Video of the Day: Mother and child reunion

Three days after being freed from her captors in the Colombian jungle, Clara Rojas was reunited with her three-year-old son, Emmanuel. The following video was taken from the Colombian news last night and shows a precocious Emmanuel with her overjoyed mother:

The aftermath of last Thursday’s rescue operation has not been without controversy, unfortunately. Several politicos viewed unfavorably the sympathetic comments made by Venezuelan representative Ramón Rodriguez Chacín to the FARC guerillas during the handover. Even more controversial was a speech made by Hugo Chavez on Saturday calling for Colombia’s main rebel groups to be labeled as “armies” and not as terrorists.

Sources (English)- The Latin Americanist, YouTube, BBC News

Sources (Spanish)- El Tiempo