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Chavez to Keep Negotiating With FARC for Release of Hostages

Of course it's very good to know the boy is free, though his saying all this is also part of Chavez's own political diatribe...hopefully FARC does free the others, however.

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Chavez to Keep Negotiating With FARC for Release of Hostages

By Matthew Walter

Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he'll keep trying to secure the release of hostages from Colombia's biggest guerrilla group following a failed attempt to free a group of prisoners last week.

Chavez said he's expecting to re-establish contact with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, to finalize the release of hostages Clara Rojas and Consuelo Gonzalez de Perdomo. A mission organized by Chavez to receive the hostages fell apart Dec. 31 when the guerrillas pulled out.

The Marxist guerrillas may have deceived Chavez by telling him they were still holding Rojas's son, Emmanuel, who was born in captivity, and offering to hand him over to the Venezuelan leader. The Colombian government discovered Jan. 4 through a DNA test that the boy had actually been released in 2005 and was living in foster care.

``Beyond any other focus or political diatribe, the most important and beautiful thing is that Emmanuel is free,'' Chavez said in comments broadcast by state-owned Venezolana de Television.

Rojas and Gonzalez de Perdomo are part of a group of about 45 prisoners who have been at the center of negotiations between the FARC and the Colombian government to swap hostages for about 500 jailed guerrillas. Some of the hostages have been in captivity in the Colombian jungle for as long as six years.

The president said criticism of his involvement in negotiations with the Colombian guerrillas group has been orchestrated by the U.S., which wants to paint him as a dictator.

``Chavez is a tyrant, Chavez is a dictator, doesn't go along with Chavez trying to liberate hostages,'' he said.

To contact the reporter on this story: Matthew Walter in Caracas at mwalter4 at bloomberg.net
Last Updated: January 6, 2008 14:25 EST

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By juancegomez on Jan 6, 2008, 14:30 in Politics & the war. AddThis Social Bookmark Button


fecherklyn says on Jan 6, 2008, 15:20:

Much of the media comment over the last few days concludes Chavez's influence with the FARC was more limited than he hoped for. This may be true but it is difficult to deny their common idealogical ground and mutual sypathies.

Thus I wonder if the recent humiliating echec for Chavez will not push the FARC to offer him a little face-saving....such as a humanitarian gesture of the release of the 2 women hostages with a maximum of fanfare and minimum of demands. Without this Chavez is really chasing a rainbow and we should expect the next side-tracking diversion soon

Mr. Hollywood says on Jan 6, 2008, 16:15:

If Chavez wants to exert his influence with the FARC it'll be easy for him to do. They'll be shitting themselves if Venezuela suddenly stops looking the other way whenever the FARC runs into their territory or using it as a staging ground.

billyb says on Jan 6, 2008, 16:35:

Or stops letting them transport their coke through Venezuelan territory.

athensugadawg says on Jan 6, 2008, 16:36:

One thing to keep in mind is that Tio Hugo is playing both sides here....I seriously doubt that Doña Rojas agrees with anything that Oliver Stone had to say. Chavez was obviously enamored with all of the attention that he was getting from his new friend, Comrade Stone (Remember..."I'm a fan!!!"). So if and when these two are released, I would like to see Comrade Stone explain to the Rojas family why the actions of the FARC were justified with President Chavez serving as mediator. Perhaps then we could see a walker wrapped around Comrade Stone's fat head.

billyb says on Jan 6, 2008, 16:48:

That Dona Clara de Rojas is a lady with a lot of dignity.

athensugadawg says on Jan 6, 2008, 17:01:

That is for sure....no one, especially her, deserves the hell that they have gone through...

catherine b says on Jan 6, 2008, 17:15:

I hope that she may soon be reunited with her daughter and the Rojas's can be a family again with Emmanuel.

Did you notice how both Doña Clara and her sons acknowledged that the tests done by Colombian doctors was enough proof for them?

She has to be diplomatic because her daughter's life and freedom are at stake here, but I get the impression she'd like to give farc, Chavez, Cordoba and Stone a piece of her mind.
No más FARC
No más narcoterrorismo

billyb says on Jan 6, 2008, 17:46:

That is my impression also. Contrast how she has handled herself to Pulecio.

billyb says on Jan 6, 2008, 18:52:

Enero 6 de 2008

Gobierno colombiano no tolerará más comisiones humanitarias como la que estuvo en Villavicencio

"Están conformadas por personas que no conocen la situación colombiana ni a las Farc", aseguró el canciller Fernando Araújo.

"Por eso, vienen a atacar al Gobierno y a defender a la guerrilla. El resultado de esta gestión fue malo", agregó el Canciller.

Según el diplomático, muchas personas se dejaron engañar "y todavía insisten en comentarios acerca de intereses equivocados del gobierno colombiano".

Araújo volvió a marcar distancia con Venezuela al responder el escueto comunicado de cuatro puntos con el que el gobierno de ese país celebró la noticia sobre la identificación de Emmanuel.

