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Latin America-Israel diplomatic ties 2026
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FIRST ENTRY OCT 17
OCT 17 · Day 1
Latin American countries building closer ties with Israel
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced on October 8 that Colombia would move its embassy to Jerusalem.
Gideon Saar said Jerusalem was always the capital of one nation.
Mexico, Bolivia, Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Belize, Cuba and Nicaragua are among governments that backed South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
“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
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