I think it was a weird false flag shit, they kept using that to create some weird conspiracy theory to say that the left-wing peronists were the “real terrorists” bc they were protecting Iran. Meanwhile they ignore the actual terrorism and massacre of jews by the Far-Right 1970s - 1980s juntas.
Their foreign policy pretty much sucks, except for their support to Palestine, Cuba and I believe they even let foreigners join the party. They do have cool pro-workers and pro-lgbtq+ policies and are pretty much against the US and Historical Revisionism on Japanese war crimes. I believe they even dislikes the Japanese flag, Monarchy and Anthem, they also advocates for better relations with DPRK and China (even though they are now critical of the CPC, which was pretty dumb because the CPC was their biggest supporter).
Saddam sucked, he was way better than what came after him and did unite Iraq, but he was deeply involved with the US and the West in sabotaging Iran and regional left-wing movements. He is a bit like the Manuel Noriega of the Middle East, though Saddam was more genuine about his own ideology than Noriega.
For how he is viewed in LatAm, he was seen as a good president in the 1980s because he was “fighting radicals” and because he was one of the few leaders to give aid and trade with us during a time the US and Europe pulled out all money from here. After his fall, his position was mostly replaced by Iran and Erdogan, both still shares a good relation with the Latin American Left. Gaddafi still is seen positively to this day, unlike Saddam.