Sun. November 30, 2008
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The Militant
November 30, 2008
... class and challenges the prolonged guerrilla warfare strategy and hostage-taking tactics of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia (
FARC). ...
Colombia Reports
November 30, 2008
The President enjoyed an incredible popularity after the death of
FARC commander Raúl Reyes and the rescue of hostage Ingrid Betancourt. ...
BBC News
November 29, 2008
Thousands of people have marched in
Colombia and other countries to call for the release of hostages held by Colombia's
FARC rebel group. ...
The Baltimore Chronicle
November 28, 2008
Unreported was anything about Chavez's Colombian peace intervention and his successful efforts to arrange
FARC-EP held hostage releases - in spite of ...
Colombia Reports
November 28, 2008
Approximately 2800 people are held hostages in
Colombia. 700 of them are estimated to be held by the
FARC, the remaining 2100 by smaller groups like ELN, ...
Bloomberg
November 28, 2008
Today's protests are the fourth this year aimed at pressuring the
FARC, as the drug-funded rebels are known, to free as many as 700 hostages before ...
Semana
November 27, 2008
... Cross vest in Operation Jaque (Checkmate), in which Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages were freed from
FARC captivity during a daring military rescue. ...
Colombia Reports
November 27, 2008
Good idea to march for the
hostages of the FARC and of all the other
kidnappers in
Colombia. In order to give them some relief in these horrible (for them) ...
Earthtimes (press release)
November 27, 2008
Bogota - Members of an
Indigenous community on Thursday rescued seven people who were being held hostage by alleged leftist rebels in southwestern
Colombia. ...
Colombia Reports
November 27, 2008
Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung)
November 26, 2008
Colombia's President Álvaro Uribe scored a series of major successes against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (
FARC) rebels, culminating in the ...
Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung)
November 26, 2008
The changing fortunes of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de
Colombia (
FARC) have been largely behind the improvement in Columbia's security position. ...
Colombia Reports
November 25, 2008
The Colombian Armed Forces will focus more on the use of intelligence work than on man to man battle in its war against the
FARC and ELN, commander Freddy ...
CounterPunch
November 25, 2008
Has Chávez denied
prisoners of war all rights, allowed them to be tortured, and broken all the customary international agreements about the treatment of ...
The Reflector online
November 25, 2008
The
FARC is on the run. There are strong police presences in all of
Colombia's
Municipalities. And drugs? In 2006, Colombia removed 500 metric tons of ...
Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung)
November 24, 2008
During Q208
Colombia's security situation continued to be dominated by the changing fortunes of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (
FARC). ...
Colombia Reports
November 24, 2008
The smaller leftist guerrilla group ELN, right wing
paramilitary groups and
criminals are responsible for the remaining 2100 hostages, the foundation says. ...
European Jewish Press
November 24, 2008
Betancourt is a French-Colombian former hostage who was freed in July by the Colombian
army after being held in the jungle by the Marxist
FARC guerrilla for ...
Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung)
November 24, 2008
During Q208
Colombia's security situation continued to be dominated by the changing fortunes of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (
FARC). ...
Colombia Reports
November 24, 2008
President of
Ecuador Rafael Correa told Colombian rebel group
FARC to immediately release the Ecuadorean citizen they are holding hostage and to "not play ...
Semana
November 21, 2008
SEMANA/CoupleWhile former Colombian hostage Jorge Géchem launched his memoir at the presidential palace, his ex-wife, Lucy, received her own book from the ...
The Australian
November 21, 2008
Cyprus Mail
November 20, 2008
She did, however, stress that she would keep investing her efforts into the task of securing the release of hundreds of other hostages held by the
FARC ...
Indymedia Venezuela
November 20, 2008
It was first reported as a payment that had already been made, perhaps in exchange for the
FARC's February hostage release mediated by Chávez. ...
Independent
November 19, 2008
World War 4 Report
November 19, 2008
In the book he also notes that holding "
prisoners and hostages deprived the combatants of the ability to maneuver." Castro says he tried to convince former ...
MiamiHerald.com
November 18, 2008
Castro also expressed his oppositon to applying policies that humiliate
prisoners of war or to subject them to "the very difficult conditions of the jungle. ...
Latin American Herald Tribune
November 17, 2008
Dissident Voice
November 15, 2008
Reyes was its public voice, key peace negotiator since the 1990s, and lead figure in the Chavez-arranged releases of hostages they held. ...
Cuba News
November 15, 2008
The book makes it very clear that
Cuba had nothing to do with the creation of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia (
FARC), nor with the National ...
Colombia Reports
November 15, 2008
Inside Costa Rica
November 15, 2008
The ex-husband of former guerrilla-held hostage Ingrid Betancourt is
France's new ambassador to
Costa Rica. Fabrice Delloye campaigned for his ex-wife's ...
The Indypendent
November 15, 2008
It was first reported as a payment that had already been made, perhaps in exchange for the
FARC's February hostage release mediated by Chávez. ...
Africasia
November 14, 2008
Betancourt, a French-
Colombian
politician, was released along with 14 other hostages after being held by Colombia's
FARC rebels for more than six years. ...
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
November 14, 2008
AP SAN JOSE,
Costa Rica (AP) - The ex-husband of former guerrilla-held hostage Ingrid Betancourt is
France's new ambassador to Costa Rica. ...
Latin American Herald Tribune
November 14, 2008
... political forces to try and secure her release. Betancourt and 14 other
FARC hostages were ultimately rescued on July 2, 2008, by the Colombian
army. EFE.
OpEdNews
November 14, 2008
Its public voice, key peace negotiator since the 1990s, and lead figure in the Chavez-arranged releases of hostages they held. A humanitarian effort he was ...
Axis of Logic
November 14, 2008
In the book, Fidel develops three central ideas: one, the characterization and development of the deceased
FARC chief, the
evolution of the guerrilla ...
Latin American Herald Tribune
November 14, 2008
But Fidel faulted the
FARC's policy of taking captives - whether
prisoners captured in battle or
kidnapped civilians - on both tactical and humanitarian ...
Breaking News
November 13, 2008
He said, "They should never have
kidnapped civilians, nor kept
soldiers as
prisoners in jjungle conditions" and asked
FARC to hand over all hostages to ...
