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Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) representatives traveled Costa Rica this week to participate in a communal commemoration of the 88th anniversary of Kristallnacht (“Night of Broken Glass”) and officially launch the display of CAM’s “No Discriminarás” (“Thou Shall Not Discriminate”) traveling art exhibit at the Central American nation’s Legislative Assembly.
The visit by CAM Executive Director of Latin American Affairs Shay Salamon and Manager of Latin American Affairs Nurit Caplivschi came two years after Costa Rica hosted CAM en Español’s annual Latin American Forum Against Antisemitism.
At this year’s forum, held in the Dominican Republic in August, Costa Rican Legislative Assembly Deputy Wilson Jiménez Cordero had vowed to bring “No Discriminarás” to his country, and that commitment was fulfilled this week.
Created by Argentine artist Adrián Franco, known as “Pati,” the exhibit features of a set of sketched vignettes portraying different manifestations of contemporary Jew-hatred, ranging from negative stereotyping of Jews to Holocaust denial, based on the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism‘s 11 examples.
Over the past three years, the exhibit has toured Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador, and Panama, among other Latin American nations, reaching diverse audiences across the region.
More than 150 lawmakers, diplomats, civil society figures, and Jewish and Christian religious leaders attend the exhibit’s opening at the Legislative Assembly’s Hall of Former Presidents on Thursday.
Salamon tied his remarks to the Kristallnacht anniversary, saying, “In November 1938, synagogues and Jewish businesses across Nazi Germany were destroyed. Something far harder to rebuild was also shattered — the trust of thousands of families in the society they believed they belonged to.”
“Hatred gains ground through the actions of those who promote it,” he emphasized. “It also finds room to grow in the indifference of those who choose to look away.”
“According to a United Nations report published in 2025, more than 2.1 million messages of hate and discrimination were detected on social media in Costa Rica,” Salamon noted. “That troubling figure reminds us that defending freedom of expression also requires us to reject dehumanization and intolerance.”
Other speakers included Cordero, who chairs the Legislative Assembly’s Human Rights Committee, as well as First Deputy Secretary of the Legislative Assembly’s Governing Board Kattia Mora Montoya and Israeli Ambassador to Costa Rica Maya Karmely Sommer.
CAM expresses its deepest gratitude to Cordero and his staff, as well Costa Rica’s Jewish community and the Israeli Embassy in Costa Rica, for facilitating the event.
Salamon also addressed the Kristallnacht ceremony organized by B’nai B’rith Costa Rica and the Israelite Zionist Center of Costa Rica (CIS).
A 88 años de Kristallnacht, la lucha contra el antisemitismo sigue siendo una responsabilidad de todos.
@CombatASemitism inauguró la exposición “No Discriminarás” en la Asamblea Legislativa de Costa Rica, en un encuentro que reunió a más de 150 personas, incluidos más del 20% de los legisladores del país, embajadores y representantes de las comunidades judía y evangélica.
Esta iniciativa refleja el trabajo sostenido de CAM y la Coalición Latinoamericana de Legisladores contra el Antisemitismo para impulsar la educación, fortalecer el compromiso institucional y combatir los discursos de odio en la región.
La memoria debe traducirse en acciones. Combatir el antisemitismo hoy es impedir que el odio y la indiferencia vuelvan a abrirle camino a la violencia.
Agradecemos especialmente al diputado Wilson Jiménez y a todo su equipo por hacer posible esta iniciativa, así como a la diputada Kattya Mora Montoya y a la Embajada de @IsraelinCR por su compromiso y acompañamiento.
— CAM en Español (@CAMenEspanol) November 14, 2026
CAM’s outreach in Latin America began more than five years ago, and since then it has worked diligently to build meaningful partnerships and friendships with influential leaders, legislators, diplomats, community organizations, and civil society activists from a diverse assortment of religious, political and cultural backgrounds in the region to combat antisemitism together.
During this time, CAM en Español has emerged as a key player in the battle against Jew-hatred in Latin America, with a growing coalition involved in impactful activities in countries including Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Panama, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia, Honduras, Paraguay, and the Dominican Republic, among others.
CAM en Español has organized regional summits in the Dominican Republic in 2026, Brazil in 2025, Costa Rica in 2024, Uruguay in 2023, Panama in 2022, and Guatemala in 2021.
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