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...Self-Defence Forces of Colombia, are demobilisedAugust 2007 Hugo Chávez, president of Venezuela, offers to broker a hostage swap — including three US contractors and French-Colombian politician Íngrid Betancourt...
...Since 2008, when the military rescued Íngrid Betancourt, a former Colombian presidential candidate, and 14 other hostages, the government has rained down blows on the Farc....
...Four months later, 14 hostages, including the Franco-Colombian former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, were rescued from a Farc camp in the jungle....
...Mr Uribe, whose approval ratings soared above 80 per cent after Colombian forces rescued Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other high-profile hostages from the Farc this year, has been credited with tangible improvements...
...The nurse, William Perez, was rescued in the same operation as Betancourt....
...July saw the spectacular release of Ingrid Betancourt, the Colombian-French anti-corruption activist held by Farc guerrillas for six-and-a-half years in the Colombian jungle; and two months later, former...
...Ms Betancourt was on Thursday reunited with her children and sister and is expected to fly to Paris on Friday....
...and Medellín are seldom mentioned without the word “cartel” attached, and the leftists of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) still hold 700 hostages, despite the dramatic rescue of Ingrid Betancourt...
...Rafael Correa, Ecuador’s president, said Colombia’s attack on the Farc camp had sabotaged the imminent release of Ingrid Betancourt, a French-Colombian politician, and 11 other hostages held by the Farc....
...International attention, meanwhile, has focused on Ingrid Betancourt, a former Colombian presidential candidate and French citizen whose detention since 2002 is a cause célèbre in France....
...French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who recently declared the release of Ingrid Betancourt a national priority, on Thursday publicly backed Mr Chávez’s efforts....
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