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  • February 2008

    • Chavez Linked to Columbian Drug Trade

      Guardian (UK)  |  Feb 3, 08 2:19 PM CST

      Chavez Linked to Columbian Drug Trade

      (Newser) - Hugo Chavez recently grabbed headlines by brokering the release of two women held hostage by FARC, Colombia's guerrilla rebels. But Chavez was no neutral mediator: FARC operates openly in Venezuela, and even hand-in-hand with government agencies, both to wage war in Colombia and smuggle Colombian cocaine into Europe, the Guardian reports. More »

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      Colombia  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • cocaine  • drug cartel  • smuggling

    • Colombia's FARC to Free 3 More Hostages

      BBC  |  Feb 3, 08 1:00 PM CST

      Colombia's FARC to Free 3 More Hostages

      (Newser) - Colombia’s FARC rebel group will release three lawmakers for health reasons after more than 6 years in captivity, the BBC reports. Taking a pointed side in the dispute between Hugo Chavez and Colombian president Alvaro Uribe, the rebels said in a statement to local media that they were releasing the hostages in response to Chavez’s mediation efforts. More »

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      Colombia  • hostage  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • Alvaro Uribe  • Luis Eladio Perez

  • January 2008

    • Chavez Turning Florida Into Lil' Venezuela

      New York Times  |  Jan 23, 08 2:27 PM CST

      Chavez Turning Florida Into Lil' Venezuela

      (Newser) - Like Cubans fleeing Castro, Venezuelans leery of their country's future under socialist President Hugo Chavez are hightailing it to the US—mainly Florida. Venezuelan expats are raising kids, investing money, and opening businesses in South Florida, the New York Times reports. Asked about returning to Venezuela, “I won’t consider it, as long as there’s that guy there," replies one new Floridian. More »

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      Florida  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • expatriates

    • Letters Bare Misery of Colombian Captives

      Associated Press  |  Jan 17, 08 9:53 AM CST

      Letters Bare Misery of Colombian Captives

      (Newser) - Eight captives left behind with Colombian rebels describe a miserable existence chained by the neck and suffering excruciating diseases in letters carried out last week by two freed hostages. One weakened captive, a police officer, describes "dragging myself " through the jungle "with only my arms because I couldn't stand up." A man he has been chained to could "die any moment" because parasites have infected his brain, he writes. More »

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      Colombia  • hostage  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC

    • Colombian Hostages Joyfully Return to Families

      CNN  |  Jan 10, 08 9:25 PM CST

      Colombian Hostages Joyfully Return to Families

      (Newser) - Two freed hostages are back with their families tonight after years of captivity in the Colombian jungle, CNN reports. "We are being reborn!" said Clara Rojas as she was reunited with her elderly mother in Venezuela. "This is like living again," said her fellow former hostage, Consuelo Gonzalez. "Sometimes I think it's a dream." More »

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      Colombia  • hostage  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia  • Clara Rojas  • Consuelo Gonzalez

    • Inside the $800K Suitcase Scandal

      Bloomberg  |  Jan 10, 08 6:29 PM CST

      Inside the $800K Suitcase Scandal

      (Newser) - At the center of an international scandal linking Argentina, Venezuela, and a suitcase filled with nearly $800,000 in cash is a rotund dual US-Venezuelan citizen who lives in a million-dollar Miami condo and has a fondness for fancy watches and fast cars. Bloomberg takes a closer look at the bizarre case of Guido Alejandro Antonini Wilson and five of his associates charged in a cover-up. More »

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      Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • Miami  • Argentina  • Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner  • Nestor Kirchner

    • 2 Colombian Hostages Freed

      CNN  |  Jan 10, 08 11:21 AM CST

      2 Colombian Hostages Freed

      (Newser) - Colombian rebels have released two women hostages, Hugo Chavez said in a press conference today, as Red Cross helicopters were flying the freed Colombians to Caracas. The women, both held in the jungle for years, are Consuelo Gonzalez, a politician, and Clara Rojas, an aide to former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt. Betancourt  remains one of 700 captives still held by FARC, a group of the Marxist insurgents. More »

