Tag: Antisemitism

• Tuesday, March 25th 2025 - 14:26 UTC

  Former Paraguayan president attends antisemitism event in Israel

  

  Horacio Cartes, president of the ruling National Republican Association (ANR) – also known as Colorado Party - and former president of Paraguay (2013-2018), traveled to Israel on Monday at the invitation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attend the March 26-27 International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism.

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• Friday, September 27th 2024 - 21:26 UTC

  Argentine judge rules against Royal Spanish Academy's construction of “Jew”

  

  Buenos Aires Federal Judge Ariel Lijo Thursday ordered the Madrid-based Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) to strike from its dictionary the fifth meaning of the word “judío/a” (Jewish) which applies to any person “greedy or usurious,” even though it is noted that its use is “offensive or discriminatory.” The magistrate, who is no other than President Javier Milei's choice to fill the already existing vacancy on the Supreme Court (CSJN), argued that such a construction constituted “hate speech that incites discrimination on religious grounds.”

• Thursday, December 28th 2023 - 08:37 UTC

  Antisemitism case against Roger Waters admitted in Buenos Aires

  

  An Argentine court has agreed to review an antisemitism complaint filed by Shoah survivor Carlos Zigelbaum and his son Sergio Zigelbaum against British pop musician Roger Waters, it was reported this week in Buenos Aires.