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1/14/2008 : Ex-hostage Rojas has emotional reunion with son in Colombia
Newly-freed Colombian hostage Clara Rojas had an emotional reunion Sunday with her son Emmanuel, three years after he was taken from her while she was held captive by leftist rebels
1/12/2008 : Ingrid Betancourt’s fate linked to that of other hostages
The front of the City Hall in Bogotá displays not only Ingrid Betancourt’s portrait, as on the Hotel de Ville in Paris, but also those of other hostages whose ’proofs of life’ were found by the Colombian army on 30 November 2007.
1/12/2008 : Gonzales asks Colombia to work urgently to free all FARC hostages.
Former Senator Consuelo Gonzales de Perdomo today asked Colombia to work as a matter of urgency towards the release of all FARC hostages and insists that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela take part in the process.
1/11/2008 : Clara Rojas has had no news of Ingrid Betancourt for three years.
“Be brave, Ingrid, I hope to see you soon”. Former hostage, Clara Rojas held by rebels in Colombia, and freed on 10 January 2008 with former Senator Consuelo Gonzales, revealed on Radio Caracol she had no news of Ingrid Betancourt for three years, with whom she was kidnapped inFebruary 2002.Clara says the guerrilla had separated the two women “for security reasons”.
1/11/2008 : Colombia rebels free jubilant hostages from jungle
With tears, smiles and long hugs, two women hostages were freed by Colombia's Marxist rebels on Thursday after years in the jungle, raising hopes for dozens more languishing in secret camps.
1/10/2008 : Colombian hostages freed in Chavez-backed rescue mission
Two high profile female hostages held in Colombian rebel jungle camps for six years have been freed after a Venezuelan-backed rescue mission.
1/10/2008 : Colombia in new round of attempted hostage handover
An airborne operation to pluck two hostages from their rebel captors deep in the Colombian jungle lurched back to life Thursday, after a botched handover attempt collapsed ten days ago.
1/8/2008 : Colombia rejects foreign missions
Colombia said it still hoped to see hostages released by leftist rebels, but would reject the broad international involvement seen in late December for the thwarted release of three captives.
1/6/2008 : Q&A: Colombia hostage situation
The fate of three Colombian hostages has been the focus of international attention after rebels offered in December to release them.
1/5/2008 : Colombian rebels confirm Emmanuel in foster care
Colombia's leftist rebels have confirmed that a boy in foster care in Bogota is the son of their hostage Clara Rojas, and vowed their stalled hostage release would go ahead as planned, the Bolivarian News Agency said on its website.
1/4/2008 : Colombia boy may be hostage's son
A child living in Colombia's foster care system since 2005 appears to be the same boy that leftist rebels promised to free from captivity last week, a source in the attorney general's office said on Friday, citing DNA test results.
1/4/2008 : Dashed hopes in Colombia hostage drama
There was another flash of hope for the hostages in the hands of Colombian guerrillas, but it soon evaporated, leaving them likely condemned to more months, if not years, in rebel captivity.
1/1/2008 : Colombian hostage release stalls indefinitely
Colombian rebels Monday said they would not now be able to release three hostages as planned, accusing the Colombian government of failing to guarantee the guerrillas' safety. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Colombian President Alvaro Uribe "torpedoed" the release effort by claiming that a little boy born in captivity to a hostage was not in rebel hands but was already found months ago.
12/1/2007 : Chavez: Colombian rebels say hostage handover impossible for now
Uribe raised the possibility that one of the hostages, a boy thought to be 3 years old and fathered by a guerrilla, could have turned up in Bogota.
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