Aharon Becker, secretary-general of the Histadrut, Israel’s Labor Federation, arrived here today from Bogota on his tour of Latin America which will include a visit to the United States.
He visited Bogota on a special invitation from President Restropo of Colombia and met for several hours with union leaders of Colombia. In Peru officials of the Labor Ministry expressed appreciation for Israel’s assistance in technical programs which Mr. Becker indicated would be increased. He participated in the inauguration of a large new transport cooperative for which Israel trained young Peruvians.
The General Confederation of Labor of Peru sponsored a meeting of confederation technical representatives attended by 200 Peruvian leaders. Later the Israeli labor leader took part in a reunion of the Club Shalom, formed by young Peruvians trained in Israel for social welfare projects in Peru. At a huge rally organized by the Peruvian Association of Jewish communities, participants pledged to support Israel with all their strength.
A vicious attack against Israel and against Jewry in Mexico was published here today in a special bulletin issued by an organization called Mexico-Arabic Alliance. Israel was accused in the bulletin of “torturing and murdering Arabs,” Mexican Jews were charged with owing their loyalty to Israel rather than to Mexico.
An investigation showed several other falsehoods in the pro-Arab paper. It charged, without foundation, that its information had been obtained from the Mexican Foreign Ministry. It also listed among its members a number of well-known Mexicans who denied affiliation with the group.
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