Maduro is not at all alone. Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua, Chile, Bolivia and Brazil are all on the same page as Venezuela, they are all allied to the Cuba-Venezuela Axis.
In fealty to US foreign policy, Mexico has long refused to recognize Palestinian statehood. Last week, that finally changed, with AMLO’s government officially acknowledging Palestinian statehood and establishing a full embassy in Mexico City.
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Mexico actually had Russian troops march in the recent independence celebrations
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday panned U.S. military aid to Ukraine, suggesting it was "irrational," and stepped up criticism of the war effort as he urged Washington to devote more resources to helping Latin American countries.
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it's not just Mexico but all the countries I listed, Latin America is staunchly in the Russia-China camp.
the Jewish embassy accused Mexico of supporting terrorism, Mexico is dogwhistle pro-Hamas
Redacción, Noticias MX Político.- Gerardo Fernández Noroña, vocero de Claudia Sheinbaum, Coordinadora Nacional de los Comités de Defensa de la cuarta transformación, tomó una postura similar sobre el conflicto entre Israél y Hamás y justificó los ataques terroristas del grupo Hamás en Israel...
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(Noroña is one of the top Mexico politicians and close with the government)
also edit: I am tripped out by how Jewish the right-wing outlets are.... ppl who don't follow Latin American media aren't seeing how right-wing Latin outlets are suddenly turning overt mega Zionist...
Redacción, Noticias MX Político.- El gobernador morenista de Michoacán, Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla, ironizó este lunes con el conflicto armado que hay en Israel y la franja de Gaza al asegurar que la celebración de Noche de Muertos tendrá más seguridad que el país árabe. Según Latinus, en la...
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Michoacan is a Mexican state and the pro-AMLO governor was hilariously mocking the Jewish state... but what baffles me is why right-wing Mexican media cares.... even in LatAm, the rightist media is mysteriously Zionist
Jewish groups strongly condemned Gustavo Petro as he tussled with Jewish leaders on X.
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Colombia’s president compares Israeli military to Nazis as local protesters burn Israeli flag outside embassy
Jewish groups strongly condemned Gustavo Petro as he tussled with Jewish leaders on X
(JTA) — In the wake of Hamas’ attacks on Israel, Colombian President Gustavo Petro tussled with Jewish leaders on X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter, and pro-Palestinian protesters burned an Israeli flag outside of the Israeli embassy in Bogotá.
Since the news of the attacks spread on Saturday, Gustavo Petro — a former member of the M19 armed guerilla movement and Colombia’s first left-wing president in decades — has tweeted and retweeted a steady stream of pro-Palestinian messages on his account on X. Still pinned to the top of his profile is a collage of photos of Palestinian children who he wrote were “murdered by the illegal occupation of their territory.”
“The only way for Palestinian children to sleep in peace is for Israeli children to sleep in peace,” his tweet from Saturday reads. “The only way for Israeli children to sleep in peace is for Palestinian children to sleep in peace. War will never achieve this, it can only be achieved by a peace agreement that respects international legality and the right of the two peoples to exist free.”
In another tweet, Petro responded to Israel’s ambassador to Colombia, Gali Dagan, who had told local media he hoped Petro would condemn Hamas’ attacks. “Terrorism is killing innocent children, whether in Colombia or Palestine,” Petro wrote.
Israel’s embassy in Bogotá did not respond to a request for comment. But in response to Petro’s tweets, Marcos Peckel, the director of Colombia’s Jewish communal organization — the Confederación de Comunidades Judías de Colombia — tweeted: “President @petrogustavo The innocent children who died today were Jews and Israelis massacred by Palestinian terrorists.”
Petro tweeted back: “Governments that get used to bombing children do not seem fair to me. God does not bomb children.
“Concentration camps are prohibited by international law and those who develop them become criminals against humanity,” he wrote in response to a video that shows Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant talking about the situation in Gaza.
In another response to the video of Gallant, who is shown saying that Gazans now lack electricity and a water supply, Petro tweeted: “This is what the Nazis said about the Jews. Democratic peoples cannot allow Nazism to reestablish itself in international politics… This hate speech if it continues will only bring a holocaust.”
The Confederación de Comunidades Judías de Colombia released a statement about Petro’s comments.
“As the representative organization of the Jewish community of Colombia, we reject the obstinance of President Gustavo Petro in refusing to openly and without subterfuge condemn the savage aggression of which the State of Israel, a great friend of Colombia, was subjected to yesterday by the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas, as have done the vast majority of democracies of the world, including those governments, including those governed by the progressive and democratic forces that the president so admires,” the group wrote. “The recurring statements of President Petro on X seemed to be justifying the actions of Hamas, its war crimes.”
Vicky Chehebar Kassin, a commissioner for gender equality at the Latin America Jewish Congress, told JTA that “Despite the overwhelming concern we feel from reading our president’s justification of Hamas’ terrorism, we are comforted by the immense number of voices in Colombia who condemn these violations of human rights and war crimes, like the use of rape as a weapon of war, commonly used by terrorist groups such as ISIS or Boko Haram.”
Meanwhile, a group of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside Israel’s embassy in Bogota on Saturday and burned an Israeli flag. Later that night, the embassy was defaced with graffiti showing a swastika, a Jewish star and the word “terror” written in Hebrew. More graffiti added “Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine,” “Arafat lives” and “free Palestine.”
In response, Dagan tweeted, “Look at ‘the solidarity’ we receive below at the [Embassy] facilities.”
“I was shocked by the terrorist attacks carried out today against civilians in Israel, which caused numerous victims. In expressing my condolences to the families of the victims, I reaffirm my rejection of terrorism in any of its forms,” wrote Lula, whose previous government officially recognized a Palestinian state in 2010.
The flag of Israel was laser projected over the building of Brazil’s National Congress on Sunday in solidarity with the Israeli victims. The projection covered one of the two domes of the landmark building in Brasilia on Sunday, making the dome look somewhat like a big kippah.
“It’s a sign of solidarity and also in honor of all those killed, injured, and missing as a result of this cruel attack,” wrote Senator Davi Alcolumbre, a Jewish congressman who previously served as president of the Senate.
In Rio de Janeiro, the Municipal Chamber’s building was covered by a white and blue laser projection.
“Watching on TV the terrorist and barbaric attacks against Israel, I come to express my solidarity once again with all Israelis and the Jewish people,” Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes posted on social media with a picture of him with Shimon Peres, Israel’s late prime minister.
Marcus M. Gilban contributed reporting from Rio de Janeiro.
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