Argentina

Milei praises ‘Judeo-Christian values’ at Chabad event as Argentina courts European Jews

Milei has long studied Judaism and has said he wants to convert after leaving office but sees Jewish practice, including the observance of Shabbat, as incompatible with the presidency.

Argentina's president, Javier Milei, greets attendees at a major Chabad event in Buenos Aires, June 8, 2026.
Argentina's President Javier Milei sings the national anthem alongside members of cabinet outside the Buenos Aires Cabildo on the day of the traditional Te Deum to commemorate the 216th anniversary of the May Revolution, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 25, 2026.

Milei clashes with Argentina's soccer boss over corruption scandals weeks before World Cup

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, May 19, 2026.

Smotrich flies to Washington to meet Latin American leaders, expand Isaac Accords

A MEETING between the Alei Siach organization, leading rabbis of the Argentinian community, Neve Tikva, and Mitoch Halev, in Argentina, May, 2026.

Israeli housing organization for people with disabilities 'Alei Siach' comes to Argentina


Argentine tennis star Diego Schwartzman now plays soccer for a Jewish club in Buenos Aires

After retiring from tennis earlier this year, Schwartzman has returned to the soccer pitch.

Diego Schwartzman, at right, poses with a Barkojba teammate in Buenos Aires, 2025.

Argentina sees Israel as a ‘light in the region,’ envoy Wahnish tells Post conference

While Israel does not have many allies, "it has a few and Argentina is one of them," Axel Wahnish said.

Rabbi Shimon Axel Wahnish, Argentina's ambassador to Israel, at The Jerusalem Post's Diplomatic Conference at the Friends of Zion media center. September 16, 2025.

Buenos Aires mayor vows to punish teacher who waved Palestinian flag during school ceremony

An Argentinian elementary school teacher may face consequences after violating classroom political neutrality standards with an anti-Israel Teacher's Day display.

 Argentina President Javier Milei with Israeli President Isaac Herzog.

Martin Winiar: Economist by day, stand-up comic by night

"If you come with the realistic expectation that people are people and countries are countries, you will notice that most Israelis are good, and it’s a wonderful country."

MARTIN WINIAR, 32 From Buenos Aires to Tel Aviv, 2015

Argentina investigates daughter of former Nazi official and her husband over stolen painting

Friedrich Kadgien was a senior Nazi official who fled to Argentina after the war. He died in 1979.

Argentine Federal Police escort Patricia Kadgien to a hearing on charges of concealment and obstruction of justice, after authorities recovered a portrait of Contessa Colleoni by Italian artist Giuseppe Ghislandi, an iconic painting stolen decades ago by the Nazis, Argentina, September 4, 2025.

Argentina officials recover missing painting stolen by Nazis, ending 80-year mystery

One of 1,000 paintings stolen by Nazis was finally located after a global search.

Federal Attorney General of Mar del Plata Daniel Adler listens as Assistant Prosecutor Carlos Martinez addresses the media next to curator Ariel Bassano as a portrait of Contessa Colleoni by Italian artist Giuseppe Ghislandi, hangs on the wall, after Argentina officials recovered the iconic painting

World's first gene-edited horses are shaking up the genteel sport of polo

Eduardo Ramos, who began breeding in the 70s, said that breeders had also been skeptical at first of other advances in biotech, such as embryo transplants and cloning.

A cloned newborn horse stands next to its surrogate mother in an enclosure at a horse birthing hospital, in San Antonio de Areco, near Buenos Aires, Argentina July 29, 2025.

Human rights lawyers call for Netanyahu's arrest on Argentinian soil

Netanyahu was expected to visit Argentina in September, according to media reports, but the Israeli government has not confirmed the visit.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conferene at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, August 10, 2025

Meet Kostensuchus Atrox, a land-stalking crocodile cousin from late Cretaceous Argentina

A 70-million-year-old apex predator fossil with a well-preserved skull and skeleton marks the first nearly complete specimen of its kind ever described in the region.

A 3D printed and painted reconstruction of a Kostensuchus Atrox skeleton.

Argentine authorities probe Milei official over bribery accusations, media report

Argentinian authorities raided Diego Spagnuolo's home as part of a criminal investigation; until this week, Spagnuolo headed the country's disability agency.

 Argentina's President Javier Milei addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 24, 2024.