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      hostage  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • Ingrid Betancourt  • Clara Rojas  • Bogota  • Emmanuel Rojas  • Consuelo Gonzalez

    • Chavez Shows Supermodel Interviewer His Guns

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jan 8, 08 11:48 AM CST

      Chavez Shows Supermodel Interviewer His Guns

      (Newser) - Naomi Campbell has found a new calling: political journalism. The phone-flinging supermodel interviewed Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez for British GQ 's latest issue, reports the Guardian . When Campbell asked the president if he would ever pose topless à la Vladimir Putin, Chavez replied: "Why not? Touch my muscles?" More »

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      Condoleezza Rice  • Hugo Chavez  • magazine  • supermodel  • Naomi Campbell  • GQ

    • Director Rips Bush in Colombia Hostage Drama

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jan 7, 08 3:40 AM CST

      Director Rips Bush in Colombia Hostage Drama

      (Newser) - Maverick Hollywood director Oliver Stone had a front-row seat on the scene of the failed hostage rescue mission in Colombia last month—and has returned blaming that nation's government and President Bush. "Shame on Bush,” Stone told the Guardian . Colombian rebels reneged on a deal to free two female politicians and a child, saying stepped up military operations in the area made release too dangerous. More »

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      George W. Bush  • United States  • Colombia  • hostage  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • Latin America  • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia  • Oliver Stone

    • Rebels Admit They Don't Have Hostage Boy

      BBC  |  Jan 5, 08 6:45 AM CST

      Rebels Admit They Don't Have Hostage Boy

      (Newser) - Rebels in Colombia have acknowledged that the 3-year-old boy in foster care in Bogota is Emmanuel, the son of one of the hostages they are holding and the focus of a much-publicized release that fell through last week. Farc rebels had announced the release of Emmanuel, his mother Clara Rojas, and another Colombian politician to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. More »

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      Colombia  • hostage  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

    • DNA Tests Show Rebels Don't Have Colombian Boy

      Bloomberg  |  Jan 4, 08 4:36 PM CST

      DNA Tests Show Rebels Don't Have Colombian Boy

      (Newser) - DNA tests all but confirmed today that a 3-year-old boy Colombian rebels had pledged to include in a hostage-release deal has actually been in foster care since 2005. The group FARC negotiated the release of Emmanuel Rojas—born to a female hostage and her rebel captor—with Hugo Chavez; the test results appear to cement Colombian claims that FARC duped the Venezuelan president. More »

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      Colombia  • DNA  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • Alvaro Uribe  • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia  • Emmanuel Rojas

    • Chavez Starts Year With Softer Tone

      Reuters  |  Jan 2, 08 9:15 PM CST

      Chavez Starts Year With Softer Tone

      (Newser) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has rung in 2008 by shifting focus from instituting his broad vision for a revolutionary socialist state to more concrete problems such as battling crime, cleaning up litter-filled streets, and curbing staggering inflation, Reuters reports. Chavez's change in direction comes after voters failed in December to sign on to his plan to overhaul the country's constitution and after his botched attempt to free hostages in Colombia. More »

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      Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez

    • Colombia Prez: Rebels Don't Have Hostage's Love Child

      AFP  |  Jan 2, 08 10:29 AM CST

      Colombia Prez: Rebels Don't Have Hostage's Love Child

      (Newser) - Relatives of FARC hostage Clara Rojas yesterday underwent DNA testing to determine whether a boy surrendered to a Bogota orphanage 2 years ago is her 3-year-old son, as Colombian president Alvaro Uribe contends. Uribe yesterday said FARC rebels couldn't release Emmanuel Rojas, along with his mother and another hostage, as they had promised to do, because he’s not their captive at all, the AFP reports. More »

