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Ingrid Betancourt: Joan of Arc for our times

By Jeremy McDermott in Medellín After six years as their prize hostage, will Ingrid Betancourt now take on Colombia's FARC rebels? Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt embraces her son Lorenzo (right) and daughter Melanie It was a...

Betancourt Tastes Freedom

go.com     04-Jul-2008   2 related          

Freed hostage Betancourt reunites with family and orders first fresh-squeezed OJ By IAN JAMES Associated Press Writer BOGOTA, Colombia July 3, 2008 (AP) In her first hours of freedom, Ingrid Betancourt held her children tight,...

Betancourt appeals for peace

news24.com     04-Jul-2008   6 related          

Bogota, Colombia - In her first hours of freedom, Ingrid Betancourt held her children tight, visited her father's grave and sent her husband out to find oranges for breakfast. "Last night was very beautiful," her husband Juan...

Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt vows to become country's president

By Jeremy McDermott in Medellin Ingrid Betancourt, the Colombian politician rescued after six years in captivity, was reunited with her children as she vowed to become the country's president and free the remaining hostages...

Key dates in kidnappings of politician, Americans

wtop.com     02-Jul-2008   83 related          

By The Associated Press (AP) - A look at key dates in the kidnapping of three American defense contractors and a Colombian politician held by Colombia's largest rebel force, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC....

'FARC leader's death won't hasten hostage release'

From correspondents in Brasilia, Brazil, 03:33 PM IST The death of the top leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) may not lead to early release of its hostages, including former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, Spain's EFE news agency reported Wednesday. 'The FARC is...

CHILE: Bachelet to Help Seek Humanitarian Solution for Colombia's Hostage Crisis

ipsnews.net     08-May-2008   2 related          

SANTIAGO, Mar 19 (IPS) - Chilean President Michelle Bachelet promised to work "quickly" and "efficiently" to obtain the release of the hostages held by the FARC, according to Juan Carlos Lecompte, the husband of former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, who was taken hostage by...

MEXICO: Rights Groups Protest Killing of Students in FARC Camp

ipsnews.net     08-May-2008   5 related          

MEXICO CITY, Mar 21 (IPS) - Human rights groups in Mexico and Ecuador plan to take legal action against the Colombian government for what they call the "unjustified massacre" of four Mexican students in this month’s attack on a FARC guerrilla camp in Ecuador.

Chavez best hope for Colombia's Betancourt

tiscali.co.uk     02-May-2008   14 related          

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is the best hope for successfully negotiating the release of French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages held by leftist Colombian guerrillas, her husband said on Friday. ... France is...

Hostage's husband vows to hunt for her

msn.com     10-Apr-2008   179 related          

The husband of hostage Ingrid Betancourt vowed Wednesday to visit jungle villages to hunt for clues to her situation following the failure of a French-led effort to aid her. ... "I want to talk to the people ... to see if she is alive or not, what her state of health...

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