|
||||||
Our actions >Photos
8/31/2007 : Chavez Tries Role As Colombian Mediator
Hugo Chavez is taking on a risky role as a mediator in Colombia's hostage standoff, stepping squarely into his neighbor's civil conflict and provoking optimism among the families of those long held captive by rebels.
8/22/2007 : Venezuela's Chavez seeks to mediate release of Colombia's rebel-held hostages
"Starting today we will begin to work to try to make contact with FARC high command ... so that we can start hearing positions. I have very, very much faith we will achieve that point of agreement," Chavez said during the televised meeting with family members including Yolanda Pulecio, the mother of former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, who has been held captive since 2002.
8/19/2007 : Uribe and Chavez to Meet Soon
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will meet next week with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to discuss how Venezuela can assist in negotiating a prisoner exchange between the government and FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia).
8/17/2007 : Colombian politician hostage 2000 days
The children of kidnapped French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt urged the United States Thursday to play a greater role in seeking the release of their mother and scores of other hostages held by Colombian guerrillas.
8/15/2007 : Colombia's FARC rejects Uribe's plan for hostage release
Colombian rebels sent a letter to the father of a hostage they have held for a decade explaining why they rejected the latest government proposal to free the hostages.
8/11/2007 : Colombia Calling : how Belgium has rallied behind calls to release Colombian hostages
Since the kidnapping of Ingrid Betancourt in Colombia in 2002, Belgium’s role in fighting for her release and other hostages has grown ever more prominent. Elizabeth Dickinson reports
8/9/2007 : Two rebel-held Colombian army officers die in captivity
Two military officers kidnapped four months ago by leftist rebels have died in captivity, their families confirmed Wednesday.
8/7/2007 : Yolanda Pulecio not giving credibility to supposed forthcoming freedom of her daughter.
Venezuelan journalist Patricia Poleo states Ingrid Betancourt to be in Venezuela and that she will be handed over shortly by President Hugo Chavez to the French government.
8/6/2007 : Millions moved by teacher's seven-week walk for son
He is the humble teacher who was greeted like a rock star when he walked into Bogota, was courted by the president and Colombia's political elite, and was the inspiration for a two million signature petition. But Gustavo Moncayo still feels he is no closer to his aim of getting his son home.
8/4/2007 : Uribe jeered in public debate with kidnapped soldier's father
President Alvaro Uribe was booed and heckled in a most unusual public debate with a schoolteacher who walked halfway across Colombia to plead for a prisoner exchange with leftist rebels.
At one point during the extraordinary, impromptu appearance Thursday with his Cabinet members on the steps of Congress, Uribe denied being a front man for drug traffickers and far-right paramilitaries.
8/1/2007 : Walking 620 miles into President Alvaro Uribe’s heart
It must be a father’s love that kept Gustavo Moncayo walking on pain-plagued feet in blistering sun to reach his destination of Bogotá today.
During the 620-mile trek, he walked across half of Colombia, a feat guaranteed to bring a smile to his son Pablo Emilio’s face, no matter where he is or how precarious his condition.
Archives of our Press review articles since May, 2003 :
>News July 07
>News June 07
>News May 07
>News Apr 07
>News Mar 07
>News Feb 07
>News Jan 07
>News Dec 06
>News Nov 06
>News Oct 06
>News Sep 06
>News Aug 06
>News July 06
>News June 06
>News May 06
>News Apr 06
>News Mar 06
>News Feb 06
>News Jan 06
>News Dec 05
>News Nov 05
>News Oct 05
>News Sep 05
>News Aug 05
>News July 05
>News June 05
>News May 05
>News Apr 05
>News Mar 05
>News Feb 05
>News Jan 05
>News Dec 04
>News Nov 04
>News Oct 04
>News Sep 04
>News Aug 04
>News Apr-Jul 04
>News Feb-Mar 04
>News Jan 04
>News Nov-Dec 03
>News Sept.-Oct 03
>News July-August 03
>News May-June 03
>Back