Farc Hostages Finally Free To Ask Hugo Chavez Questions About Fashionable Dictators
10 January 2008, 6:15 PM. By Guanabee Staff
Clara Rojas and Consuelo Gonzalez have finally been freed after having been held as hostages by Farc for several years. The two women were flown from Colombia to Venezuela:
Earlier they were flown out of the Colombian jungle by helicopter, in an operation overseen by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Ms Gonzalez, 57, was kidnapped in 2001. Ms Rojas, 44, an aide to former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, was seized in 2002, while she and Ms Betancourt were out campaigning.
Ms Betancourt, a French-Colombian citizen, is still in captivity.
The two women were thankful to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who had a hand in negotiating their release.
Mr Chavez told reporters the freed women were emotional and in good health.
“They are free. I told them both: ‘Welcome to life’,” he said.
Then he did a fun little dance and everyone laughed and clapped. Because he’s just the kind of guy.
Freed hostages land in Venezuela [BBC News]
Earlier: Farc-ing Everything Up: Colombian Guerrilla Still Hasn’t Handed Hostages To Venezuela
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Great title guys.
I am happy Oliver Stone missed the moment. That movie is going to suck.
F ucking
A ll
R ighteous
C olombians
great lets kidnap and rape females cuz our cause is noble??we cant accept this terrorism dude…
cowards and peasants
ignorant and empowered by hugo a go go.
What assholes!!!!
I’m confused by your reference to dictators. Hugo Chavez is an elected president, and term-limited. The FARC “kidnapping” preceded Chavez’ term in office, and every report on the release suggests Pres. Uribe and the COLOMBIAN administration screwed up the original release agreement.
There really wasn’t anything unusual in Colombia turning to a regime with which it has bad relations to handle the hostage release. States typically find a party acceptable to the hostage-takers, much as the U.S. had to turn to Algeria (a Soviet client state) to arrange the release of the Embassy hostages in Iran back in the 1980s.
and so i m confused now…huh?
and your point is…?
NOT EVERY REPORT SUGGESTS perhaps every report you bothered to read.?huh?but not every report.
The dictator reference goes back to an interview Naomi Campbell did with Chavez recently, in which he declared Fidel Castro the most fashionable leader. As well as the one with the greatest tasting cigar.
Nicely done Richard, you talk as if the FARC are some kind of peace loving NGO. The only ones who screwed up the initial hostage release was the FARC who realized they didnt have one of the hostages in their jungle prison and simply decided to call the whole thing off. What reports are you reading?
@Mexfiles: What Alex said.