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Posted by: julia09 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Ingrid Betancourt has been reunited with her children for the first time in six years since her abduction by FARC rebels in Colombia.Betancourt, 46, who was rescued Wednesday in a daring operation by the Colombian Army, met with.....

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bigurn1 month, 3 weeks ago

Congratulations to the family.
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UnusualSuspect1 month, 3 weeks ago

She's a very lucky woman, as are the rest of the hostages, being held for 6 years, and not knowing if they would ever be released.
I hope they don't have too many problems re-connecting with their families.
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hyperbola1 month, 3 weeks ago

I wonder how many Americans know anything about the history of Columbia? For example, when the FARC negotiated a peace agreement with the right-wing government in the 1980s, the result was that about 20,000 people were assassinated by the right-wing government including hundreds of trade unionists.
I wonder how many Americans know that the present Columbian government is run by right-wing parmilitaries heavily involved in drug trafficking, including members of the President Uribe's family.

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  hyperbola1 month, 3 weeks ago
  
  Bush, McCain, Colombia & Narco-Politics
  
  Politics â;; George W. Bush's strategy of countering Venezuela's leftist president Hugo ChÃ;;Ã;Â¡vez by strengthening ties to Colombia's rightist government has been undercut by fresh evidence of high-level drug corruption and human rights violations implicating President Alvaro Uribe's inner circle. McCain wants to continue the corruption.
  http://politics.propeller.com/story/2008/07/03/...
  
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