Posts Tagged ‘FARC hostages’
In December, I wrote about Colombian president Alvaro Uribe clearly rejecting any outside intervention in the latest offered release of FARC hostages. The problem is that FARC won’t release any hostages unless there are outside witnesses involved.
The Colombian leftist rebel group, FARC, said it is willing to hand over six hostages but it will only do so in the presence of an international representative.
In a statement made public Wednesday, the FARC said it wants someone from either a “brother country” or the international community to be present when it frees the hostages.
Both the FARC and the Colombian government say they will let someone from the International Committee of the Red Cross be on hand for the hostage release. But Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has said he does not want any other international participation
FARC to Release 6 Hostages and Say That Obama Won’t Fulfill Expectations
11:36 am By Maegan La Mala · Colombia|Politics · Comments Off
22 Dec 2008
Yesterday the FARC announced via a news agency that they were set to release 6 hostages, two politicians and four members of the Colombian military.
The politicians are Alan Jara, governor of Meta province until he was abducted in 2000, and former deputy Sigifredo Lopez, kidnapped in 2002.
No release date has been announced.
The FARC also updated their official website, saying among other things, that U.S. President Elect wouldn’t live up to expectations.
Via/ France 24 y FARC Website
Colombians Wait for Release of Four FARC Hostages
8:15 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Colombia|Politics|Venezuela · 1 Comment
27 Feb 2008
Thanks to Hugo Chavez (don’t you hate when he does something right?), four Colombian hostages held by the FARC for 6 years are set to be released. According to news reports this morning, Venezuelan helicopters are set to go deep into the Colombian jungle to get Senator Jorge Eduardo Gechem, Congresswoman Gloria Polanco de Losada, Lawmakers Orlando Beltran Cuellar and Luis Eladio Perez. One of the hostages is said to be in grave health. Colombia is said to be cooperating, by stopping military maneuvers in the release area.
Via / Bloomberg.com
Together Again : Clara Rojas and Emmanuel
10:21 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Colombia|Latin America · Comments Off
14 Jan 2008
After being freed from her time as a hostage with the FARC, Clara Rojas was reunited with her son Emmanuel. The boy, now four, was last with his mother when he was 8 months old and taken from her to get medical care. At the meeting, Emmanuel gave his mother a picture and the two shared a tear jerking hug.
Emmanuel has been transferred with his mother to a special location,” said Elvira Forero, director of the Colombian Family Welfare Institute, which has been caring for the boy.
“They had a six-hour get-to-know session today in hopes of restoring family ties.”
She said Emmanuel would be “living with his mother temporarily until we finish all the paper work”.
The boy was renamed when he came into the custody of Colombian Child Services, but now, at the request of his mother, will be legally known as Emmanuel.
FARC Hostage Release On Again
9:50 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Uncategorized · Comments Off
10 Jan 2008
Is Colombia talking out both sides of its mouth or is the media just not reporting things correctly? On Tuesday, Colombia said that it didn’t want any outside parties involved in hostage negotiations,but an early morning report today indicates that Colombia has authorized a renewed Venezuelan mission to get Consuelo Gonzalez and Clara Rojas.
The Saga of Emmanuel Continues in Colombia
10:42 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · children|Colombia|Politics · Comments Off
3 Jan 2008
The center of the drama surrounding FARC hostages has moved from Hugo Chavez and Ingrid Betancourt to a little boy known as Emmanuel. The Colombian government is saying that the FARC canceled a scheduled release of three hostages earlier this week, because they don’t have one of the promised hostages, Emmanuel. Emmanuel is the approximately 4 year old son of another hostage that was to be released, Clara Rojas. Rojas, who used to work with Ingrid Betancourt, had the boy while in FARC custody, presumably with one of her captors. Interestingly enough, little about this angle has been covered, especially the glaring possibility that Rojas was raped.
No FARC Hostages Home for the New Year
7:24 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Colombia|Politics|Venezuela · Comments Off
2 Jan 2008Things haven’t gone exactly as planned in Colombia. Three Colombian hostages held by the FARC were supposed to be home by now. But the rescue operation with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at its head, was stalled by trust issues on both sides of the debate. with Venezuelan helicopters waiting for the final coordinates, the FARC called off the rescue mission saying that the Colombian military had been conducting operations against them. This led to Chavez pointing the finger at Colombian President Uribe and and even director Oliver Stone said:
Shame on Colombia, shame on Uribe
(He was part of a huge international contingent supporting the rescue mission).
FARC Offers to Release 3 Hostages to Chavez but not Betancourt
9:17 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Colombia|Politics|Venezuela · Comments Off
19 Dec 2007
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) said they were willing to release three hostages to Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez or someone he designates. The three hostages named are Clara Rojas, who was kidnapped with former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt in 2002, Ms Rojas’ son from a captor, Emmanual, who was born in captivity, and a former congresswoman, Consuelo Gonzalez. Ingrid Betancourt’s freedom was not offered. Last month Colombia ended Chavez’s involvement in the hostage negotiations.
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