large Jewish community in Argentina, and a large part of Argentina still supports Israel. The 1992 and the 1994 bombings still upset them.
Love Kills (terrorism) Attacks
However, recently the government of Christina Kirchner has foolishly entered into some arrangement with the government of Iran to pursue a mutual investigation. This has infuriated the Israelis, understandably.
It really in incomprehensible why Argentina would work with the instigator of the attacks to investigate them; but sadly South America is still corrupt, even if more democratic.
Published Wednesday 21/12/2011 (updated) 26/12/2011 16:55
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority signed a free trade agreement on Tuesday with South American trading bloc Mercosur.
Okay, this is old news I dug up, but it shows an attitude that South America has with the Palestinians. It is an official pro-Palestinian attitude that you would not see in the United States.
Mercosur is a South American trading bloc with includes Argentina, Brazil Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venuezuela.