Venezuela Ready for FARC
Hostages
Actions aimed at
releasing four former
legislators by the
Colombian insurgency
focus Tuesday the
Venezuelan political
stage, awaiting signals
to concrete that
important peace step.
Venezuelan Interior
Minister Ramon Rodriguez
Chacin said he has the
coordinates for the
handover of Gloria
Polanco, Orlando
Cuellar, Eladio Perez
and Jorge Eduardo Gechem
by the Revolutionary
Armed Forces of
Colombia.
It is expected that the
International Red Cross
cooperate in this
operation, in a very
similar mechanism used
in January when the
guerrilla released Clara
Rojas, former candidate
for the Colombian vice
presidency, and former
legislator Consuelo
Gonzalez.
The minister mentioned
February 27 as a
probable date to
finalize that step,
taking into
consideration the need
to coordinate with
Colombian authorities in
charge of the
corresponding consents.
The information on the
place of the delivery is
in the hands of
Rodriguez Chacin, who
asserted it will be
provided in a sealed
envelop to the Red Cross
in case of an unexpected
situation.
The success of this
project is surrounded by
accusations of the
presence of some 18,000
Colombian military
soldiers in the zone,
endangering people who
could be freed and those
who are still in the
hands of the FARC
rebels.
If this action is
successfully realized,
it will be the second
unilateral step of the
insurgency, in
recognition of the
mediating labor by
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez and
Colombian Senator Piedad
Cordova, which had been
abruptly stopped by the
Bogota government. |
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