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buenos aires
From Holocaust survivor to Mother of Plaza de Mayo
In October 1977, two couples, all Holocaust survivors, carpooled to an illegal protest in downtown Buenos Aires.
Global meeting against anti-Semitism meets in Buenos Aires
An increase in education, closer monitoring of the internet and media, new legislation, and interfaith dialogue are needed to combat anti-Semitism, a global meeting against anti-Semitism was told in Buenos Aires.
Jewish justice joining Argentina’s Supreme Court in landmark appointment
Carlos Rosenkrantz, a Buenos Aires attorney and law professor, as well as a former presidential adviser, will be the first Jewish justice on the Supreme Court of Argentina.
Alberto Nisman remembered one year after his still-mysterious death
Thousands gathered in Buenos Aires to remember Alberto Nisman, the special prosecutor in the AMIA Jewish center bombing, one year after his still-mysterious death.
Argentina’s foreign minister quits AMIA Jewish center for blocking joint bombing probe
Argentina’s foreign minister resigned his membership in the Buenos Aires AMIA Jewish center, the site of a deadly bombing in 1994.
Hundreds of thousands march in memory of AMIA prosecutor Alberto Nisman
More than 400,000 people in Buenos Aires braved a heavy rain to pay tribute to the late AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman in a “silent march.”
At Argentina bomb site, deja vu and fading hope for justice
Anita Weinstein was on the second floor of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires on July 18, 1994 when the ceiling and walls collapsed from the force of a truck bomb outside.
Dead Argentinian prosecutor had drafted request for president’s arrest
Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman found dead in mysterious circumstances last month had drafted a request that President Cristina Fernandez be arrested for conspiring to derail his probe into the deadly bombing of a Jewish center, the investigator into his death said on Tuesday.