Port of Santos Port of Santos The Port of Santos (in Portuguese: "Porto de Santos") is located in the city of Santos, state of São Paulo, Brazil. As of 2006, it is the busiest container port in Latin America. It possesses a wide variety of cargo handling terminals—solid and liquid bulk, containers, and general loads. It is Brazil's leading port in container traffic. The terrestrial access system to the port is made up by the Anchieta and Imigrantes highways and by the railroads operated by Ferroban and MRS. It was once considered the "port of death" in the 19th century due to yellow
Aliyah from Latin America in the 2000s Jewish Agency launched an intensive public campaign to promote "aliyah" from the region, and offered additional economic aid for immigrants from Argentina and Uruguay. Although the Argentine economy improved, Jews continue to immigrate to Israel, albeit in smaller numbers than before. Some of those immigrants returned to Argentina in the wake of Argentine economic growth from 2003 onwards. "Olim" from other Latin American countries, such as Uruguay, Venezuela and Brazil, are also making "aliyah" in smaller numbers. Aliyah from Latin America in the 2000s In the wake of the 1999–2002 Argentine political and economic crisis, many Argentine Jews emigrated to