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FARC Liberates One More Hostage
11:09 am By Maegan La Mala · Colombia|Justice|Latin America|Politics · Comments Off
4 Feb 2009Colombian rebel group FARC has liberated yet another hostage, just days after it freed 3 military men and one civilian in the Colombian jungle. Alan Jara, an ex-provincial governor who was abducted in 2001, was freed yesterday.
What is interesting to me is the calm with which Jara emerged from captivity after having been imprisoned for nearly 8 years, a sharp contrast with the faces of the first hostages released by FARC last year — among them Ingrid Betancourt. Jara looks great, and acted as if he’d just gone out for a walk.
Upon his return, Jara thanked Colombian senator Piedad Córdoba and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, and in a press conference had a poignant message to the Colombian government: “I believe that the FARC has made a gesture, and that gesture should be returned.” Jara is urging for dialogue to put an end to the violence.
Speaking of violence, while Jara was being released, the FARC was bombing a neighborhood in Cali, leaving 3 people dead and 30 injured. That is quite a gesture as well. Why would you release a hostage then set off a car bomb? It doesn’t make sense.
Via / Senator Piedad Córdoba’s website
Thousands March in Colombia for Freedom of FARC Hostages
6:08 pm By Maegan La Mala · Colombia|Latin America|Politics · Comments Off
20 Jul 2008
The headline is an understatement. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Colombian cities (video after the jump) and towns — as well as in other countries– on Sunday to protest the continuing captivity of FARC hostages.
Recently freed FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt — the causa célebre‘s celebrity — was on hand for the protest in Paris along with a bunch of other celebrities of the Latino farándula:
In Paris, Betancourt led chants of “No more hostages!” as she addressed a crowd of several thousand people who came to watch artists perform in a square across the river Seine from the Eiffel Tower.Colombian star Juanes, Spain’s Miguel Bose, and French artists Renan Luce and Michel Delpech were among the singers playing at the concert.
At Betancourt’s side was the socialist Bertrand Delanoe, who told the crowd: “Our duty is to continue fighting for the liberation of all hostages in Colombia.”
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