Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Chavez Doesn't Think Betancourt Release Will Happen

Yesterday, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, who helped mediate a hostage exchange with the Colombian rebel group FARC, said that he didn't think that FARC was going to release their prize hostage, Ingrid Betancourt. Chavez blamed the recent incident between Ecuador and Colombia .
"Before the attack on Ecuador, we were giving a high probability of the liberation of Ingrid," Chavez said during a news conference at his palace in Caracas. "After that, the probability fell," Chavez told reporters.

Source : CNN , The Latin Americanist
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous7:27 PM

    What is most ridiculous about this statement is that it is a common refrain among the pro-FARC/anti-Uribe set. The idea that the FARC will ever simply hand back their most valuable poker chip is ludicrous.

    What's more, as one guy I read recently put it: In the minds of some people, it seems that it is worse to interfere with hostage negotiations than it is to take hostages in the first place.

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  2. Erwin C.9:03 AM

    "As one guy I read recently put it: In the minds of some people, it seems that it is worse to interfere with hostage negotiations than it is to take hostages in the first place."

    Why?

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