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30 years after attack on Argentina's Jewish center, Milei makes promises. But the anguish remains
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Argentine President Javier Milei attends a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the AMIA Jewish center that killed 85 people in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, July 18, 2024. - photo by AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — On each passing anniversary of the deadly 1994 attack against Argentina's largest Jewish community center, Diana Malamud said she endures a brutal “Groundhog Day.” In her version of the Kafkaesque nightmare that traps her in the same day over and over, presidents repeat the same pledges to seek justice for the car bombing at the center that killed 85 people, including Malamud's architect husband, Andrés, wounded 300 others and profoundly unsettled Jewish communities across the continent. No has ever been convicted for involvement in the bombing, considered among the deadliest antisemitic attacks anywhere since World War II. On Thursday, on the 30th anniversary of the attack, libertarian President Javier Milei — a self-described “anarcho-capitalist” who rode to power on a wave of popular rage against the political establishment — became Argentina's 11th leader to vow renewed efforts to bring the perpetuators to justice.