    • Colombian Rescue Deal Collapses

      Reuters  |  Jan 1, 08 4:18 AM CST

      Colombian Rescue Deal Collapses

      (Newser) - A Venezuela-brokered deal to rescue three hostages from Colombian rebels has fallen apart, Reuters reports. The leftist FARC rebels blamed the deal's failure on stepped-up Colombian army operations in the area and refused to relinquish hostages "due to fear for their safety and the safety of members involved in the operation," said a statement by the guerrillas. More »

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      Colombia  • hostage  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

  • December 2007

    • Colombia Hostage Rescue Stalls

      CNN  |  Dec 30, 07 7:00 AM CST

      Colombia Hostage Rescue Stalls

      (Newser) - An expected hostage release negotiated by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez with Colombian leftist rebels failed to materialize yesterday, setting the stage for a more dramatic event today as Latin American politicians and diplomats—and Hollywood film director Oliver Stone—joined rescuers and officials waiting for the rebels' next move, reports CNN. More »

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      Colombia  • hostage  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia  • Red Cross

    • Mission Begins to Rescue Hostages in Colombia

      BBC  |  Dec 29, 07 9:52 AM CST

      Mission Begins to Rescue Hostages in Colombia

      (Newser) - Helicopters sent by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez to rescue hostages from Colombian rebels have landed at the edge of a Colombian wilderness and are awaiting a go-ahead from the rebels, the BBC reports. Guerrillas plan to release two women, seized more than five years ago, and a young boy fathered in captivity. International observers shadowing the operation include filmmaker Oliver Stone. More »

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      Colombia  • hostage  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • Alvaro Uribe  • Oliver Stone

    • Venezuela To Pick Up Hostages in Colombia

      Reuters  |  Dec 26, 07 5:48 PM CST

      Venezuela To Pick Up Hostages in Colombia

      (Newser) - Three hostages held for more than five years by Marxist guerrillas will soon go free after Colombia agreed today to a handover plan engineered by Hugo Chavez, Reuters reports. Venezuelan planes and helicopters will pick up Clara Rojas, a former vice presidential candidate kidnapped in 2002; the young son she had in captivity; and a former lawmaker. More »

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      kidnapping  • Colombia  • hostage  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • Clara Rojas

    • Former Ally Now Rivals Chavez

      Wall Street Journal  |  Dec 24, 07 6:05 PM CST

      Former Ally Now Rivals Chavez

      (Newser) - An ex-ally has become a formidable rival for Hugo Chavez after the president's defeat in a constitutional referendum that would have given him more power and the right to unlimited reelection. The Wall Street Journal explores the career of Raul Baduel, Chavez’ former friend and defense minister, who protected Chavez from a coup in 2002 but now portrays himself as a guardian of democracy in Venezuela. More »

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      Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • constitution  • referendum  • communism  • socialism

    • France to Admit Colombian Rebels in Hostage Deal

      BBC  |  Dec 19, 07 12:38 PM CST

      France to Admit Colombian Rebels in Hostage Deal

      (Newser) - France's PM said today the country will take in freed Colombian rebels as part of an exchange for the 46 hostages the rebel group FARC is holding, including a former presidential candidate who holds dual French-Colombian citizenship. The offer came hours after FARC agreed to release three hostages—a former congresswoman, an aide to the presidential candidate, and the latter's infant son. More »

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      France  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • Ingrid Betancourt  • Columbia

    • Argentine Prez Campaign Cash Tied to Chavez

      Guardian (UK)  |  Dec 14, 07 4:29 AM CST

      Argentine Prez Campaign Cash Tied to Chavez

      (Newser) - US prosecutors are accusing the Hugo Chavez government of sneaking donations to the election campaign of new Argentine President Cristina Kirchner, writes the Guardian . A suitcase filled with $800,000, seized at Buenos Aires airport , was on its way from Caracas to Kirchner, one of the men involved in the delivery says. Kirchner angrily denied the allegations, calling them "garbage in international politics." More »

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      Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • Latin America  • Argentina  • Cristina Kirchner

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