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12/30/2008 : Red Cross waits for location hostages
The International Red Cross is waiting to receive the coordinates of the location where FARC guerrillas will hand over six hostages, the aid organization said Monday.
12/26/2008 : FARC rebels admit killing medical workers in Colombia
Colombian FARC rebels Tuesday admitted they killed two civilian medical workers on December 7 by setting off a bomb near their vehicle in southern Colombia, according to a statement.
12/23/2008 : Colombia rejects international participation in hostage release
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Monday he will not let other nations act as mediators during the pending release of some hostages held by rebels.
12/22/2008 : Colombian rebels to free 6 hostages
FARC guerrillas are offering to free an ex-governor, a former lawmaker and four other hostages to help jump-start talks on a prisoner swap, a left-wing news agency reported Sunday.
12/20/2008 : Ex-hostage Betancourt to take break from public life
French-Colombian Ingrid Betancourt said she would step out of the limelight for a year to write up a memoir of her six-year hostage ordeal.
12/19/2008 : The European Union and Colombia
After FICIB and several NGOs, the European Union expresses its deep concern following the violent killing of Mr Edwin Legarda, husband of Ms Aida Quilcué, leader of the Cauca Regional Council of Indigenous People (CRIC).
12/18/2008 : Army kills husband indigenous leader
The husband of Ayda Quilcue, one of the organizers of the anti-government protests in October and November, was killed when the army opened fire at the car he was driving.
12/17/2008 : FARC deserter’s fate one of envy and debate in Bogota.
Wilson Bueno Largo, aka “Isaza”,the Colombian rebel now famous for having deserted from FARC with his hostage, has been in Paris since 10 December, after having been awarded a half million dollars. This is a cause for debate in Bogota, President Alvaro Uribe having promised freedom and a reward to all rebels who follow Isaza’s example.
12/15/2008 : Colombia 10 Year Hostage of FARC Says Soul Not "Contaminated" with Resentment
Soldier rescued in July with famed French-Colombian politico Ingrid Betancourt, three U.S. military contractors and other hostages asks not to forget those still left behind.
12/14/2008 : Nobel Laureates call on FARC to free hostages: Ingrid Betancourt launches her Foundation.
The ninth World Summit of Nobel Laureates expressed its” deep concern “for the ongoing violence in Colombia, and asked that hostages be immediately freed and that talks be opened “between all those involved “in the situation. Ingrid Betancourt took the opportunity to launch a Foundation in her name, aimed at undertaking many projects “to help those who are suffering”.
12/12/2008 : Colombia asks forgiveness for human rights violations
Colombia's vice-President Francisco Santos Wednesday asked victims of human rights violations committed by the armed forces to forgive the State during a session of the United Nation's human rights council in Geneva.
12/10/2008 : Home News News Colombia admits Human Rights violations
Colombia's human rights record came under scrutiny after U.S. criticism on the systematic murder of unionists -- and news broke about members of the security forces murdering civilians to enlarge army body counts of skirmishes with rebels, some of which may never had taken place. Other charges include police shooting at a peaceful indigenous protest.
12/9/2008 : Isaza won't leave Colombia before Thursday
'Isaza', the guerrilla that help former politician Oscar Tulio Lizcano escape FARC captivity, won't be allowed to leave Colombia before Thursday, Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos said Monday.
12/7/2008 : 'Isaza' to fly to France with Betancourt
'Isaza', the guerrilla that helped former politician Oscar Tulio Lizcano escape his FARC captors, will fly to France Monday, accompanied by former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, newspaper El Tiempo announced Saturday.
12/5/2008 : Colombian kids flee home rather than fight in war
Colombia's Marxist rebels, their ranks depleted by record desertions and military defeats, are stepping up recruitment of children in a desperate bid to prolong their war against the state.
12/4/2008 : In Colombia, paramilitary groups still spreading terror
The new gangs, like rebels and drug traffickers, force people from their homes and farms, taking an enormous human toll. Displacement is accelerating in the southwest state of Nariño.
12/4/2008 : Betancourt uneasy over Nobel nomination
Former Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt says she feels uncomfortable that Chile's president has nominated her for the Nobel Peace Prize.
12/3/2008 : Ingrid Betancourt; those in power in Colombia have too much impunity
“In Colombia, there’s a movement against agrarian reform by people who with guns clear out poor farmers and take over their lands”, she explained referring indirectly to the problem of armed gangs- drug traffickers, paramilitaries and guerrillas- who continue to operate, leading to the displacement of thousands of people each year.
12/2/2008 : Ex-hostage Betancourt on her fearsThe
World's most celebrated ex-hostage, home for the first time since her July rescue and embarking on a South America humanitarian mission, said Sunday that the brevity of her surprise Colombia visit owes to deep fears.
12/1/2008 : Hostage families in Colombia ask Betancourt to represent them
Families of hostages held by Marxist FARC rebels met in Bogota Sunday with former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, asking her to work on their behalf during her Latin American tour.
12/1/2008 : Ex-hostage Ingrid Betancourt on a new mission, in Colombia
Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt pledged to press Latin American leaders to help get Marxist FARC rebels to disarm, after arriving in Colombia for the first time since she was rescued from guerrillas after a six-year hostage ordeal.
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