Venezuela Readying for
Hostage Release
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez announced on
Wednesday that Colombian
insurgents sent him the
location coordinates for
the release of former
Colombian vice
presidential candidate
Clara Rojas and former
congresswoman Consuelo
Gonzalez.
"We have the coordinates
in the mountains of
Colombia to locate Clara
and Consuelo," said
Chavez during a ceremony
to celebrate the
qualification of the
Venezuelan volleyball
female and male teams
for the Beijing'08
Olympics.
Chavez explained that he
ordered Venezuelan
Foreign Minister Nicolas
Maduro to contact his
Colombian peer Francisco
Araujo for Bogota to
authorize the arrival of
Venezuelan helicopters.
He added that if
permission is granted,
the craft might take off
early Thursday for the
Guaviare area to find
the two women, whose
release triggered an
unsuccessful
international effort in
late 2007..
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