Trump’s Latin American Allies Strengthen Ties With Israel

A
th ee-week
milita y
offe sive
i
the
Gaza
St ip
i
2009,
which
killed
mo e
tha
1,400
people,
i cludi g
a
estimated
1,100
civilia s,
spu ed
Ve ezuela’s
Socialist
p eside t
at
the
time,
Hugo
Chavez,
to
expel
the
Is aeli
ambassado
i
p otest
a d
e d
diplomatic
elatio s.

Seve tee
yea s
late ,
Ve ezuela
a d
Is ael
have
ag eed
to
establish
a
mecha ism
fo
the
esumptio
of
co sula
se vices.
It’s
a
limited
step,
but
o e
that
u til
ece tly
would
have
bee
u thi kable.

I
Colombia,
the
atio alist
gove me t
of
ew
P eside t
Abela do
de
la
Esp iella
ece tly
eve sed
the
decisio
by
his
p edecesso ,
Gustavo
Pet o,
to
seve
diplomatic
elatio s
with
Is ael
i
p otest
of
the
cou t y’s
most
ece t
wa
i
Gaza,
which
has
killed
mo e
tha
70,000
people,
ea ly
o e-thi d
of
them
child e .

De
la
Esp iella
has
eve
a ou ced
that
Colombia
will
elocate
its
embassy
to
Je usalem,
a d
this
week
decla ed
that
Colombia
would
joi
the
U ited
States
as
the
o ly
two
cou t ies
that
ecog ize
“Is aeli
sove eig ty”
ove
the
Gola
Heights,
which
is
Sy ia
te ito y
u de
i te atio al
law
but
has
bee
occupied
by
Is ael
si ce
1967.
The
vast
majo ity
of
the
i te atio al
commu ity,
i cludi g
Ge ma y
a d
the
UN,
does
ot
ecog ize
the
a exatio
of
the
Gola
Heights
by
Is ael.

“The e
is
a
t e d
towa d
app ocheme t
with
Is ael
as
a
espo se
to
the
su ge
of
the
adical
ight
i
the
egio ,”
said
Isaac
Ca o,
a
p ofesso
at
Albe to
Hu tado
U ive sity
i
Chile.
Ca o
said
autho ita ia s
i
Lati
Ame ica
we e
li ki g
elatio s
with
Is ael
to
“a
active
alig me t
with
US
fo eig
policy.”
He
said
ei fo ci g
ties
with
Is ael
had
become
a
cha acte istic
of
Lati
Ame ica’s
adical
ight
as
pa t
of
the
e ewed
discou se
of
egio ‘s
place
i
Judeo-Ch istia
Weste
civilizatio .

I
A ge ti a,
fo
example,
ult aco se vative
P eside t
Javie
Milei
has
made
close
elatio s
with
Is ael
a
defi i g
featu e
of
both
his
fo eig
policy
a d
his
ow
political
ide tity.

Da iel
Waj e ,
associate
p ofesso
of
i te atio al
elatio s
at
the
Heb ew
U ive sity
of
Je usalem,
said
the e
had
bee
a
“su ge”
i
diplomacy
betwee
Is ael
a d
Lati
Ame ica
gove me ts.
Waj e
said
Jai
Bolso a o,
the
eolibe al
fo me
p eside t
of
B azil,
a d
El
Salvado a
P eside t
Nayib
Bukele,
the
self-desc ibed
“wo ld’s
coolest
dictato ,”
we e
ea ly
adopte s
of
wa me
ties
with
Is ael.
They
we e
followed
by
Milei
a d
othe s.

Waj e
said
Lati
Ame ica’s
autho ita ia s
we e
actively
“emb aci g”
the
atio al-co se vative
gove me t
of
P ime
Mi iste
Be jami
Neta yahu.
He
also
said
the e
we e
ideological,
eligious
a d
st ategic
facto s
i
gove me ts’
tighte i g
of
bo ds
with
the
cou t y,
such
as
the
desi e
to
sig al
a
like-mi ded
i te atio al
o ie tatio
with
the
US.

Gilbe to
A a da,
a
political
a alyst
f om
the
U ive sity
of
Chile,
said
the e
had
bee
a
t e d
i
Lati
Ame ica
of
autho ita ia s’
alig i g
with
the
US
u de
Do ald
T ump
—
a d
the efo e
also
e gagi g
i
app ocheme t
with
Is ael.

