Marta Tawil Kuri
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“Unlike the US, where support for Israel has stayed relatively stable across administrations thanks to more consolidated institutions and bipartisan consensus, in much of Latin America foreign policy can swing sharply from one election to the next because that institutional buffer doesn’t exist,”
Marta Tawil Kuri · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-17
Kuri explained that weak diplomatic corps in Latin America allow new heads of state to quickly pivot on foreign policy unlike the US with its consolidated institutions.
“Right-wing leaderships seeking validation from Washington, evangelical bases giving them electoral and ideological grounding, and an Israeli diplomatic offensive that finds fertile ground in Latin America precisely as its image deteriorates elsewhere.”
Marta Tawil Kuri · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-17
Kuri explained that Latin America's realignment with Israel is driven by multiple converging factors including right-wing leaderships, evangelical bases, and Israeli diplomacy.
“It’s not one factor or the other, but a convergence,”
Marta Tawil Kuri · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-17
Kuri explained that Latin America's realignment with Israel is driven by multiple converging factors including right-wing leaderships, evangelical bases, and Israeli diplomacy.
“Evangelicalism — particularly Christian Zionism — is a real and growing factor in countries like Honduras and Guatemala,”
Marta Tawil Kuri · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-17
Kuri discussed evangelicalism and Christian Zionism as growing factors in Honduras and Guatemala, where around 40 percent of the population are evangelicals.