Right now, Colombian soldier released by FARC

[rabs]

Live on Telesur 3:47 p.m. Pacific Time

http://www.telesurtv.net/solotexto/senal_vivo.php

[rabs]

1. Soldier Moncayo expresses his thanks for his liberation

To Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa

To Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

To Brazilian President Lula da Silva

Sen. Piedad Cordoba

The Catholic Church

The International Red Cross

The Brazilian pilots and crew of the helicopters

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He did NOT rpt NOT mention alvarito uribe AT ALL !!!

[Judi Lynn]

2. Beautiful! That must have made Uribe wild with rage! Excellent. n/t

[rabs]

4. FARC has put the ball in uribito's court

FARC today said it would no longer do UNILATERAL releases like the two this week.

Instead it is proposing that the uribista regime negotiate for the release of the remaining FARC military and police prisoners (23) in exchange for more than 500 guerrillas imprisoned by the government.

Included are FARC members Nayibe Rojas Valderama, aka “Sonia” and Omaira Rojas Cabrera aka "Fabian Ramirez,” both extradited to the United States in 2005 and now serving long prisoner terms on drug-trafficking charges.

The bushista Alberto Gonzales DOJ accused them of conspiring to smuggle FIVE kilos of cocaine into the United States !!!

You will see in coming days talk of a "humanitarian accord" between the uribistas and the FARC. Some say uribito, who only has about 130 days to go in his term, might agree to such an accord in a last-ditch effort to try to wipe his murderous slate a little cleaner. But others doubt it will happen before a new president takes over in August.

The uribistas got into a big fight today with Telesur because the channel showed images from the locale where Moncayo was released.

Piedad Cordoba and the monsenor who were there said they had not seen any Telesur cameras. Telesur later explained that the FARC had uploaded the images not only to Telesur but also to other Colommbian and international TV channels.

It was just another lame ploy by the uribistas to draw attention from the FARC's unilateral liberation of Moncayo. Telesur said it was typical of a regime in which journalists are assassinated and which invented "false positives."

FARC-EP said on its website tonight that it had been able to break through the uribista "media latifundo" and transmit the release of Moncayo.

Oh, as for the unreccs, no problem. Just a less than minor irritant from the forum's insectos. :-)

[Judi Lynn]

5. Their term, "media latifundo" is terrific. Very smooth move managing to publish

the images relating to the Moncayo release, anyway. That will have them scratching their heads for a while.

I remember when they captured "Sonia." They only had her a month before they had her on a plane to the U.S. Alberto Gonzalez wanted her for the terrifying crime of conspiring with "Fabian Ramirez" to smuggle five kilos???? That just doesn't make sense, does it? It would be good learning what on earth that really means.

Maybe they both had value in Colombia as they actually had common support. This is very strange.

Unilateral releases do well for the FARC's image. They also call attention to the fact the government has lied and sabotaged the FARC's earlier efforts to get hostages returned.

Speaking of Piedad Cordoba, I just saw her photo from a few years ago, before she gained weight, and then I realized I've been seeing her photos for YEARS now. I distinctly recall seeing her photos taken when she looked like this, which goes back quite a while!

http://www.adnmundo.com.nyud.net:8090/userfiles/contenidos/items/53999_detail.jpg

Piedad Córdoba

[Bacchus39]

7. won't happen. and those held in the US are beyond the reach of the Colombian government.

FARC members are promised education and housing in exchange for disarmament. they can even be granted asylum in other countries.

the criminals held in custody by Colombia or other countries aren't going to be exchanged for innocents.

the OAS, EU, human rights organizations, the US all calling for the FARC to unconditionally release all hostages. the ball is in their court.

[Judi Lynn]

3. Uh, oh. Someone unrec'd the rec. which was here.

I think this forum is infested, rabs!

[Judi Lynn]

6. Brazil helps Colombia release long-time FARC hostage

Brazil helps Colombia release long-time FARC hostage
13:54, March 31, 2010

Brazil on Tuesday helped Colombia free a man who had been kept hostage by the leftist rebel group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for 12 years.

http://english.people.com.cn.nyud.net:8090/mediafile/201003/31/P201003311356422213990021.jpg

Colombian soldier Pablo Emilio Moncayo (C) is hugged by members
of a peace commission upon his arrival in Florencia March 30,
2010. Colombian rebels on Tuesday freed a hostage soldier they
had held in secret camps for more than 12 years after guerrillas
overran his army base at the height of the conflict, the Red
Cross said.

Sergeant Pablo Emilio Moncayo was the hostage who spent the longest time being kept by FARC. He was kidnapped in December 1997, when he was 18 years old, along with Libio Jose Martinez Estrada, who remains a hostage.

It was the second hostage release operation Brazil participated this week. On Sunday, the country also collaborated in the release of soldier Josue Daniel Calvo, who spent 11 months in FARC captivity.

Brazil provided support to the operation by supplying the helicopter which transported the released hostage and sending the six-member military crew involved in the release.

http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/6936286.html

[Judi Lynn]

8. Freed FARC hostage 'tour of gratitude' to visit Brazil, Ecuador and Venezuela

Freed FARC hostage 'tour of gratitude' to visit Brazil, Ecuador and Venezuela
Thursday, 01 April 2010 06:33 Kirsten Begg

http://www.colombiareports.com.nyud.net:8090/pics/2010/03/moncayo_hijo_padre.jpg

Professor Gustavo Moncayo, father of freed FARC hostage Sergeant Pablo Emilio Moncayo, said Wednesday that he and his son plan to visit Venezuela, Ecuador and Brazil to thank those countries' Presidents for their help in securing the sergeant's release.

"We are going to travel to meet Chavez, Lula, Correa and we'll see if we have the resources to go to Europe," Professor Moncayo told media.

Noticeably absent from the Moncayo's "tour of gratitude" is Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.

When asked why Uribe was not included in the Moncayo family's thanks, Professor Moncayo said, " We don't want to tarnish this joy, if we visit X or Y, we don't want to hurt anyone. Today we are happy."

In his first public address following his liberation from FARC captivity Tuesday, Moncayo gave his thanks to those who had assisted in securing his release. While the presidents of Ecuador, Brazil and Venezuela were included in his thanks, Colombia's Uribe was not.

Moncayo enjoyed his first day of freedom Wednesday in Colombia's capital city of Bogota, after doctors gave him a clean bill of health.

Professor Moncayo revealed that Pablo Emilio had written a poem for his younger sister Laura Valentina - whom he had never met as she was born during his captivity - during his time as a hostage in the Colombia jungle and she had become his inspiration to survive his ordeal.

More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/8950-freed-farc-hostage-tour-of-gratitude-to-visit-brazil-ecuador-and-venezuela.html