| Share |
Venezuela's Chavez Meets With Relatives of Colombian Hostages
By VOA News
21 August 2007
Relatives of Colombians kidnapped by leftist rebels have met with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in an effort to encourage him to try to break a deadlock between the rebels and the Colombian government.
The group met in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, Monday to discuss the plight of the hostages who have been held for years by the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. The FARC's captives include police officers, soldiers, former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans.
Mr. Chavez has offered to act as an intermediary between the FARC and the government of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. Mr. Chavez told the group that he is willing to hold talks with FARC leader Manuel Marulanda.
President Chavez is expected to travel to Bogota in the coming days to discuss the hostage issue with Mr. Uribe.
Ingrid Betancourt's mother was part of the delegation in Caracas, along with school teacher Gustavo Moncayo, whose son, a soldier, has been in rebel custody for several years. Moncayo recently walked halfway across Colombia to plead for a prisoner exchange with the rebels.
Colombia has one of the world's highest kidnapping rates.
Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hey, that Chavez isn't so bad after all!
By Simon on Aug 22, 2007, 12:52 in Politics & the war.
|
www.calirentals.net (☼Travelguide writer) says on Aug 22, 2007, 19:14: See,Chavez aint so bad after all:) http://www.calirentals.net/ 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
More posts by the same author:
Bogotá vies for the 2015 Panamerican Games 5
RCN's Brian Andrews visits the spectacular Las Lajas Cathedral 8
Surprise, surprise! Cubans...not Colombians...dominate illegal pot growhouse trade in Florida! 12
Football broadcaster Bob Griese apologizes for 'taco' quip aimed at NASCAR's Montoya 34
The Medellin that CNN doesn't want you to see! 101
Depeche Mode reconoce labor de Colombia es Pasión 1
Controversia en Medellín por documental de CNN que revive la imagen violenta de la ciudad 15
Colombia rises five spots in UN Human Development Index 115
Tatacoa Desert will have an astronomy, history, and aventure theme park 3
Colombians excel in International Mathematics Olympics held in Hungary 8
Donde estan los verdaderos Colombianos? 66
Excellent Article: Juanes Sin Fronteras 3
Actions by Serena, Kanye are a product of the times in US 8
Juan Urango defends International Boxing Federation title 1
John F. Kennedy- Remarks Upon Arrival in Bogota, Colombia in 1961 79
Juanes: Cuba concert is not about politics 18
The Washington Post: Advantage, Mr. Chávez 30
Americas: |
Africa: |
Asia:
|
Travel: Other forums: |
If you're not a part of this travelicious experiment just yet, just sign up here. It's free & easy.
About PBH | How PBH works | History | PBH Projects | Community rules | Travelguides | RSS feeds
This site in other languages: (automatically translated)
Spanish |
French |
Catalan |
Chinese |
Filipino |
Greek |
German |
Hebrew |
Japanese |
Korean |
Polish |
Portuguese |
Russian
© 1998 - 2009 Peter Van Dijck, all rights reserved.