Durante el programa 'Aló Presidente', el mandatario venezolano, Hugo Chávez, dijo que "más allá de cualquier versión, enfoque, o diatriba política, lo importante es que Emmanuel esté libre", pero no ahondó en el tema.

Chávez citó el comunicado en el que, afirma, se une "a las numerosas voces que, en la opinión pública internacional, piden el total esclarecimiento de las circunstancias que rodearon al niño Enmanuel en el transcurso de las últimas semanas".

Sin embargo, el presidente venezolano no dijo ni una palabra sobre el engaño de las Farc, que prometieron entregarle un niño que no tenían en su poder.

Tampoco hizo ninguna alusión a la frase en la que aseguró que les creía más a las Farc que al gobierno colombiano.

'Venezuela mira para el lado que no es'

Por ello y por los duros cuestionamientos que el canciller venezolano, Nicolás Maduro, le hizo al ministro Araújo en los últimos días, éste último criticó la actitud de Venezuela y dijo que está mirando para el lado que no es.

"Más bien deberían pedirles explicaciones a las Farc, que los ha engañado y que han ofrecido la liberación de unos secuestrados e incumplieron su oferta", dijo Araújo.

Aunque fuentes de la Cancillería venezolana le dijeron a EL TIEMPO que el gobierno aboga por el esclarecimiento sin hacer mención a nadie, Araújo insistió en que esas palabras deben leerse en el contexto de la duda que intentó sembrar Venezuela sobre la identificación de Emmanuel.

"El canciller Maduro debe entender este procedimiento con el cristal de las mentiras que dicen las Farc, que deforman cualquier análisis", aseguró Araújo.

Vicepresidente también se pronunció

Las "Farc le mienten desde el presidente Chávez para arriba", dijo Francisco Santos, quien aseguró este domingo en Cartagena, que la capacidad de ese grupo guerrillero para manipular y cometer atrocidades no tiene límites.

Santos, que estuvo en el II Festival Internacional de Música, hizo esas aceveraciones en alusión a que los guerrilleros no cumplieron con la anunciada liberación de Clara Rojas, su hijo Emmanel, y la ex parlamentaria Consuelo González de Perdomo.

El comunicado de Venezuela

"Venezuela saluda y celebra la identificación exitosa de Enmanuel, que permitirá que su familia se encuentren con él (...) Se une a las numerosas voces que, en la opinión pública internacional; pide el total esclarecimiento de las circunstancias que rodearon al niño en el transcurso de las últimas semanas. Formula votos por que en el más breve plazo Consuelo González, Clara Rojas y todos los que se están privados de libertad por el largo y doloroso conflicto que afecta al hermano pueblo de Colombia, vuelvan a sus hogares. Reitera su deseo de acompañar en el espíritu que lo animó a impulsar la operación Enmanuel, iniciativas que contribuyan al canje humanitario (...)".

Los caminos del acuerdo humanitario

Que el Gobierno retome las riendas del tema. Tras el éxito en la identificación de Emmanuel, surgen opiniones dentro del Gobierno para que se termine con la intervención de cualquier país en los acercamientos con la guerrilla. El canciller Fernando Araújo, por ejemplo, descartó que vuelvan a conformarse a futuro comisiones internacionales para procesos de liberación.
Que la comunidad internacional replantee su ayuda. Luego de la frustración que representó para los delegados de seis países que participaron en la denominada 'Operación Emmanuel', la comunidad internacional podría seguir con su trabajo pero no tan de frente (por las críticas que se han generado), ni tan distantes (porque no podrían influir en el proceso).
Que las Farc decidan jugársela por su lado. El Gobierno dice que no se opone a entregas unilaterales y sin condiciones de los secuestrados a otros Gobiernos. Las Farc dicen que el proceso de Clara Rojas y Consuelo González continuará y el presidente Chávez anunció que está a la espera de renovar los contactos. A las Farc les interesa negociar con el Gobierno e insistirán en el despeje.

catherine b says on Jan 6, 2008, 19:10:

Good! Colombia welcomes real mediators, not opportunists with questionable and ignoble motives.
No más FARC
No más narcoterrorismo

billyb says on Jan 6, 2008, 19:16:

Yup, no more clowns like Stone & kirchner.

cassini77 says on Jan 7, 2008, 02:58:

For billyb only Uribe is not a clown. Sad to see this autism ...
Even his horse has a bigger IQ.

billyb says on Jan 7, 2008, 09:22:

What I don't undestand is what you write, did you even finish grade school?

robi666 says on Jan 7, 2008, 09:52:

Not this ALIAS, Billy...

"I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth. A nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present."

cassini77 says on Jan 7, 2008, 13:19:

You do not understand, billyb? Very strange ...

cassini77 says on Jan 7, 2008, 13:20:

I make the dream of a chorizo in slices ...

cassini77 says on Jan 7, 2008, 13:37:

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