The 150-member Venezuelan delegation to the Maccabiah was present Sunday at the dedication of an area in a Jewish National Fund forest to the memory of Latin American nattionalist hero Simon Bolivar. The occasion marked the 170th anniversary of Venezuelan independence.
The Bolivar memorial is part of the “Messilat Zion” JNF forest in the Jerusalem hills. The Venezuelan ambassador, Luis La Corte, said the JNF’s salute in this way to Bolivar was “a perfect act of friendship that symbolizes the ongoing ties between the two nations.”
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