"Five hundred neo-Nazi cells were identified in Brazil last year, Latin America’s envoy for fighting antisemitism said Monday.

The startling figure was cited in Tel Aviv, at the annual Global Forum of the New York-based America Jewish Committee, which included a plenary with seven international antisemitism envoys, and came weeks after the launch of the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism.

“People in Latin America tend to think that this [antisemitism] happens in Europe,” said Fernando Lottenberg, the Organization of American States’ commissioner for monitoring and combating antisemitism. “It is not as strong as in the U.S. but it is gaining traction.”

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