Colombia’s
ew
p eside t
t igge s
‘fu dame tal
shift’

I
2024,
u de
Pet o,
Colombia
b oke
off
elatio s
because
of
the
wa
i
Gaza.
I
the
week
si ce
de
la
Esp iella
assumed
office
o
August
7,
Ca o
said
the e
has
bee
a
“fu dame tal
shift”
i
Colombia’s
fo eig
policy.

I
Ve ezuela,
the
stated
policies
of
the
cu e t
gove me t,
which
took
powe
afte
US
fo ces
abducted
the
sitti g
p eside t
i
ea ly
Ja ua y,
emai
ooted
i
the
socialist
populism
of
Chavismo.
Howeve ,
the
esumptio
of
co sula
se vices
has
p oved
a
symbolic
diplomatic
success
fo
Is ael.

Bolivia’s
Socialist
gove me t
seve ed
elatio s
with
Is ael
afte
the
bomba dme t
of
a
camp
fo
displaced
people
i
Gaza
i
2023.
Whe
the
co se vative
Rod igo
Paz
assumed
office
2025,
he
quickly
esto ed
ties.

I
Chile,
the
democ atic
socialist
fo me
p eside t,
Gab iel
Bo ic,
was
highly
c itical
of
Neta yahu
a d
his
gove me t.
His
successo ,
the
atio al
co se vative,
Jose
A to io
Kast,
is
seeki g,
amo g
othe
thi gs,
to
evive
Chile’s
defe se
coope atio
with
Is ael.

B azil,
Mexico
mai tai
‘c itical
sta ce’
towa d
Is ael

By
co t ast,
the
social-democ atic
gove me t
of
P eside t
Luiz
I acio
Lula
da
Silva
i
B azil
has
take
a
highly
c itical
sta ce
towa d
Is aeli
actio s
i
the
Gaza
St ip
a d
the
occupied
West
Ba k.

“The
cou t y
with
the
most
i flue ce
i
the
egio ,
which
mai tai s
a
c itical
sta ce
towa d
Is ael,
is
clea ly
B azil,”
said
A a da.
B azil’s
demog aphic,
eco omic
a d
political
clout
a e
a
majo
cou te weight
to
the
shift
by
othe
Lati
Ame ica
gove me ts
towa d
wa me
elatio s
with
Is ael.

The
the e
is
Mexico,
the
othe
gia t
of
Lati
Ame ica.
Whe eas
Lula,
i
B azil,
is
pa ticula ly
c itical,
Mexico,
u de
P eside t
Claudia
Shei baum,
is
t yi g
to
p ese ve
g eate
eut ality
as
well
as
a
diplomatic
bala ce.
Shei baum
has
c iticized
Is ael’s
actio s
i
Gaza,
but
still
mai tai s
diplomatic
elatio s.
This
shows
that
c iticism
of
the
Neta yahu
gove me t
does
ot
i evitably
sig ify
the
b eakdow
of
elatio s
with
the
state
of
Is ael.

Still,
give
the
ece t
mass
killi gs
i
Gaza,
the
shift
i
Is ael’s
elatio s
with
some
gove me ts
i
Lati
Ame ica
is
sig ifica t.
Is ael
is
ot
just
i te ested
i
wi i g
ove
f ie dly
gove me ts.
These
bilate al
elatio ships
date
back
to
the
fou datio
of
the
Is aeli
state
i
1948,
a d
cove
mig atio ,
t ade,
a d
secu ity.
The
suppo t
of
Lati
Ame ica
i
multilate al
o ga izatio s
such
as
the
U ited
Natio s
has
always
bee
key
i
cou te i g
Is ael’s
i te atio al
isolatio .

Waj e
said
the
decisio
by
Lati
Ame ica
gove me ts
to
imp ove
ties
with
Is ael
offe ed
both
sides
“legitimacy,
coope atio
a d
i flue ce.”
Is ael
eeds
i te atio al
pa t e s,
a d
Lati
Ame ica
gove me ts
also
offe
oppo tu ities
fo
eco omic,
tech ological
a d
milita y
coope atio .
Fo
its
pa t,
Lati
Ame ica
ca
tu
to
Is ael
as
a
st o g
pa t e
i
a eas
such
as
cybe secu ity,
a tificial
i tellige ce,
a d
defe se.

Though
Is ael
has
ma aged
to
fo ge
ew
bo ds
i
Lati
Ame ica
fo
ow,
lo g-te m
elatio s
will
co ti ue
to
depe d
o
who
is
i
powe ,
whe e
a d
whe .

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a ticle
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