The governor of La Rioja, Ricardo Quintela, held a protocol meeting with AMIA authorities, who invited him to be part of the “Federal Meeting for Memory”, which will take place in Buenos Aires on Tuesday, June 25, within the framework of the 30th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the institution.
The AMIA rabbi, Eliahu Hamra, participated in the meeting held at the Casa de La Rioja in the city of Buenos Aires; the secretary of the entity, Gabriel Gorestein, and the general coordinator of Vaad Hakehilot, Tamara Jatemliansky.
During the hearing, the governor promised to attend the event and, together with the AMIA representatives, addressed issues related to the agenda that will be carried out on June 25.
With the purpose of personally inviting them to the Meeting, AMIA authorities have already held audiences with twenty governors. Days ago, the meetings were held with the head of government of the city of Buenos Aires, Jorge Macri, and with the governor of the province of Santa Cruz, Claudio Vidal.
Previously, the meetings were held with the governor of Santa Fe, Maximiliano Pullaro; the governor of Entre Ríos, Rogelio Frigerio; the governor of Tucumán, Osvaldo Jaldo; the governor of San Luis, Claudio Poggi; the governor of Catamarca, Raúl Jalil, and the governor of La Pampa, Sergio Ziliotto.
Various meetings were also coordinated with the governor of Chaco, Leandro Zdero; the governor of San Juan, Marcelo Orrego; the governor of Mendoza, Alfredo Cornejo; the governor of Chubut, Ignacio Torres; the governor of Santiago del Estero, Gerardo Zamora; the governor of Río Negro, Alberto Weretilneck; the governor of Salta, Gustavo Sáenz; the governor of Jujuy, Carlos Sadir; the governor of Misiones, Hugo Passalacqua; the governor of Neuquén, Rolando Figueroa, and the governor of Corrientes, Gustavo Valdés.
Alternately, the different official visits included the participation, on behalf of AMIA, of President Amos Linetzky; the secretary general, Gabriel Gorenstein; CEO Daniel Pomerantz; the institution’s rabbi, Eliahu Hamra; the general coordinator of the Vaad Hakehilot, Tamara Jatemliansky, and the area assistant, Evelyn Escandarani.
ABOUT THE MEETING IN BUENOS AIRES
Convened by the Vaad Hakehilot, which operates within the AMIA, the day will bring together, on June 25, governors from all over the country and presidents of the Jewish communities of Argentina, with the aim of renewing the commitment to the exercise of memory and denounce the impunity still in force in the cause of the attack.
This is a federal meeting of remembrance and tribute to 85 fatal victims of the attack perpetrated, 30 years ago, against the headquarters of Pasteur 633.
In the AMIA auditorium, an institutional event will be held that day to renew the demand for justice, and then travel through the so-called “Memory Corridor”, a route close to the entity’s headquarters, in which, through different artistic interventions, tribute is paid to the people who lost their lives in the massacre perpetrated on July 18, 1994.
The federal day is part of the framework of the Month of Remembrance, an initiative that the institution develops throughout the 30 days prior to the anniversary of the attack, to consolidate the exercise of memory and prevent this crime against humanity, even unpunished, fall into oblivion.
